Good points by all and i enjoy the spirited debate by the frequent contributors to this site. I'm especially curious how Harry Browne would hypothetically look at the world today through libertarian and Austrian eyes  and how he may or may not have altered the PP to deal with today's reality. It is ...

Be careful if some of you are prejudice against Schiff. First, Schiff is a die hard Austrian guy (as Harry Browne was as well - HB whole economics background and thus one could argue the PP we have here, is based on Austrian economics as a building block). HB and Peter Schiff knew each other, appare...

Just in case one wants to know how this side of the world sees big gold price drop on Friday. My wife practically dragged me to the jewlery shop today in Shanghai. Wanted an early start on Mothers day  :) Low bullion prices lure shoppers Author: Hu Xiaocen PublishTime: 2013-04-15 01:07:51 SHOPPERS s...

I'm sorry but i do not trust at all, nada, 0% our intelligence on north korea. We've heard numerous contradictions already this week on north korea s capabilities. We simply do not know and scary to think Dennis Rodman is the only American to get close enough to Lil' Kim to have a conversation. I,m ...

Thank you GS and JPM and other Fed junky "banks". Me and my other smart Asian investors owe you one, although you almost caught us off guard w the time difference. Almost went to bed too early before you unloaded more naked shorts on the market.You just did us a HUGE favor by manipulating ...

Hopeless  and Clueless ver 2 ? She could possibly win (never underestimate the stupidity of the sheeple in the US)  but after the utter destruction this country will be left behind by Buck Ofama and congress, not sure any sane person would want the job of the next POTUS.  Utter destruction....thats...

Hopeless  and Clueless ver 2 ? She could possibly win (never underestimate the stupidity of the sheeple in the US)  but after the utter destruction this country will be left behind by Buck Ofama and congress, not sure any sane person would want the job of the next POTUS. 

If someone posted that in public today it would be riddled with holes from bullets peppering it. It is truly fascinating to talk to my great uncle, who is 105 yrs old and still pretty sharp, about the great depression. He said that at that time there was a fairly patriotic vibe about the public and ...

k shartle, i think your assessment is correct or has a high degree of probability. We are living in unchartered waters right now, economically, geopolitically. We are not witnessing Keynesian economics - i think he is turning in his grave when people now are pasting his name on the current economic ...

Tocqueville seems to be one of the better ones that i've researched and i've parked some money there recently. it includes both major and junior miners as well as even holding  about 8-9% in physical gold. they have their own research team that visits mines,etc.Although mining stocks are getting ham...

I know it means very little in the overall scheme of things but it brings me to my observation which is that after watching it for three years I think the PP does a lot better with bad economic news that it does with good. I concur. The PP has two flight-to-safety assets and only one prosperity ass...

If you were forced to diversify your cash holdings from USD, which currencies you would choose? Also, what is your opinion about pegged currencies? For example, many seem to consider HKD a solid currency which happens to be pegged to USD. Maybe owning HKD as part of the cash holdings might be usefu...

patience, my friend.

bitcoin- Three words worry me about it - "internet kill switch". Now that the Feds are getting anxious about this bitcoin, i see it as something to take seriously. Think about it, more and more people are starting to participate in the "underground" economy. Bitcoin perfect for t...

Once i am registered and open an account, i plan to entrust them with some of my gold holdings. I'll be happy to report on how they are but to be fair i have not used anyone yet for offshore holdings of gold so nothing to compare it with. they are essentially a front for Gold Bullion International, ...

i would second the opinion here that it would be prudent to consider multiple, maybe 2 but not more than 3 versions of PP with perhaps US, Europe and Asia blend. I think these could be set up using 2 or 3 currency bases - USD, Euro/Swiss and perhaps a Singapore dollar or even Hong Kong dollar and RM...

http://www.hardassetsalliance.com/ Might be worth a look if you are looking for an online service to buy/sell gold and silver and want to store outside the US or in the US (non-US investor). A good write up on it can be found here:http://buyandstoregold.com/hard-assets-alliance-review/. One supposed...

Gosh, everything to me screams gold still has a long ways to go upward ,especially as things looking dicey for the USD. Especially if the rest of your portfolio is USD. But again, who knows what will happen, so best to at least have around 20-25% in gold

i heard they still will keep 50% of their gold reserves split between US and London, still..... something fishy is about to happen. Dutch and several other countries also want their gold returned to them.

globalcash, i'm by no means an expert, but i have contemplated some of the same ideas as you. i have lived in Hong Kong, Singapore and currently Shanghai- total for 20 of past 25 yrs. in these locales. Overall, i can say that SGP might offer a bit longer term safer place to have gold storage than HK...

budd,

don't worry. bears will have their day, and likely soon. This market has so many things likely to pull it down in the next 3- 6 months.

Clacy, "They have huge structural and demographic problems there.  Their entire government and much of their economy is relying heavily on QE.  Look at what their stock market has done since November.  It's gone up significantly." I had to read your comment twice to make sure i was reading...

check this link to a Vanguard blog http://www.vanguardblog.com/2010.07.26/gold-rush.html

There are plenty of historical data and charts showing golds price, but this is the first time i've seen it from this perspective.

What to make of it in your opinion ?

thanks pkg man, Clive, et al. this forum is full of smart, but not egotostical, investors and willing to share their . it is apparent all have put deep thoughts into the PP - we have to get out of our way sometimes and not tinker with things like this.

pkg man and mcclary, thanks for your input. i need to think this thru again from the standpoint that for me, in my situation and goals, that the PP is in fact more risky than just siiting on some ST treasuries,gold and some foreign currency and just take out stocks and LT bonds altogether - i don't ...