Thanks bug.

Is silver near recent highs? I have a lot of junk silver coinage that I want to turn into gold coins just for space saving. I will keep some but definitely want to sell some. Wondering if it's a good time to do so and too lazy to research, since I'm sure some of you are on top of it.

Some people feel that if we ever really need gold as money, fractional will be much more useful. That makes a lot of sense.

JMB doesn’t show up on Google Maps in DFW. And they give no address anywhere on their website. Maybe these are for security reasons. I will have to call them to see if they allow in person dealings. Completely off topic. But was it you who mentioned here Biggs's Wealth, War & Wisdom book? Yes. ...

No dice. I’d have to send it in. I’m considering it.

I found their shipping address and looked it up. It’s a nondescript building in an industrial park. Still I should be able to hand deliver, with pre-clearance.

JMB doesn’t show up on Google Maps in DFW. And they give no address anywhere on their website. Maybe these are for security reasons. I will have to call them to see if they allow in person dealings. Completely off topic. But was it you who mentioned here Biggs's Wealth, War & Wisdom book? Yes.

JMB doesn’t show up on Google Maps in DFW. And they give no address anywhere on their website. Maybe these are for security reasons. I will have to call them to see if they allow in person dealings.

I am curious if any on here have updated their personal narrative about what drives gold prices. Seems like the price of gold is responding to economic data more or less in lockstep with stocks. For example, a weaker jobs report gives people the hope that Fed rate cuts may happen sooner rather than...

Is it redeemable for USD and gold, or what?

When did acknowledging that your institution is on “Located on Occupied and Unceeded XYZ Ancestral Homelands” become a thing? Is it anything other than empty virtue signaling? I have yet to encounter this. What are examples of this? From Perth Mint's website: Acknowledgement of Country: We acknowle...

boglerdude wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:22 am Singapore and Switzerland might like to confiscate your gold but they dont need it.

Texas doesnt want to confiscate your gold but they might need it.

I don’t think Texas runs the TBD. They provide oversight.
Maybe they own it. It’s not clear.

I had not looked at my portfolio or the DJIA number for a few months. Imagine my surprise to see the Dow at 39,000. Wow. I guess AI is going to dramatically improve productivity in the world. Who knew? Nvidia is worth as much as Europe, or something. What could possibly go wrong?

I watched it and have not watched or read any of the media's or pundits' takes on it. I thought Putin is not the best communicator. He sure took an unnecessarily long time to explain why eastern Ukraine has long been Russian. Overall he didn't do a great job of making and summarizing key points. Sti...

To me, the housing crash of 07-08 was the most obvious thing I had ever seen. I didn't know how to play it so I just watched it happen and take my stocks down with it. Since it was so obvious in advance to me, I can't get too excited about the people who famously did call it. I'd be more interested ...

What are cash interest rates now in the prosperous parts of the Eurozone? I've been rolling over US T-bills and earning 5+%. Money market funds are around the same rates. So now cash is not trash, at least not on a gross or nominal basis. The rates are declining slightly but I don't see it heading t...

13.0% for me in 2023. I run a standard 4x4 PP, and I caught the falling LTT knife a few times during the year. With inflation at 3.1% (Nov-Nov), that's about 9.9% real. Sounds great, but for 2022 I was down 18.8% real, so I'm down about 10.8% real (0.812 x 1.099) over two years. I've now been runni...

14.2% for the year 2.7% for 3 years 7.4% for 5 years 5.4% for 10 years Stocks have grown to 45% of the portfolio Bonds 17% Cash 23% Gold 15% I'm fine with those. I'd have huge gains taxes if I sold stocks. If you prefer, it can be construed as a PP + a VP of stocks. About 75% of it would be a well-b...

Someone I knew used to buy 35 pound pails of junk silver coins from a national PM dealer. They were shipped USPS Insured by the dealer.

I don't think he will succeed because AR has a deep state, or entrenched state interests, to use a less radioactive term for the same thing. Just like all countries. The deep state will fight for its survival, and it's more powerful than a president.

How is that going to happen? Which of the three will he be willing to sacrifice? I think he'll try to keep all three, and it will be a failure. Wasn't the problem with Greece that they took out loans which they then had to pay back with real money (Euros) and not monopoly money (Drachma)? Had they ...

Big move in gold today. Why?

Sorry, Vinny, I may have been unclear. I'm not asking for your opinion of Naomi Wolf. What is your opinion of what she is saying here? He didn't have an opinion on Naomi Wolf. Wikipedia did. It is my perception that Vinny has no opinion on anything and no ability to critically think on his own, onl...

Turns out Carlson said shot. Somehow I heard killed. My mistake, not his.

Vinny, you often seem to strongly to see the forest and not the trees, imo. When you encounter an erroneous statement, your whole focus goes there, to the detriment of a bigger picture. So yes, apparently they were wounded, not killed. Does that really change the significance of the event that much?...