I'm pretty sure gold has beaten stocks for the last 25 years, and that's at the end of I think literally the biggest bull market in US stock market history. It might not be the end, but its long long into it. Think about that....the biggest bull market in history and gold has outperformed it for 25 ...

I'm pretty sure gold has beaten stocks for the last 25 years, and that's at the end of I think literally the biggest bull market in US stock market history. It might not be the end, but its long long into it. Think about that....the biggest bull market in history and gold has outperformed it for 25 ...

You people are arguing nonsense meanwhile billions of fully vaxxed people are dying because other people chose not to get vaxxed. The vax is useless unless everyone gets it and all the follow up boosters that Science and Dr. Faucci agree on today. The fake president's earpiece couldn't be more clear...

If you follow the PP strictly, you will sell gold when it hits 40% of your portfolio to bring it down to 25%. Keep a third in etfs for an easy sale. Just be comfortable with the risks you're taking for convenience sake. Your other assets all depend on the "system" not breaking down. Every ...

Not sure if anyone is still interested in reading scientific discussion. This is an excellent (but long) post by Geert Vanden Bossche, a vaccinologist who accurately predicted that mass vaccination with leaky (imperfect) vaccines during a pandemic would only drive the production of more infectious ...

Getting COVID is a much higher risk for getting blood clots than taking the vaccine That's probably bad math. Because, the odds of getting COVID are not 100%. I don't know all the numbers but if risk of clots is 3x higher from Covid than from the vax, but the chance of getting Covid is 10%, then th...

I have zero problem with Murphy's choice to not get the jab....just that the decision is based on propaganda from websites that are more fake news than CNN. ::) Damn. If they are more fake news than CNN then CNN will probably get replaced soon. I mean this is like being so far north, you're north o...

D. Think for myself and act accordingly. Which includes the following: -live a healthy lifestyle, which includes good diet and rigorous exercise, sunshine and outdoor air -vitamin regimen including multivitamin etc (see flccc regimen linked above -acknowledge that we are under a 21st century Bolshe...

Hold physical. Store some in a trusted repository if you're concerned about home invasion, even though hiding gold at home is simple beyond belief . Probably even more simple in a house like mine...which is absolutely packed everywhere with things. I've sometimes said if thieves broke into my house...

At some point in the future we're going to know if physical gold was worth it or not. If physical and ETFs track well enough during the next gold panic buying episode or bubble, then there was no point to owning physical; let the selling begin. We won't know for a while. In the intervening 2+ years...

1) Failure of ETFs that hold gold. This has to be weighed against the risk of theft/less of physical gold coins. What are the chances that the ETF will fail, versus you losing your coins? Maybe you were mentally including these risks under the "Failure of ETFs that hold gold" umbrella, bu...

I've had dealers offer 3-4% less for krugs and maples vs. Eagles but not say they wouldn't take them. I am sure if a dealer has the money.....they would buy any gold you have. The question is, at what price is the offer so low that it more like a non-offer? If gold is skyrocketing and you want to se...

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 11:13 am Good old topic. I do it the same as Pkg man and buy something if it's on sale. I have Eagles, Maples, and Kruggerands.

Those are my three main along with a few Britannia and buffalos.

I look for whatever is cheaper but will pay up 1%-2% for US coins.

Plus Republicans now are generally way more liberal or whatever than democrats of the past. Democrats now are basically a coalition of communists and purple-haired lunatics who believe in things like little boys getting hormone treatments to make them girls or worshiping anyone who isn't white. Look...

Wait, so are they "materially cheaper" or is the difference "minuscule"? Both. If you re-read the quotes you'll see Vinny's question was basically "how often are some coins materially cheaper than others"? The correct answer is the one i gave, 365 days of the year. He ...

I'd buy what's on sale. Occasionally some coins are relatively cheaper compared to the normal premium over spot. How often does the above occur wherein some coins are materially cheaper than other coin options? 365 days of the year Vinny. So with gold coins it is NOT an "efficient market"...

Do you agree with the logic of his analysis or find it to be fallacious? Vinny Capture.JPGCapture2.JPG Regardless of whether or not that's true, it's probably dwarfed by the Republican advantage in birth rates. For what that's worth. Yes but now all those dead Republicans will start voting Democrat.

vnatale wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 5:45 pm

Pkg Man wrote: ↑Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:47 pm I'd buy what's on sale. Occasionally some coins are relatively cheaper compared to the normal premium over spot.

How often does the above occur wherein some coins are materially cheaper than other coin options?

365 days of the year Vinny.

vnatale wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 9:27 pm Picking up 7 gerbils at a pet shelter

I'm going to ask.......

Why 7, and what pet "shelter" has gerbils?

… Almost everyone i hear about third person that are testing positive are vaxxed. I wonder if the vax is lowering immune systems or responsible for the so-called "delta" variant. It may be that people who were pro-vax but not yet vaxxed stayed home, and after getting vaxxed but before Del...

I now know several people in real life who've tested positive and are at least mildly sick, two of my wife's elderly aunts (both over 75). Both are vaxxed. Almost everyone i hear about third person that are testing positive are vaxxed. I wonder if the vax is lowering immune systems or responsible f...

I now know several people in real life who've tested positive and are at least mildly sick, two of my wife's elderly aunts (both over 75). Both are vaxxed. Almost everyone i hear about third person that are testing positive are vaxxed. I wonder if the vax is lowering immune systems or responsible fo...

glennds wrote: ↑Fri Aug 27, 2021 9:54 am Is it a reasonable assumption that if a child is less susceptible to Covid because their immune system is optimal, then they would be less susceptible to side effects or reactions to the vaccine for the same reason?

That seems reasonable to me or at least logical

IIRC kids have a something like a 3% chance of being hospitalized after testing positive. Yes, that isn't dying, and yes, it's low, but I'd rather not have my kid in the hospital, you know? Xan, you are completely ignoring that exposed kids (i.e all of them) rarely even test positive for Covid. Tha...

IIRC kids have a something like a 3% chance of being hospitalized after testing positive. Yes, that isn't dying, and yes, it's low, but I'd rather not have my kid in the hospital, you know? Xan, you are completely ignoring that exposed kids (i.e all of them) rarely even test positive for Covid. Tha...