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Investing opinions: Gold? Silver? Platinum?
6-7-2005
| orionblamblam
Posted on 06/08/2005 11:16:31 AM PDT by orionblamblam
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To: orionblamblam
You can't go wrong with steel - everyone uses it...
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posted on
06/08/2005 11:17:54 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: orionblamblam
Whatever you do, remember that the markups and commissions paid on both buying and selling bullion coins are going to be very high relative to the metal value. Also, the storage of physical metal (i.e. safe boxes) is not free, thus metal futures might be the thing to look at.
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posted on
06/08/2005 11:26:43 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: orionblamblam
I have one word for you: Plastics.
To: orionblamblam; Constitution Day; Tijeras_Slim
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posted on
06/08/2005 11:48:44 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Fingers of Fury™)
To: orionblamblam
Buy into a mutual fund that specializes in Precious Metals & Mining. They invest in companies that explore for, mine, or make investments in precious metals.
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posted on
06/08/2005 11:52:57 AM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Proud Member: Internet Pajama Wearers for Truth)
To: martin_fierro
Fingers of Fury and a Mind of Merriment
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posted on
06/08/2005 11:58:47 AM PDT
by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops)
To: orionblamblam
What was that bumper sticker I saw?
AMMO,the CURRENCY of the 21st CENTURY!
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:00:33 PM PDT
by
litehaus
To: jigsaw
I love Fox News, bur they sure have some sillyass commercials.
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:03:27 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Fingers of Fury™)
To: martin_fierro
To: Constitution Day
You just KNEW this was coming.
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:19:26 PM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Fingers of Fury™)
To: orionblamblam
My fav is copper. Not the metal itself, but mining companies. Phelps is the best for players as far as investment [the price jumps up and down a lot when the price of copper itself moves a little], with Rio Tinto doing not badly.
To: 2banana
Steel is the basis of all industrial economy, and it will do for asteroid mining as well. Investing in steel companies is kind of humdrum. It's too basic unless you are operating a mine yourself.
To: orionblamblam
Holding an actual commodity is very risky as large companies and large investors have more to do with the future price than actual supply and demand. Speculation in the futures for that commodity and the biggies taking "positions" are the primary movers.
Read up on the Hunt Brothers and the Silver market of the 70s if you want to see how you can get really stuck.
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:28:07 PM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free....)
To: martin_fierro
Ha!
It's too bad you couldn't squeeze in Billy Mays with some OxyClean.
To: orionblamblam
Guns and Ammo will provide in hard times better than "precious metals" unless you plan on eating the metal.
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:37:48 PM PDT
by
ChefKeith
(If Diplomacy worked, then we would be sitting here talking.)
To: orionblamblam
Invest in Tennessee_Bob. That's right - send me a check. You'll have my thanks and undying gratitude - and you can take that to the bank.
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:46:05 PM PDT
by
Tennessee_Bob
(The Crew Chief's Toolbox: A roll around cabinet full of specialists.)
To: ChefKeith
> Guns and Ammo will provide in hard times better than "precious metals" unless you plan on eating the metal.
Silver makes dandy bullets. Good for taking out the radioactive werewolves and vampires I expect to encounter after The Fall.
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:53:08 PM PDT
by
orionblamblam
("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
To: KC Burke
> Read up on the Hunt Brothers and the Silver market of the 70s
I thought those were the goobers who drove the price of gold to $800/ounce?
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:53:49 PM PDT
by
orionblamblam
("You're the poster boy for what ID would turn out if it were taught in our schools." VadeRetro)
To: orionblamblam
Investing in cigarettes and booze hasn't gone wrong for me yet...
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posted on
06/08/2005 12:57:13 PM PDT
by
general_re
("Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith, but in doubt." - Reinhold Niebuhr)
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