[Constantine XIII]

That had to be the longest post ever.

Could you, um, distill that down for those of us with jobs. :)

[Chewbacca]

Paraphrased for you:

Buy gold shares, bullion, coins. Buy silver coins, bullion and mining shares.

World wide shortage of gold and silver with increasing demand and less production.

[Criminal Number 18F]

Could you, um, distill that down for those of us with jobs.

Translation: FReeper Chewbacca has drunk a heavy draught of the Kool-aid the FTC warns of in the original article.

Note the hysterical tone of the "guru's" writing, and the fact that no matter what happens, the answer is, the apocalypse is coming, and you must buy gold! (Don't read the whole thing, it's a waste of time. Just spot check a couple of things. Ever election, every natural disaster, every war, every world event becomes a reason to buy gold.

Before you give these guys any credibility, remember their mission in life is to sell gold.

Gold coins are kind of neat to have and to own; as the basis of a financial portfolio, they're madness. Mining stocks are like investing in your cousin Jimmy's system for the horse races, unless you know a very great deal about mining or commodity markets (and sometimes even if you do). But hey, it's a free country.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F