The Truth About Gold and Silver as an Investment

What if I said the truth about gold and silver as an investment is that they aren't an investment? I stack gold as a savings, so most of the negative sentiment about down trends in gold and silver price doesn't hit me in a normal way. I'd rather buy at a lower cost basis.

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[anthonys]

I buy gold and silver and block out the noise! I tend to buy quarterly or when I see dramatic dips. It’s worked for me but do what works for you. 🤠

[shinyshinyman]

I concur with you as I am also a contrarian investor. Since Silver is an undervalued boring commodity atm, I am loading up on Silver much more than Gold these days.

[mkfourwinds]

My experience has been that gold was the better investment for me. I jumped into precious metals clueless and bought a lot of silver when I started, and bits of gold here and there. Silver, to my untrained eye, had the better price point and I could buy piles of it. As I’ve stated before, my grandfather used to tell me, “A good education doesn’t come cheap”. I’ve learned. I’d have been better off buying a few ounces of gold. Since then my focus has been on gold, and as far as value, I haven’t gotten hurt. I haven’t had occasion to sell any yet. However, I will say this, my silver from years back hasn’t hurt me. It’s been a better value than cash in the safe or in the bank. (I have both) It does seem to HOLD value. If you’re treating it as a cash conversion savings investment, I’d say it has some value. It does not appear to be a growth investment in the way that gold often can be. I’ve hung on to my silver. I have on occasion considered converting it to gold, but as you indicate in a round about way, they really are two different metals, and therefore two different investments. I’m not looking for more silver. I bought enough for me to use it how I think it can be used, at a time where it has held its value for me. I have not achieved the level of gold I’d like to have, yet. (If there is a level that I consider enough) Gold takes a bit more discipline to buy, because of it’s cost, but I think, in the end, it is the better investment.

[amciuam]

Better to invest some "coins" into precious metals rather than smoking, drugs or any other bad habits. It is the only fair insurance that majority of stackers can use during their lifetime, as opposed to life insurances that perhaps your kids would use.

[RNDLL]

I look at stacking as savings. If I need to cash in silver or gold when I'm no longer able to work, I will. If I never need to, whoever gets it after me can do whatever they want with it because I won't care at that point.

[SilverBritches]

I’ve been doing the fireman strategy when it comes to my purchase across all markets. When everyone is running out of the burning building(sellers), I’m running into it (buying)

[ihavetofishable]

There is NO mining supply deficit in gold. Silver on the other hand has an "official" mining supply deficit of just over 200Moz(2023) and this does NOT account for the heavy military usage thereof. Since 2019 we have had year after year, increasing mining supply deficits IN SILVER of around 200Moz(2019)-450Moz(2023). Silver is going 10 to 1 or better vs gold some day soon. The powers that be, keep the price suppressed, because they NEED silver for all of their industries but the problem w/ long term price suppression is DEFICITS. Above ground stockpiles are diminishing as is ore grade, globally. Mexico, the world's largest silver producer is DOWN 25% in 2023 and getting worse. It really is almost over and expect an even bigger manipulation(psy-op) to get the foolish to dump their silver, a week or a month, before the moonshot.

[shuterdown]

How to spend a dollar...10% Tithe/Charity - 10% Silver/Gold (Savings) 10% Active Investment (Crypto, Stocks, etc.) 25% Mortgage, Rent...live off the last 45% Enjoy

[johndunn]

I collect largely for two reasons, those being to preserve my wealth and to save myself from wasting it on something useless. That being said though, I've come to the conclusion that I like stacking silver more than gold. Sure, premiums are better with gold, but I like the coloring of silver over gold and I love the tactile feeling of playing with a pound of shiny silver. Yeah gold is more efficent storage wise, because the same pricetag takes a fraction of the space, but I'm not worried about running out of room any time soon. Not to mention the 1 off purchases I'll do if I see a cool coin or bar I like, which I can't do with gold. The time may come when I've got so much silver it'd be better to convert a large portion of it to gold, or that I make enough money to justify gold more than silver, but I'm not there yet (and if I'm being honest I probably won't ever be), and so for now I'm tempering my gold lust with a hearty amount of silver

[Onionpatchkid]

I like how you said that buying gold gives the same "high" as buying a consumer item. I've tried explaining that feeling to my wife for 30 years to no avail. I'm not really much of a consumer. My wife will go spend $200 on a haircut and $10 for a cup of coffee. She likes that feeling she gets. I would never do that but I too like the feeling I get when I invest fiat currency into something that I can actually sell again someday and get my fiat back or more. Try doing that with a haircut or a coffee! When I spend fiat, I get high when I'm buying an actual asset. Or remodeling the kitchen or buying something that actually has value. Maybe I'm just a weirdo but that's how I live my life.

[no_step_on_snek]

I decided to start with silver, hit a certain silver target and then transition primarily to gold. This channel definitely helped me with that decision. Silver helped me get used to the idea of metals. Looking at the data for gold and silver price from year 2000 to current, both have shown significant gains. Silver with a roughly 500% increase and gold with a roughly 1000% increase. I dont think either one is a bad trade for fiat. Im looking at long term preservation though, with some available silver for small things here and there. Gold is definitely the better option based on value over long term and just flat out weight. Yeah, a treasure chest of 5, 000 oz of silver would look really cool, but its super impractical. 15-20lbs of silver, the rest in gold.

[Nikotromus]

Best comment I've seen - "Silver is the scam that keeps you from buying gold"

[bobsilver]

As long as silver is under $30, I buy. I bought most of my silver when it was $15 per ounce...it sat at $15 forever years ago.

[AY-qfpg]

Much better lighting, your gold shines in this video :)

[craigthescott]

The problem with silver is it never goes anywhere. I’ve got a monster box of Buffalo’s just in case the dollar crashes and I need something to use as money. But thinking it’s going to skyrocket is ridiculous it way too heavily manipulated.

[oldone]

A couple reasons I buy gold are as insurance in retirement as well as something to pass on to my kids. The main reason I buy gold is I TRUELY enjoy buying and owning it. If all goes to plan my kids make profit on it no matter if I bought it at a high or at a low spot/premium price.

[jerrywalden]

This is a long term investment.... gold in 1971 ...$35.... today Silver $1...now $22
Have a great one...

[glenh]

I have always believed that gold was money. Silver is no longer money. Its more of a commodity. You cant really discuss how bad silver sucks with silver bugs. They are very sensitive about this subject. Gold is more along the lines of a good savings plan. Its private and very liquid. You can depend on gold.

[toivotorvinen]

Financially I'm kind of in a position to only get some metals now and again. With the gold/silver ratio about 88-90 right now my thought is silver is the better deal. I'm not sure if it is a hedge against inflation but it gives me a bit of a feeling of security, something to fall back on. I don't know if the barter days will arrive before I depart and when things get tight and cash is needed, will the lcs and online dealers actually be able to buy some back. It's a faith thing, faith in the greenback, not so much; faith in precious metals, maybe. Faith in Our MAKER very important. I just like having a small stack, little at a time as funds are available. Thanks for your informed info.

[beaversstumpgrinding]

I started with copper rounds just for fun, and eventually began picking up interesting silver rounds. Before Knew it I moved into the junk... silver and was hooked at that point. Eventually going hard core silver maples. When the
dealers price was right, silver eagles too. I tried to give it up but the economy kept pushing me deeper. Then gold pushed me to a new highs. I thought PM's anonymous was going to help but I kept sneeking looks at the charts and the news ang got pulled back deeper each time. I don't know what to do. Any advice is appreciated...on which charts to follow.