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Gold v. The United States Dollar; Some Observations

Some important observations I’d like to share. I got thrown into a debate on Facebook of all places. I hate the “Facebook comment debate” but some of these facts I listed are worth sharing.

- Prior to 1913*, a man could walk into a tailor and purchase a nice new suit with either 1oz of gold (a 1 ounce gold coin) or a $20 dollar bank-note ($20 dollar bill). Today a man can still walk into a tailor and buy a suit with the 1 oz gold coin, but what about the $20 bill?

- In and around the 1970’s one could purchase a single family home for ~1,000 oz of gold (roughly $35/oz). Today you can still buy a home with 1,000 oz of gold but what about the $35,000 dollars?

Government destroys markets, money, and value. It monopolizes money to fund itself. This must end for our future to be lucrative. What has government done to our money? It has destroyed it. Just let that settle in. Bring it up in class or around the dinner table. Explain it to friends and family, with love, from me.

1913 is the year the Federal Reserve was created through the Federal Reserve Act.

David Morgan on Silver Investment

If you haven’t been reading here for a minute or two you might not know I am quite the gold and silver bug. I avoid stocks at all costs in terms of investment. I think the instability in the market especially given the rampant inflationary practice of our overlords in the Federal Reserve is cause to get out of the stock market and into something a bit safer.

Gold and silver are my investments of choice and have been since long before the market collapse of 2008. Some of the people who visit here may be new to the game so I figured I’d post this nice little write up and video by David Morgan — his rules to silver investment.

I have some rules myself, some may contrast with Mr. Morgan — the general idea is don’t get buried in one pool. Diversify and don’t panic about things like the end of the world. Start slow, start smart, and only invest what you can afford to tuck away. Even one ounce of silver is a good start. Don’t get scammed into collector’s coins or anything like that. You want .999 pure silver in bar or round form. Anything else is trash.

The spot price is hovering around $40 now so you shouldn’t be paying much more than $44 dollar per ounce. Adjust that as you go ahead. Happy savings!

Silver Closes In On $38

My professor (Keynesian of course) told me that silver and gold would start to decline rapidly due to the tsunami in Japan. Last week I told him he was wrong and that silver and gold would take an initial hit due to market shock (oil supply shock) and would quickly rebound. I even blogged about it.

Anyway, today silver closed at $37… next time I see him I get to watch him eat his words. Maybe I should make him eat an entire Keynes book? Looking toward the future, more growth coming. I like silver long. $37 for an ounce is cheap as dirt considering at some point in the future it will be in the hundreds. Yes, the hundreds.