Firstly, because this trade doesn't feel balanced: Secondly, because this one certainly doesn't. Fortunately my feelings don't dictate the GSR, so I get to keep buying 73 ounces of the white stuff for every ounce of the yellow. I also know that feelings shouldn't dictate my investments, and they don't. But it still makes me happy that that I get real weight in my silver for "an ounce of gold" money.
You want get up and go concentrated wealth then this is what you want: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dFALbI5uyQ[/youtube] For everything else, there's silver.
...cuz I believe that despite the recent unprecedented purchasing of silver over the last two years (i.e....perhaps the ratio of above ground gold to silver is now only 5:1), that the fundamentals expressed in this video are still largely intact: https://vimeo.com/59783706 Cheers, Luker ...what we need is for Netflix to come out with a new series titled " Silver is the new Gold"
Because silver has dropped so much since the 2011 peak, I initially read the thread title as Why am I overweight silver. Luker, I don't think that chart you posted is valid anymore. From 2010-to date, there have been a billion ounces of silver coins/bars made.
