Recent content by AuAussie

Lol! About time. Although of course not exactly back when measured in buying power (USD instead of AUD). But a perfect example of Gold's use as an inflation / currency risk hedge.

Yeah maybe... but the PMs being a bit chunkier just feel more solid to me when I hug them at night! :P

This is an equal opportunities affirmative action forum. Buy them both!!!! :D

I know we're all sick of hearing the B word, but seriously consider using someone like Bitpay to accept order in bitcoins. Guaranteed exchange rate, NO way for people to cancel or chargeback, and you get your money in your bank account in AUD the next morning. As an existing customer I'll use...

That's my whole point. No-one here are institutional investors. So why bother with what they think gold and silver is worth in the volumes they trade? There should be a whole different market for let's say $100K or less volumes. You can fit that in a suit-case, so delivery is not a problem. And...

I'm not selling any at the moment. I was just kind of wondering why everyone always complain that the paper metals are rigged and the price is fixed, but still use it as the be-all and end-all of what their metal is worth?

Some interesting new ETF products coming out, for example http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/09/gold-etf-merk-idUSL2N0CW20P20130409 Allows you to redeem your investments and take delivery - without having to have millions of dollars. Which brings me to a hypothetical question: It's pretty...

Too short a time-scale. Silver (and even gold) is volatile. But in the long term PMs will average out and protect buying power. What's that thing always quoted about how the average Roman Legionary's pay was 1 silver coin per day? Which roughly equates with minimum wage in the modern world - you...

As soon as you buy in! :P

5% for him is still $50,000,000. He's doing his fair share of stacking! :lol: (and hugging it at night as he says)

Yeah, I really liked that idea too. You could take it all the way and set some rules for your own wealth portfolio. Eg. Say you want 20% of your wealth in gold, 20% in silver, 30% in stocks and 30% in property. (just an example - don't jump on me for the choices or values! :P ) Then as those...

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This has been popping up a lot more recently and by more serious scientists. One of the most compelling arguments I've seen for living in a simulation is that we're discovering that reality in this universe is pixelated so to speak. Things have a finite minimum size. Planck length, sub-atomic...

I find Mr Wonderful always entertaining on Dragons Den and Shark Tank. Interesting to hear his take on gold. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ0T6RwJYPc

Seriously, the best I've found is to just look at some of the coin dealer websites (such as some of the sponsors on here). Their prices update in real time with spot price and you get a pretty idea what is a good price or not for comparison. I'm assuming most dealers know what they're doing and...