Pirocco
Well-Known Member
It's better than having nothing because your bank account was declared lost.Dynoman said:Unfortunately whether we like or not, in the end we all hedge against the dreaded fiat. Me hungrily trading my silver pandas for bread when the SHTF isn't something I'd look forward to.
And it's not only hedging against fiat, that's just a part of the job. It also requires hedging against the money for nothing club, that also visits the silver market. Avoiding to buy silver pandas when the price is bloated by the temporary purchases of this club, and avoiding to sell after they performed the dump part of their visit.
At some point in 2011, silvers price was driven to a short $50 touch. It's now $21-22. That implies that they didnt use the 'money for nothing' to buy silver. What did they do with the money? Bonds? Stocks? A trip to Hawaii? Other things? Still on a bank account, waiting for others to sell in concern/panic, to then buy back in again?
Taking all this into account and act accordingly, is hedging. All the rest is just a temporary story, with gains here and equal pains elsewhere.