shilly20 said:
Hey guys,
Most would of probably seen mike's 500 ounce speech on YT right??? Here he says that the time to exit silver should be when 500 ounces of silver could buy you an average house in obviously the US worth $200000 which would probably be a 3 bedder right....so it got me thinking what price would silver have to go to in say the next 3 years to buy a 3 bedroom house in Australia say in Sydney???
Cheers
No.
For the prices to drop this far in relation to silver would be considered a 'national disaster' affecting over a million 'mum and dad investors'
The owners of the country will bankrupt the nation on forced austerity measures for the 'good of the nation' under fear mongering before they allow house prices to sink so low.
Houses in Australia are investments and by extension, political tools - not shelter.
It's the paradigm shift that has social welfare groups in a frenzy, whilst political and investment classes shift uncomfortably in their seats whilst giving hollow denials of it.
But that's the realty of this situation and whilst in the US even today you might be able to score a house for 500 ounces, I've seen quite a few for 1000.
But Australia's market is still measured solidly in the 1000s and that's the intention of the current financial and political climate to keep it so.
I wouldn't assume a 500 ounce investment is a bad option, but you have to also be a realist about it's near term future capacity to buy you anything in relation to bricks and mortar in Australia.
Australia is still by and far (on average) the highest priced property market in the entire world at present. By time the Australian property market drops to such a point that 500 ounces of silver will buy you a home here either Australia has entered a horrific depression, or silver has absolutely exploded against fiat.
All contrary indicators at present wouldn't point to either being a likely scenario in the next 3 years.
If it does, you have a lot more to worry about than buying a house.