By the time you buy the dollars and then sell them again to buy the metal your mitigating a lot of the benefit. I looked into doing this last year and although a big move made it almost worthwhile I had managed to buy some physical USD and spot and sell it the same way, if I'd had done it through a broker or not been able to buy/sell at spot it would have been marginally worthwhile at best. If the aussie goes to .66usd, a pretty big move, then your only looking at around 10% benefit and you'll probably pay at least 1.5% in each direction plus forex transfer fees, so even in that extreme scenario you're only really getting 6 or 7% and you are exposed to USD risk if there's a problem. Maybe buying the USD ETF as a hedge would be a better way to get exposure.The Crow said:Stack US dollars???
Buy silver in $US once hits $10?
Take Leon's advice????
SilverPete said:And the AUD will be in the toilet so it's of no benefit to those of us in Australia.
Got our physical USD for $1.14NZD we will cash out at some stage and reap the rewards as Kiwibank will buy them back with 0% transaction fee.phrenzy said:By the time you buy the dollars and then sell them again to buy the metal your mitigating a lot of the benefit. I looked into doing this last year and although a big move made it almost worthwhile I had managed to buy some physical USD and spot and sell it the same way, if I'd had done it through a broker or not been able to buy/sell at spot it would have been marginally worthwhile at best. If the aussie goes to .66usd, a pretty big move, then your only looking at around 10% benefit and you'll probably pay at least 1.5% in each direction plus forex transfer fees, so even in that extreme scenario you're only really getting 6 or 7% and you are exposed to USD risk if there's a problem. Maybe buying the USD ETF as a hedge would be a better way to get exposure.The Crow said:Stack US dollars???
Buy silver in $US once hits $10?
Take Leon's advice????
A drop to $10 usd with the aud at .70 still has silver at $14.30, not too shabby, ar today's exchange rate it's closer to $13.40.
I could believe a big drop is coming but $10 seems a little extreme, TA or no TA.
sterling-nz said:Got our physical USD for $1.14NZD we will cash out at some stage and reap the rewards as Kiwibank will buy them back with 0% transaction fee.phrenzy said:By the time you buy the dollars and then sell them again to buy the metal your mitigating a lot of the benefit. I looked into doing this last year and although a big move made it almost worthwhile I had managed to buy some physical USD and spot and sell it the same way, if I'd had done it through a broker or not been able to buy/sell at spot it would have been marginally worthwhile at best. If the aussie goes to .66usd, a pretty big move, then your only looking at around 10% benefit and you'll probably pay at least 1.5% in each direction plus forex transfer fees, so even in that extreme scenario you're only really getting 6 or 7% and you are exposed to USD risk if there's a problem. Maybe buying the USD ETF as a hedge would be a better way to get exposure.The Crow said:Stack US dollars???
Buy silver in $US once hits $10?
Take Leon's advice????
A drop to $10 usd with the aud at .70 still has silver at $14.30, not too shabby, ar today's exchange rate it's closer to $13.40.
I could believe a big drop is coming but $10 seems a little extreme, TA or no TA.
We almost sold them back when it hit $1.36NZD, glad we didn't but something is still bound to cock it up for us![]()
Miloman said:sterling-nz said:Got our physical USD for $1.14NZD we will cash out at some stage and reap the rewards as Kiwibank will buy them back with 0% transaction fee.phrenzy said:By the time you buy the dollars and then sell them again to buy the metal your mitigating a lot of the benefit. I looked into doing this last year and although a big move made it almost worthwhile I had managed to buy some physical USD and spot and sell it the same way, if I'd had done it through a broker or not been able to buy/sell at spot it would have been marginally worthwhile at best. If the aussie goes to .66usd, a pretty big move, then your only looking at around 10% benefit and you'll probably pay at least 1.5% in each direction plus forex transfer fees, so even in that extreme scenario you're only really getting 6 or 7% and you are exposed to USD risk if there's a problem. Maybe buying the USD ETF as a hedge would be a better way to get exposure.
A drop to $10 usd with the aud at .70 still has silver at $14.30, not too shabby, ar today's exchange rate it's closer to $13.40.
I could believe a big drop is coming but $10 seems a little extreme, TA or no TA.
We almost sold them back when it hit $1.36NZD, glad we didn't but something is still bound to cock it up for us![]()
But at what rate?
0 fee usually means that they factor a worse exchange rate.
leon1998 said:USD/euro might reach 1:1 by then
TreasureHunter said:Oh my dear Lord: 10 $ silver?
Where's Kiyosaki, where's Maloney... and the other muketeers in "dark times" like this?
leon1998 said:When a long-term trend reverses, it takes a lot of time and effort. You will have plenty of chances to buy low.
Think long-term trends as an aircraft-carrier, is it possible for it make a U turn like a fishing boat?
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SilverDJ said:Let's say silver goes back up to AUD$40 (or pick your value) through some non collapse type scenario, who would cash out their stack?