Cheepo said:
Which means that if you bought at any time during the last four years, you lost money.
So what are you going to do next? Wait to lose some more, or sell?
Since the mid 1960s (50 years ago), the price of silver has gone up by 5% a year on average (even accounting for the spike during the last 8 years). With inflation above 5% a year on average during these 50 years, silver is not a good hedge against inflation. Sorry.
And buying into stock markets at record highs, that's a good hedge against inflation? Sorry.
And keeping bank deposits at record low intrest rates, that's a good hedge against inflation? Sorry.
And keeping cash in a safe, that's a good hedge against inflation? Sorry.
And buying houses at record high prices, that's a good hedge against inflation? Sorry.
I continue to buy silver, and if the price drops, then I get more silver. Sorry.
But more carefully than in the past, due to having more information at hand. Sorry.
There is a much worser hedge: the one of repeating errors over and over again. Sorry.
We have had years positivity, and we bought. And now we have had years negativity, and we should not buy? Even sell instead? Sorry.
That is smart? Sorry.
I'll see over some decades, what silver has been.
Those with bank deposits will see too.
Those with stocks bought at todays price will see too.
And quite some of those that bought stocks years ago, will see too.
Because a recordhigh doesn't mean that everybody can sell at that high.
A paper gain goes with the selling, and stocks have some reputation of speedy vaporizing.
They even invented a last name for them: penny.
A 50% loss in stocks is the same as a 50% loss in silver.
The current price occurred earlier this year, and I remember 2 active people here, that said that they sold / "weren't in anymore".
I failed to find the posts using the keywords I remembered, maybe they were wrong or the posts got edited, dunno.
Abit later $21 back.
Silvers price is moved alot, simply because there are many temporary buyers in it, that don't buy silver with the gains.
Take those into account when buying more, and a big error part has been eliminated.