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Anonymous

18 Apr 2019

Insurance

Why not many people have precious metals in their portfolio?

I’m a silver stacker and I dollar cost average silver by buying the estimated lowest price of the month. I think having precious metals are an opportunity not to be missed. After all, it’s been money for thousands of years. Also, there are a lot of people buying Crypto than precious metals, which puzzles me. I don’t get why quantity of currency is better than quality of the intrinsic value.

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Precious metals are more like a hedge in downturn economic cycles. The prices have been steadily decreasing over the years, at least for gold going by the price of my gold ETF I bought a few years ago.

Crypto wise, the in thing now from what I know is bitcoin trading, where you trade it like a stock. A lot of herd mentality in crypto space, and I got onto that for a while at the turn of the year. Lost some money, currently licking the wounds and not venturing into anything new in this space. A lot of experts have warned against crypto, as there are no tangible assets backing it and may just be a bubble looking to burst. The falling prices this year may be the beginning of the end... Tread with extreme care if you are thinking of heading into this.

no dividends and no growth haha. not attractive to younger people with a longer time horizon ahead!

Jay Liu

28 Sep 2018

Accounting and Finance at ACCA

Precious metals don't distribute dividends. Its more of an insurance than an investment to me. Crypt...

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