Gold Silver ratio

PTVETTER

What should the ration be for gold and silver ?

HonoluluDude

At the current gold price, my preference would be 1:1.

COINB0Y

LOL!

Used to be 16:1 until 1972

History of Man and the Silver to Gold Ratio - Charted

SaorAlba

Normal more recently was 50:1, but lately with the prices out of whack it has been more like 60:1. In an ideal world, and up until 1972 as previously noted it was 16:1.

BigMoneyLewis

Yep, about 16.1 . People often make the mistake of thinking $ 50 oz silver would mean
we would also see $ 20 gal gas , $ 10 loaf of bread etc, but I don't see it that way.
What I see is a solid precious metal that is undervalued , and held artificially low.
Too many "investors" are shorting silver , and they need it to go down.
However, common sense tells us to always go long on silver, never short.
Afterall, we want the price of silver to go up, not down .We don't want any part
of speculation on it going down, or helping the price go down with big selloffs.
And we don't want to cash in on it going down . That's a crooks way of making money,
at other peoples expense.
Remember, driving the price down over and over to protect your shorts is
not what we want. We want silver to do what silver can do, and that is
go up a little at a time, month after month, year after year.
That's how you build your fortune/ empire the correct and legal way.
Not by market manipulation.
Just my opinions.

Lewis

DoubleEagle59

I'd forget about the historical ratio of 16:1 for awhile.

The last ten years, I believe it's been trading between 35:1 to 65:1.

I think an average for the last ten years would be 50:1.

A ratio this high definitely means more profit potential buying silver instead of gold.

cinman14

<< <i>Yep, about 16.1 . People often make the mistake of thinking $ 50 oz silver would mean
we would also see $ 20 gal gas , $ 10 loaf of bread etc, but I don't see it that way.
What I see is a solid precious metal that is undervalued , and held artificially low.
Too many "investors" are shorting silver , and they need it to go down.
However, common sense tells us to always go long on silver, never short.
Afterall, we want the price of silver to go up, not down .We don't want any part
of speculation on it going down, or helping the price go down with big selloffs.
And we don't want to cash in on it going down . That's a crooks way of making money,
at other peoples expense.
Remember, driving the price down over and over to protect your shorts is
not what we want. We want silver to do what silver can do, and that is
go up a little at a time, month after month, year after year.
That's how you build your fortune/ empire the correct and legal way.
Not by market manipulation.
Just my opinions.

Lewis >>

ProofArtworkonCircs

16 to 1 has not existed in the free market for well over 100 years. It has been a greater number other than for very brief periods about 1920 and 1980. It existed as a legal fiction 1878-1934 when gold was revalued, but the silver in silver coins was worth much less than face.