Twitter or Gold?

renman95 · September 15, 2013 10:01AM

Explain which and why in less than 140 characters.

MilesWaits · September 15, 2013 10:11AM

Tweeting is the future.

Gold is the past, present, and future.

Twerking is catching fire.

TwoSides2aCoin · September 15, 2013 1:24PM

all that twitter's is told.

cohodk · September 15, 2013 2:18PM

<< all that twitter's is told. >>

Brilliant.

LowBudget · September 15, 2013 3:18PM

Justin beiber and other mental midgets tweet, Ill take the PM

Steve27 · September 15, 2013 7:15PM

Neither.

ricko · September 16, 2013 12:09AM

I will stick with gold....... Twit's never interested me...far too many of them around.....

Cheers, RickO

yellowkid · September 16, 2013 10:15PM

I don't tweet, but wouldn't mind owning some shares, Would I sell gold to buy any? No.

Coins101 · September 17, 2013 12:03AM

<< I will stick with gold....... Twit's never interested me...far too many of them around.....

Cheers, RickO >>

johnny9434 · September 17, 2013 4:26AM

<< I will stick with gold....... Twit's never interested me...far too many of them around.....

Cheers, RickO >>

TwoSides2aCoin · September 19, 2013 6:25AM

Today's gold is tonight's tweet.

ProofCollection · September 19, 2013 7:58AM

Like asking oranges or apples? Paper or plastic?

bronco2078 · February 5, 2014 7:58AM

twitter tanked

Does anyone know anyone that uses twitter? I was thinking about it today and while I hear idiots on TV talking about tweeting all the time I don't know a soul that uses it personally.

jrt103 · February 5, 2014 8:26AM

twitter = today's version of myspace

gold = gold forever

Icollecteverything · February 5, 2014 8:47AM

I was watching CNBC at the close today. When the results first came out it immediately popped up on the after hours market. $2.00, $3.00, $4.00, $6.00! Then it quickly turned and dropped to even just as quick and soon it was going negative. I think it ended up at an $8.00 loss after-hours. So somebody paid $14.00 more than what they could have bought it for about a 1/2 hour later!

MGLICKER · February 5, 2014 8:55AM

<< twitter tanked

Does anyone know anyone that uses twitter? I was thinking about it today and while I hear idiots on TV talking about tweeting all the time I don't know a soul that uses it personally. >>

I used Twitter for about 6 months. Still occasionally to get news updates. That is about it.

Half novelty and half useful. The novelty half though always seems to fade.

cohodk · February 5, 2014 11:32AM

Twitter darn near doubled. What did gold do?

MGLICKER · February 5, 2014 11:43AM

<< Twitter darn near doubled. What did gold do? >>

Maintained wealth, as it has always done.

cohodk · February 5, 2014 1:31PM

Maintained? Perhaps when compared to the US dollar, but we all know how we feel about US dollars. Gold certainly did not maintain value vs TWTR.

MGLICKER · February 5, 2014 1:47PM

<< Maintained? Perhaps when compared to the US dollar, but we all know how we feel about US dollars. Gold certainly did not maintain value vs TWTR. >>

Depends what ones goals are. Those who favor bubbles and bought gold at $1500 plus have obviously taken a hit. Collectors and stackers with longer term objectives are doing quite well.

One can go to a casino and triple their money in a night if they are lucky. They can also lose everything. Neither example makes visiting a casino a better investment than gold.

cohodk · February 5, 2014 2:41PM

Another reference to investing and gambling. No wonder so many fail to outperform.

MGLICKER · February 5, 2014 3:19PM

<< Another reference to investing and gambling. No wonder so many fail to outperform. >>

So buying shares in a company at 35 times revenue and negligible earnings is an investment rather than a gamble? Certainly one can profit on this type of crapshoot (oops, sorry), but clearly the risk is significant to say the least.

BAJJERFAN · February 5, 2014 10:16PM

down 25% right now.

ricko · February 5, 2014 10:31PM

My gold is still good..... and will continue to be....

Cheers, RickO

cohodk · February 6, 2014 1:36AM

<< 

<< Another reference to investing and gambling. No wonder so many fail to outperform. >>

So buying shares in a company at 35 times revenue and negligible earnings is an investment rather than a gamble? Certainly one can profit on this type of crapshoot (oops, sorry),

but clearly the risk is significant to say the least. >>

Of course, and so is the reward. The stocks that usually give the greatest rewards are those you described above. That doesnt make it gambling. Some may argue that buying PMs is gambling on the future destruction of the dollar and world economies.

derryb · February 6, 2014 1:55AM

all spent money is a gamble. That $2,500 flat screen might be $2,000 next month. That $35 steak might make you sick. That $50,000 car might get you killed.

The biggest gamble with spent money is that it might all be a waste.

MGLICKER · February 6, 2014 2:04AM

<< The stocks that usually give the greatest rewards are those you described above. >>

Until valuations become absurd. Twitter's revenues must expand tenfold to get the price/revenue ratio to 3.5 to 1. Even then the stock would be expensive. Noodles (NDLS) is a great example. With 200 restaurants, they were trading at a 200 PE. I explained to friend who was interested in the stock IPO that the chain would need to expand to 2000 stores at the same margin to get to a reasonable PE.

Fortunately he passed.

Every asset has a low price, a fair price, a high price and an absurd price.

Buying at absurd prices rarely is successful.

cohodk · February 6, 2014 4:13AM

Until valuations become absurd.

Of course. But if you have the opportunity to double your money in 3 months or 5 years, which would you choose?

Or, apparently silver at $40+ was an absurd price? Or maybe buying silver is gambling?

Im so confused.

Baley · February 6, 2014 4:18AM

<< Explain which and why in less than 140 characters. >>

the 3-word question is like asking, "cotton candy or steak?" with no other context.

my answer is, "a little bit of one, and quite a bit of the other"

MGLICKER · February 6, 2014 5:29AM

<< Until valuations become absurd.

Of course. But if you have the opportunity to double your money in 3 months or 5 years, which would you choose?

Or, apparently silver at $40+ was an absurd price? Or maybe buying silver is gambling?

Im so confused.

>>

Silver was absurd (in my opinion) above $30. It went well beyond the cost of production at that level. (I stopped actively buying at $27 or so).

I have no interest in trying to double my money in 3 months. Folks who got into Twitter and Amazon in the last 10 days learned a hard lesson.

cohodk · February 6, 2014 6:12AM

I have no interest in trying to double my money in 3 months.

I do!!

Investors in GLUU or MTRX do as well.

MGLICKER · February 6, 2014 6:26AM

<< I have no interest in trying to double my money in 3 months.

I do!!

Investors in GLUU or MTRX do as well.

>>

Fair enough, but that is not investing. It is gambling!

Twitter or Gold?

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