How old is a participant on the CU Precious Metals forum? ~Poll~
Baley
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Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
I'm 49.
JC
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Ahhhh.... I did it wrong
Baley, how did you determine those age groupings?
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Currently there is only one person I the poll who is over 70 which makes sense when you consider that PM's are generally considered to be long term investments. >>
Not so, there are now 2 of us. Just another asset, just like stocks or real estate, bought and sold for potential profits. Unfortunately, gold and silver are currently in the "dog house," but will turn around, hopefully in my lifetime, when demand, once again, exceeds the supply and speculators return to take charge.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
<< <i>I hate being in the majority.
Baley, how did you determine those age groupings? >>
I tried to go with the major life stages: junior high and below, high school, college, early working, later working/early family, kids in elementary and below and getting established in a career, kids in junior high/mostly established in a career, kids in high school/college/second or more career, kids out of college and early retirement, middle retirement, late retirement etc, and played with the ranges to try to get a relatively even distribution.
I'll be clicking a different box next year.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>I just jumped a whole group in the past 3 days.
Congrats on 28-33!
<< <i>I'm glad I'm no longer in the majority. This little demographic exercise explains a lot of the angst and fear in this forum as they are the last of the baby boomers with the most to lose. >>
Where are you seeing angst and fear from around here?
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<< <i>I'm glad I'm no longer in the majority. This little demographic exercise explains a lot of the angst and fear in this forum as they are the last of the baby boomers with the most to lose. >>
Where are you seeing angst and fear from around here? >>
I stack so I won't have "angst and fear" because of out of control spending by our government. Actually, I sleep quite well.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
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<< <i>I'm glad I'm no longer in the majority. This little demographic exercise explains a lot of the angst and fear in this forum as they are the last of the baby boomers with the most to lose. >>
Where are you seeing angst and fear from around here? >>
You don't feel/see it? Perhaps this is due to different professional trainings/experiences.
Back in the majority again. Dag nabbit.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
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<< <i>I hate being in the majority.
Baley, how did you determine those age groupings? >>
I tried to go with the major life stages: junior high and below, high school, college, early working, later working/early family, kids in elementary and below and getting established in a career, kids in junior high/mostly established in a career, kids in high school/college/second or more career, kids out of college and early retirement, middle retirement, late retirement etc, and played with the ranges to try to get a relatively even distribution.
I'll be clicking a different box next year. >>
Interesting. 20 years ago the brackets would have been slightly different. Moreso pronounced from 40-50 years ago.
I'll check a different box a few months after you.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
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<< <i>I'm glad I'm no longer in the majority. This little demographic exercise explains a lot of the angst and fear in this forum as they are the last of the baby boomers with the most to lose. >>
Where are you seeing angst and fear from around here? >>
You don't feel/see it? Perhaps this is due to different professional trainings/experiences. >>
I don't see it from the regular posters here, no. I see the usual beetch&moan when the down swings happen but do not see anybody showing true fear, or expressing it openly anyway. There are a lot of level heads here in play and I'm not getting any day trader morning bourbon ulcer vibe from anyone.
<< <i>Currently there is only one person I the poll who is over 70 which makes sense when you consider that PM's are generally considered to be long term investments. >>
Forming a nice bell curve now...another interesting poll would be 'how many years have you been stacking'?.... Cheers, RickO
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
<< <i>Drbuster I think you are referring to current PM prices. I see no fear or angst there either. So that does concern me. But I was referring to the fear and angst the last of the boomers feel toward socioeconomic changes. This is a classic "early bird gets the worm situation". The early boomers are the benefactors of all the promises and enjoyed the successes if being pushed from behind by a large and voracious population. The later boomers are funding there are very few worms left and have no tailwind as the next generation is very small especially when expressed as a percentage of the population. Those born between 1955 to 1964 will probably witness the greatest swings in their finances as they truely are the tail on a very large dog. >>
Couldn't agree more. Sounds like a "we've run out of social security money" scenario.
Also sounds like what happens when a Ponzi reaches its end. Could it be the day of economic reckoning approaches?
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
<< <i>Drbuster I think you are referring to current PM prices. I see no fear or angst there either. So that does concern me. But I was referring to the fear and angst the last of the boomers feel toward socioeconomic changes. This is a classic "early bird gets the worm situation". The early boomers are the benefactors of all the promises and enjoyed the successes if being pushed from behind by a large and voracious population. The later boomers are funding there are very few worms left and have no tailwind as the next generation is very small especially when expressed as a percentage of the population. Those born between 1955 to 1964 will probably witness the greatest swings in their finances as they truely are the tail on a very large dog. >>
My siblings (4 total) were all born between 1951 and 1957. My cousins (16 total) were all born between 1944 and 1958. I was born in 1964 (yeah, I know it was an accident!). I've never considered myself to be the tail on a large dog but I have been called a horse's ass.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>Drbuster I think you are referring to current PM prices. I see no fear or angst there either. So that does concern me. But I was referring to the fear and angst the last of the boomers feel toward socioeconomic changes. This is a classic "early bird gets the worm situation". The early boomers are the benefactors of all the promises and enjoyed the successes if being pushed from behind by a large and voracious population. The later boomers are funding there are very few worms left and have no tailwind as the next generation is very small especially when expressed as a percentage of the population. Those born between 1955 to 1964 will probably witness the greatest swings in their finances as they truely are the tail on a very large dog. >>
No clue why I didn't see this until today. And absolutely I was refering to just us folks here.
If we're talking actual population then of course I see some as folks are realizing the wizards behind the curtains do not have their best interests in play anymore like they thought..even though behind some of the curtains there is just a mirror.
Unfortunately, in my gen-x lifetime I'll probably see a major socio-economic event unfold here in the states. The juggernaut is out of control, parasitic, and self destructive at this point. I just try to prepare and keep myself and family ready for limited exposure to the collateral damage.
Better late than never.
<< <i>I'm glad I'm no longer in the majority. This little demographic exercise explains a lot of the angst and fear in this forum as they are the last of the baby boomers with the most to lose. >>
Great observation!
until next year
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edit: most telling feature of this ttt: no new votes so far, total has stood at 151 for a long long time.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>I've moved up one rank since answering the poll
edit: most telling feature of this ttt: no new votes so far, total has stood at 151 for a long long time. >>
same here....now with the "elite old geezer" group
<< <i>I voted------after I remembered how old I am
Funny how sometimes you actually have to stop and think about that one. That doesn't happen to the first 3 or 4 groups. I was a year off about a month ago discussing age with the wife.
And so nice to see I'll be sliding further away from the top of the curve as I go.
(but I'll have company)
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
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