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10K, which metal to buy? 5 year hold

CakesCakes Posts: 3,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
So if you had to invest 10K into precious metals which would it be?

My thought is platinum, I just can't understand why it's so much cheaper then gold.

Thanks,

BC
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>So if you had to invest 10K into precious metals which would it be?

    My thought is platinum, I just can't understand why it's so much cheaper then gold.

    Thanks,

    BC >>



    Do you have to invest it in PMs or do you just have it to invest?
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  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭
    Buy and flip 6 of the 2015 UHR's.
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  • GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,503 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Buy silver,,,,, silver to gold ratio very favorable currently image

    Buy smaller sizes,,,, 1oz,,, 5oz,,, or 10 oz. Silver Eagles are always good.

    Larger bars are not as easily liquidated when needed.

    Any dealer can pay out for smaller sizes. Not everyone wants to buy a 100 oz bar of silver at any given time.

    JMHO, GrandAm image
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  • DrBusterDrBuster Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Buy and flip 6 of the 2015 UHR's. >>



    This works for me too
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This: Silver Eagles are always good.
    and that: Buy 4 and flip 3 of the 2015 UHR's.

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,779 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Five year hold? Silver, hands down. ASE or canadian mint 10 oz bars.

    While UHRs should do well, flipping any gold in a declining spot market is a gamble. Premiums of UHRs from the mint will be high.

    "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

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Buy and flip 6 of the 2015 UHR's. >>



    When are they set to be released?
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  • OperationButterOperationButter Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Buy and flip 6 of the 2015 UHR's. >>



    When are they set to be released? >>



    End of the month
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>platinum, I just can't understand why it's so much cheaper then gold. >>



    Manipulation by evil banksters, ain't that right guys?

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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    silver

    image good one!

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 36,779 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Five year hold? Silver, hands down.

    "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

  • rawteam1rawteam1 Posts: 2,472 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Five year hold? Silver, hands down. >>


    Ah, you mean... Limit Down...
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  • pf70collectorpf70collector Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭
    Silver is cheap. I think this year's UHR will be a bust.
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of the reasons that silver and platinum are both relatively cheap is because of the slack industrial demand. Demand will always fluctuate. I'd say that the potential is about equal for platinum and silver, but platinum is a thinner market and the spreads will always be wider for platinum than for silver. Silver is more divisible and can be sold in smaller chunks. On the other hand, silver requires a larger storage footprint. Everyone's circumstances are a little different.

    I see gold as a more stable savings medium in terms of price fluctuation, and it's market is mature & liquid with fair buy-sell spreads. It also requires a smaller footprint than silver, but can be kept in more easily transacted small chunks than platinum. I'd put the 5 year potential for gold at slightly less than that for silver or platinum, but not that much less.

    For 5 years, I'd go with 25% silver, 25% cash, 25% platinum, and 25% gold. And I wouldn't even think of spending the cash.
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd spread it around too.

    With no other context than I'd budgeted $10k for precious metals, right now I'd be bidding on low MS $20 Saints and $10 Indians

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  • CakesCakes Posts: 3,626 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thank you for the all of the replies. The investment will be made in metals, here are my choices:

    ASE's seems to be the obvious choice, maybe a monster box or multiple 5 and 10 oz bars.

    7 - MS63 Saints.

    7 - 2015 HR, I wish they had decided on a UHR but I guess a HR will have to do.
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