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  1. Paying unexpected bills - savings v PM - 5 year return

    I keep around 10 months cash reserve, which is what I'd raid. Most every spare $ goes into IRA's or managed investments against a looming redundancy, and probably a semi retirement, I can't afford lol.

  2. Paying unexpected bills - savings v PM - 5 year return

    What I'm thinking about is to sell some bullion to raise the cash as opposed to raiding my emergency $, ie will PM prices outstrip deposit interest over 5 years. No easy answer without that crystal ball. :)

  3. Paying unexpected bills - savings v PM - 5 year return

    So, I'm being hit with an unexpected expense, (~10k). Given a 5 year term, would you keep money in the bank, (currently 5%), or sell gold / silver ?

  4. Looking For Real Estate Guys

    Something is worth what people are prepared to buy and sell for at a point in time. That value changes over time for a variety of reasons.

  5. Do you have a traditional "savings" account?

    you can get 5% from a deposit account right now.

  6. Official ODT Silver Thread

    Would people consider it reasonable to offer to trade a small amount of silver bullion for gold at spot price ?

  7. Do you have a traditional "savings" account?

    How do they go about firing you ? I've had the same cards for 20 + years and never carried a balance.

  8. Do you have a traditional "savings" account?

    I'm getting 4.8 on a cash account with Wealthfront. Anyone want to open with them we can both get a small rate hike on that as a referral.

  9. Mortgage gurus talk to me

    Sort out your liquid emergency fund and put the rest down.

  10. Anyone watching CD rates closely?

    4.05% cash account with Wealthfront right now.

  11. Blockfi files for bankruptcy protection

    Fundamentally very speculative investments.
  12.

    British sovereigns - how to spot fakes ?

    When my grandmother died I got sent these sovereigns she left me. Never really thought about it, but is there an "at home" test to see if they're genuine ?

  13. Official ODT Silver Thread

    They're dependent on demand. Portable, yes, used as a unit of value for centuries, yes. However, it might be optimistic to assume they could always be traded for other goods and services. Early societies got by commercially without precious metals as a store of value. For example, two people...

  14. Official ODT Silver Thread

    There have been times / places / cultures. Given a time of real scarcity the "value" can plummet. Do you want this 1lb of gold or to prevent your family from dying of starvation today ?

  15. Official ODT Silver Thread

    All too busy cashing in their gold.

  16. Zillow abandoning the home flipping business

    My BIL builds a small number of new homes in places like Roswell and the sales price keeps going up.

  17. Taxing unrealized gains as income?

    As far as I can tell GA doesn't have an estate tax ? The fed one kicks in on estates worth $11.7M and up, so I'm not too worried. Now, if unrealized gains become taxable the whole economy's going to take a sucker punch.

  18. Official ODT Silver Thread

    15th century Spanish dollars, 8 reals. High quality coins. Often cut into 8 pieces, or "bits".

  19. How do you value your bullion holdings ?

    If you're using the right valuation methods, yes. If I offered silver bullion at market spot bid I'd probably sell locally to a private buyer quite easily. Really what method to use to to value portfolio holdings.

  20. How do you value your bullion holdings ?

    Really it's a commodity, traded on open markets. You can establish a value based on those prices. It's which prices do people use, and how do they adjust them. Some might say use the ask spot price from the London market, others may use whatever the local pawn shop's paying. Ask / bid ? +- x % ?
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