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Precious metal investing
Hey guys,
how are you all doing during the down season?
I have been in vacation for the last 2 weeks and I am loving it
I decided to take a real estate investing course this winter and start building a rental property investment during the downtime for detailing.
My goal is 66 doors, and I expect to be able to do that within about 5 years.
I also started investing in precious metals as a hobby, and I am converting my emergency funds into physical silver right now.
If you are interested in that subject or are curious about it, here is a video I posted yesterday on a new youtube channel I created :
If you feel like it, have a look, comment on it, subscribe and give a thumb up or down. All these will help me.
I copied the style of the other youtubers doing silver stacking videos. I don't know if that is something people will enjoy, I like it but I don't think the same way most people do... so any advice would be welcome.
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Real Estate is a great idea, metals not so much. If you just like shiny things and enjoy displaying them thats cool but dont replace an emergency fund with gold/silver bars man!!! REALLY BAD investment over the long haul. Then there is the matter of them being "Valuable if the economy collapses" FALSE. If the economy collapses things like FOOD and WATER will be more valuable.
"Dirt likes detergent so much better than the surface that it's attached to, it'll leave that surface to go hang out with the soap"... aim4squirrels
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Originally Posted by dcjredline
Real Estate is a great idea, metals not so much. If you just like shiny things and enjoy displaying them thats cool but dont replace an emergency fund with gold/silver bars man!!! REALLY BAD investment over the long haul. Then there is the matter of them being "Valuable if the economy collapses" FALSE. If the economy collapses things like FOOD and WATER will be more valuable.
What makes you say it's a bad way to keep emergency funds? If you leave it in the bank, you loose 2 to 3% per year in inflation. Metals keep up and outperform inflation slightly. And are super liquid. I can go to my local metal dealer today and sell everything I have. The only downside to physical metals is that when you purchase it you pay a premium, which is the store's commission. That varies from 2% to about 15% on the stuff I am interested in. So if I was to seel immediatelly after purchasing, I would have a loss. This is not exclusive to metals, mutual funds have the same issue, stocks as well.
And yes, real estate is the ticket. I cannot wait to finish my training and get started.
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Very cool! I just started collecting poured silver pieces in October just before Halloween. I'm not really doing this as an investment, but more as a hobby for me and my son. I know I pay a high premium for poured silver, but I like custom unique pieces and limited edition numbered pieces.
I appreciate coins and the artwork that goes into them, but haven't purchased any coins yet. I don't know enough about coins to start collecting them. I was going to go up to Orlando last weekend for the FUN show and figured I would just wait until next year when I have some more knowledge about coins.
I fallow a bunch of pour artist on Instagram and it's just amazing to see what they can create out of Silver & Gold. I hope to purchase at least 1 or 2 Gold pieces this year for my collection.
Good luck!
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Originally Posted by Calendyr
What makes you say it's a bad way to keep emergency funds? If you leave it in the bank, you loose 2 to 3% per year in inflation. Metals keep up and outperform inflation slightly. And are super liquid. I can go to my local metal dealer today and sell everything I have. The only downside to physical metals is that when you purchase it you pay a premium, which is the store's commission. That varies from 2% to about 15% on the stuff I am interested in. So if I was to seel immediatelly after purchasing, I would have a loss. This is not exclusive to metals, mutual funds have the same issue, stocks as well.
And yes, real estate is the ticket. I cannot wait to finish my training and get started.
You can get a CD at 2% and it’s a much safer and liquid investment than precious metals. And decent mutual funds cost zero dollars to buy and sell... regardless of how long you hold them. Only front loaded funds would lead to a loss if sold quickly, and frankly, if you buy a front loaded fund, you got suckered.
I do like your real estate strategy though! Keep working on that one!
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Originally Posted by jdgamble
You can get a CD at 2% and it’s a much safer and liquid investment than precious metals. And decent mutual funds cost zero dollars to buy and sell... regardless of how long you hold them. Only front loaded funds would lead to a loss if sold quickly, and frankly, if you buy a front loaded fund, you got suckered.
I do like your real estate strategy though! Keep working on that one!
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That's true. Mutual funds have management fees though, and it is very possible to loose money even if the market is up because of it.
Precious metals are not for everyone. I like them but can totally understand why you might not.
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Ask the Hunt brothers about investing in silver ...
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Originally Posted by Calendyr
That's true. Mutual funds have management fees though, and it is very possible to loose money even if the market is up because of it.
Precious metals are not for everyone. I like them but can totally understand why you might not.
I’m an index fund investor. I pay basically zero management fees. Fidelity actually has zero fee funds. They track the indexes exactly. Vanguard is about 0.03%.
For a hobby, I get what you’re doing. I used to collect coins and I liked them.
For an investment, not so much. There are many better options.
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Stop listening to Fox news on sirius! lol
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