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Paul Repstock's avatar

That was a very good explanation David.

I specially like a couple of points (Which might even have been expanded more):

-Firstly that 'The Fiat money prices of precious metals is mostly irrelevant because the traded item is derivative, not the actual metal. The same is largely true for all Commodities, where there is only a tenuous connection between the futures price and the price paid by consumers.

-Secondly you mentioned how the prices of materials is often less important than the "Availability". I have based my entire strategy on the "Thousand Mile production": Eg. If a critical product is not created within a reasonable distance the risks of unavailable supply increases exponentially. I refer both to supply chain issues, but also to legal jurisdictions.

Finally, I would like to say that anyone holding or contemplating Precious metals should have a firm plan for "WHY" they want to have gold and silver. Is this purchase 'A Speculation" or "An Insurance Policy"? Digits in the Bank Balance are easy to acquire in a high inflation environment, Real wealth is somewhat more difficult.

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eternalvigilance's avatar

Nice seeing the cup and handle pattern materialize.

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