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To: Eli Kopter

“Don’t buy gold and silver unless you understand it. “

Yeah, gold as a component of a diversified portfolio is a good idea. It has done well over the last 20 years as has the S&P 500 and other market indices.

The key is diversification and leaving investments alone for decades to grow and absorb the ups and downs.


13 posted on 09/03/2025 9:51:16 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk
All of those investments have gone up to a great extent because of the depreciation of the dollar.

It appears our country is happy with a target of depreciating the dollar by 2% per year. That is our goal. That is the BEST case scenario. AMAZING…..Never mind that we will routinely exceed that level, sometimes by a lot.

Old school here, I know—but I prefer zero inflation and a stable dollar. I think a guarantee of 2% depreciation a year, guarantees a higher level. I guess I am totally out of touch with modern monetary theory.

16 posted on 09/03/2025 10:04:33 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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