Colbadol said:

money is like manure. it does the most good when you spread it around.

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relative abundance 1 to 5.88 (Gold vs. Silver)
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This means that based solely upon relative abundance, silver should be trading at about $110.50/ounce (using a gold price of $650.0).
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Patience, it seems, is destined to pay some incredible dividends.

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Wiccan_Seeker said:

A bit pessimist perhaps but I believe 2010-2020 will be utterly disastrous for fiat currency (dollars, euros) and that hardships may be ahead for anyone but the multi-millionaire.

Like I said in an above post: they are printing a surplus of 10% money annually while actual economic growth is something like 2.5%. It doesnt take much math to see that will be a big problem quite soon. This goes for US and EU. All of us notice things get very expensive very fast. We're being fucked out of the value behind our money. We make bigger numbers but the value within it is less and less.

<img src=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/500000000000_dinars.jpg>

The benchmark of investments nowadays is whether you make over an annual 7% profit. If not, the investment is melting away like an icecube while the number seems to get bigger.

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Smackshadow said:

I remain unconvinced.  Commodities trading is still one of the most efficient markets we have.  With the advent of digital photography I think we can expect a lower or at least truncated market for silver in the future.  If we look back the last 50 year the price of silver has done nothing but drop.  The only reason that silver has increased in value as I can see is because of the uncertainty of the global economy, and a wide spread belief that silver maintains its value.  Even if silver does maintain its value to the American dollar it would still be more cost effective to invest in foreign markets that would return a profit above and behind the "gains" associated with the declining American dollar with a particular emphasis on stocks that are uncorrelated with the US economy.

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Good thing you arnt a economist

Silver is worth $33.19 as of today. which isnt much when you factor in inflation but its a decent gain.

Asante said:

<img src=http://www.sunshinesilver.com/sunshine_silver_bars_bullion.jpg>

1-ounce silver coins and bars. You can pick em up today in places like ebay for around $15 apiece but they might fetch you $50-$150 around 2015. Of all the silver of all time, there is only $4.4 billion's worth left. "Peak Silver" happened over a century ago and the world is only slowly waking up to that.

..This one's for the Shroomery leprechauns..

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I'm just necro'ing this to say good call Asante. People should have listened, i wish i grabbed some bars at 15. 

I bought a few one oz bars for about 30 usd in 2016 and right now they are worth 67, i forgot i even had them but pulled them out of a box, and missed the highest price this year. I don't follow precious metals markers, maybe i should. I should have gone all in on silver when i had the chance.

AI uses silver? Could still be solid investment

Date Nominal Price (USD) Primary Driver
January 29, 2026 $121.67 Industrial supply deficit & AI/Solar demand