tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post6422207150363254808..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: If you have a cash surplus...Eolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-317681334407686482010-02-17T18:38:19.086+00:002010-02-17T18:38:19.086+00:00Robb, do you have some good resources (sites/books...Robb, do you have some good resources (sites/books) about precious metals to recommend?Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-66559880194090335972010-01-31T19:14:42.018+00:002010-01-31T19:14:42.018+00:00I've thought so too, for many years, and it...I've thought so too, for many years, and it's true on some levels, but I've changed my view a little bit, now I think that the major changes, at least for many generations yet, will happen under the surface in the spiritual depths, and for individuals. For a superficial society view (the impression you'll get by reading newspapers), I think humanity will still be war-like and selfish for a very long time yet.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-9211572411270817382010-01-31T19:04:21.869+00:002010-01-31T19:04:21.869+00:00I think they will not hold, due simply to human na...<i>I think they will not hold, due simply to human nature. That changes only verrrrry slowly ...</i><br /><br />Slow yes, but the change is already underway. You yourself have alluded to it in this here blog of yours.<br /><br />Humanity is about the go through its biggest shift in recorded history.Timo Lehtinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08689481666881650781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-16032672321316970882010-01-31T15:46:37.699+00:002010-01-31T15:46:37.699+00:00Both Robb and TTL have good points, but I think th...Both Robb and TTL have good points, but I think they will not hold, due simply to human nature. That changes only verrrrry slowly, if at all.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-55015634450130890182010-01-31T14:37:17.831+00:002010-01-31T14:37:17.831+00:00Peter Thiel's call to save the economy is comm...Peter Thiel's call to save the economy is commendable but a bit silly.<br /><br />Economy as we know it can not be “saved”. It will run its course – a couple more years still – after which it will be replaced with a new system that has nothing to do with money, or even with the concept of exchange.Timo Lehtinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08689481666881650781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-20077204462906874252010-01-31T06:20:30.137+00:002010-01-31T06:20:30.137+00:00Gold has been pushed a lot lately, and as a number...Gold has been pushed a lot lately, and as a number of financial wizards agree - gold is only worth what a small number of people will pay for it.<br /><br />Silver is actually more rare, and more expensive to mine than gold.<br /><br />And then there's tin...Robb in Houstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-73051489694478487612010-01-31T03:41:57.454+00:002010-01-31T03:41:57.454+00:00Before inflation, yes, I think that's more lik...Before inflation, yes, I think that's more like it. Although right now I can't find any place which will give anywhere near it, here. (In Denmark you can right now get around 3% if you have a lot of money.)Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-58438673198118006342010-01-31T03:06:29.463+00:002010-01-31T03:06:29.463+00:00Our local advisor, in the US, is suggesting 5% as ...Our local advisor, in the US, is suggesting 5% as a resonable goal.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949816262193444891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-45358778060082199602010-01-31T01:52:40.987+00:002010-01-31T01:52:40.987+00:00Yeah.
Here in UK, one is apparently advised to bu...Yeah. <br />Here in UK, one is apparently advised to buy the Britannia coins, because for some years now, since they are considered legal tender here, if one has gains when selling them, the gains are tax-free. This is not true of foreign coins, or bars. <br />I don't know if similar laws exist in other countries.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-90802136282171133542010-01-31T01:45:48.312+00:002010-01-31T01:45:48.312+00:00A limited quantity of gold is an interesting addit...A limited quantity of gold is an interesting addition to an investment portfolio, as a kind of insurance. It's worth noting that gold bars are cheaper than coins. Collectable coins are unnecessarily expensive, but krugerrands, maple leafs, eagles, etc. are fine if you don't want everything in bars.Jannoreply@blogger.com