it was at one before, for a short while.
i am now at 16.42% in physical precious metals;
2.9% in certificate gold and silver;
2.9% gold miner etf (started position in the last week, and a large and fast move for me).
have been busy in the last week:
Message 25239229
Message 25242140
Message 25244327
i am now waiting for delivery of a some physical platinum wafers. should arrive within the week.
i first started to seriously save in terms of the elements (platinum mostly) in the early 1990s, until hk banks stopped selling platinum (still buys them back) 2004/2005, and then went to gold.
Message 11223701 (1999, on hk and gold)
Message 13153433 (2000, on pile of platinum)
Message 14005376 (2000, "... Safe deposit is stuffed with Aussie PLATINUM coins collected in the past 10 years ...)
Message 14861804 (2000, "... On gold, I am not a gold bug, and I do not believe in a return to the gold standard. Gold is not money. However, gold is a store of value. I do not know the value of gold, but I do know by observation that the selling of hoards of gold had saved many families in Asia during the past few years. I think PLATINUM is a better store of value. An oil field may be better still ...")
Message 15774371 (2001, "... 4% Metals (72% PLATINUM, 28% gold); I am adding gold, holding on the PLATINUM, and am happy to have this allocation to go as high as 5%, but no higher ...")
Message 15774373 (2001, "... on Barbaric Gold and Savage Platinum ...") |
