Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: re3 who wrote (45093)	1/10/2009 8:57:54 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217625

hello atgr, i have always been more partial to platinum than to gold Message 15774371 (5/9/2001) "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" i had not bought physical platinum (nor have i sold) since above referenced time because pt bullion went extinct in hk banking system (hang seng bank, the dealer, only bought and stopped selling due to physical supply constraint) i have not done any pgm finance.yahoo.com and its competitor finance.yahoo.com . i note both are paper derivatives constructed out of still more paper derivatives, and i have a problem with that sort of convolution in general, but particularly for anything i mean to ltbh, and specifically for pt. this finance.yahoo.com is perhaps a better schema because it is 100% backed by physical, but alas, is still a derivative a few thousand kilometers removed from my anxious hands. for long term reserve hoarding, i must have physical, and the physical must be no more than 30 minutes riding distance from grabbing distance. very recently i have started to again add to physical pt hoard Message 25288029 at 920 and Message 25242140 at 790, because of actual and near-enough platinum-gold parity; but, still no bullion supplies in hk, and so had to directly import inconvenient bars. cheers, tj p.s. i was discussing the issues with a israeli-swiss private banker and trader last night, and he intends to put on a short gold etf and long pt etf trade, which can be a winner. gold may be precious but platinum is strategic and more precious, at 1/10th the reserve size of gold for the two to be at 'close-enough' price parity is unreasonable.