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hanera says

Diversification wasn't the reason cited in OP and from discussion.

You asked why one was better, you were answered. Take the response, or keep believing your diversified because your papers all have different colors.

Stupid woman. She should have done her homework first. She must have learnt pretty quick that in Islam:
Women are inferior
Gays are supposed to be killed.

Singlemom says

$20,000,000,000,000 in debt and climbing . We are past the point of NO RETURN. Rates have to go up. It will become a vicious cycle with the government paying more and more in interest payments which will require more borrowing (because no one will touch entitlements) which will raise the debt which will raise the payments which will require more borrowing which will raise the debt ...

$2.46T is the Fed's:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TREAST

and they'll just sit on that now I guess

Intra-government holdings are $5.4T:

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=cPP0

so ~$12T is lot less scarier than $20T, yes?

The Fed flushed so much new money into the system since 2009 that yields have fallen and can't get up.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MZM

>It will become a vicious cycle with the government paying more and more in interest payments

To WHOM? You've really got to follow the money here.

NuttBoxer says

Regardless of historical ratio, silver will be going up faster than gold in the next move. The ratio has been between 67 and 73 forever(last two years approx). It will go down to somewhere in the area of 30/1

OK, does it seem like a good move to buy silver now? Feel free to chime in, I won't hold you responsible if it doesn't work out.

Physical silver with delivery, or some kind of paper?

Gees who would have guessed that AF is bleeding Liberal

Fair enough, OTOH there is a huge backlog under 8 years of Obama allowing criminal immigrants to leech off of social services.

Is AF for real?

He has a point as the PCA keeps the Fed from expanding their abuses of the states rights.

OTOH there is a backlog of abuses because of Obama.

a lot of bad investment advice in here.

owning precious metals is only better than leaving money in a saving account.

His fans on here seem to like it. Go figure. Clearly, they're capable of being apologists for anything and everything he does even when it's clearly the sort of un-American action they would go ballistic about if someone else did it.

As Spicer himself said, open media is “what makes a democracy a democracy versus a dictatorship.” Presumably that's why he thought it was a good idea to go along with the ban.

Well he had all press people in the getogether so I don't see a ban. I see segments of the press in the meeting on a rotating basis. It wasn't clinton news networks turn and when they realized they were not the fountain from which all news flows they shit their pants right on the pergo...

Macropodia says

Well he had all press people in the getogether so I don't see a ban. I see segments of the press in the meeting on a rotating basis. It wasn't clinton news networks turn and when they realized they were not the fountain from which all news flows they shit their pants right on the pergo...

That must be why so many of the major news organisations are protesting the action...

How many outlets were there, and how many were banned?

BayArea says

How many outlets were there, and how many were banned?

Why not just read one/some of the many news reports on it? That'll tell you that Breitbart got access whilst the NYT, LA Times, CNN and the BBC, amongst others, did not. AP and Time boycotted in protest, and the WHCA protested against a clear breach of media coverage protocol. It was clearly a petulant action from the administration, and a disturbing measure in a democracy.

rando says

OK, does it seem like a good move to buy silver now?

If you think the gold/silver ratio is high, buy silver, short gold.

I'm curious what funds/etfs you guys buy when you invest in gold?

APOCALYPSEFUCK_is_ADORABLE says

POSSE COMITATUS ACT

That's the act that allows the president to "commit acts of grabbing pussy", hence posse grabby comitatus act.

"Only if you have a ban button. I don't want any verbal diarrhea from trolls polluting my threads and disrupting genuine and productive discussions. Just because a troll doesn't make something that qualifies as an ad hominem attack doesn't mean that he's not disrupting a thread by spreading lies and misinformation simply to prevent an intelligent discussion of a political issue. Trolls disrupt free speech even without ad hominem attacks."

Can anyone provide any theory for why RING and PICK have been diverging from each other over the past 6mo?

RING - The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI ACWI Select Gold Miners Investable Market Index.

PICK - The investment seeks to track the investment results of the MSCI ACWI Select Metals & Mining Producers ex Gold and Silver Investable Market Index.

Also, how should we approach investing in gold/silver vs gold/silver mining? Any thoughts?

GLD

However, for trading purposes I've been using GFI, mostly options. It has very juicy volatility.

Well they don't call him Vlad the Impaler for nothing.

That's why we need lawyers, to tell us the difference between the Posse Comitatus Act and the Pussy Grabitatus Act. That'll be $100K in gratuitous legal fees, please.

I basically got my home playing mining stocks at the end of 2008. That beings aid, miners in general have had horrible management and they seem to be a crapshoot. You can make money off the swings but it's never a safe play. Physical is the safety play. Mining stocks are pure speculation.

I don't know about the other rags, but even you cannot deny cnn has turned into the national enquirer... the only difference being they are attacking one group all the time in 90% of their articles on the front page.

Rashomon says

That must be why so many of the major news organisations are protesting the action...

I'm not seeing any value in CNNs reporting lately, seeing as they're printing nonstop attack stories on Trump and his administration. Clearly, Trump isn't seeing any value in their relentless and hateful spin of every event.
Honestly, the way big corporate media works these days is to slant news coverage to suit their big wealthy owners. So in essence, Trump was saying "FU" to a few oligarchs, not the press in general. It's no tragedy of freedoms to deny a hostile billionaire a seat at the table, while elevating less wealthy news sources.

What was your role Cecil B. Vile?

Well since it don't affect me I'm fine with it. I just came out of 8 years on the other side of Identity politics, so how dare you talk about butt hurt and outrage.
My only regret is that it doesn't sting harder for your folks.

Rashomon says

BayArea says

How many outlets were there, and how many were banned?

Why not just read one/some of the many news reports on it?

I read multiple articles but don't have a bounded answer, do you?

Putin Fanboy says

Real Estate, Economics, Banking, and Politics,

Anyone can post on these topics and frequently do, especially regarding politics.

The proposals are all about not being trapped and exploited.

In other words, they are about expanding and guaranteeing freedom.

The amendments to the constitution are also about banning things, like limits on free speech.

"Ending" government oppression is limiting freedom?
'Splain to me, Lucy!

why on earth would the white house not want the NYT at their briefings?

The Times and CNN can Goat Fuck themselves.

Oh so you are the producer. That's cool, you didn't say in the tread.

www.youtube.com/embed/wLzeakKC6fE

When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Mens Rights Movement, she begins to question her own beliefs. The Red Pill chronicles Cassie Jayes journey exploring an alternate perspective on gender equality, power and privilege.

Please do tell what you know about Sally Boynton Brown.

Putin Fanboy says

It's failed pretty miserably since then

What does the data show? Keep in mind everyone became interested in RE during the last Wall Street depression.

Pathetic.

"On January 23, 2017, Brown became the subject of controversy when during the Democratic National Committee Chair Candidates Forum in Washington, D.C. she said in regard to the Black Lives Matter movement that Democrats need to offer "training" that teaches Americans "how to be sensitive and how to shut their mouths if they are white."[7] Brown went on to say that "It makes me sad that we’re even having that conversation and that tells me that white leaders in our party have failed," she said. "I’m a white woman, I don’t get it... My job is to listen and be a voice and shut other white people down when they want to interrupt." Adding, "This is life and death" she continued. "I am a human being trying to do good work and I can’t do it without y’all. So please, please, please, get ahold of me... I need schooling so I can go school the other white people."[7]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Boynton_Brown

And the strategy to drive straight white men out of the Democratic party continues to work perfectly, distracting everyone from the real issues:

jazz music says

Why should representatives funnel all that money to the billionaires?

Why does fraud and malfeasance never get prosecuted and punished except for the rarest cases?

Why does passive income remain largely untaxed and wages fall over 30 years as productivity rises?

Putin Fanboy says

But you want a law passed allowing you to exploit the Girl Scout name and branding.

What? Allowing Girl Scouts to bake their own cookies is somehow exploiting the Girl Scout brand? Please explain.

Same with Mickey Mouse.

The Constitution specifically says patents and copyrights should be allow for a limited time. To change the law every time Mickey Mouse comes close to the limit is to violate the Constitution.

Why not just bake cookies and sell them, and you can donate the money to whomsoever you so choose? That is freedom.

Why should Girl Scouts be forced to work for massive corporate bakeries? Why can't they bake their own?

Placing huge government restrictions on free labor is oppression, and advocating jail for those who defy such onerous government restriction is not freedom.
Why not advocate NO government interference in who, what, or when I hire someone and for how much? That is freedom.

Free labor? You're advocating illegal immigration to undercut US workers' wages here, right?