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Personal Finance and Investing

doc03

(36,731 posts) Sun Nov 27, 2022, 08:39 AM Nov 2022

Why are silver prices so low? Every morning I hear this guy on the TV saying there is the [View all]

greatest silver shortage of all time. He says the US Mint can't get the silver to make silver
coins. The local coin shop owner thinks the government may confiscate silver like it did back in
the 1930s. If that is the case silver prices would be way up.

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Why are silver prices so low? Every morning I hear this guy on the TV saying there is the [View all] doc03 Nov 2022 OP

I think someone is trying to sell you silver. ret5hd Nov 2022 #1

I know, I have been hearing that for years that silver and gold are going to pop any day doc03 Nov 2022 #2

I think people misunderstand the "purpose"... ret5hd Nov 2022 #3

I heard an excellent analogy for gold... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2022 #6

Just don't buy tech stocks. That's like buying tulips (I had fun with that yesterday) progree Nov 2022 #7

You're braver than I am.... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2022 #9

A coupon, typically $10 off, is what they use to entice you to buy a lousy bond progree Nov 2022 #10

LOL....Nailed it! A HERETIC I AM Nov 2022 #11

There's a reason so many RW radio shows push silver and/or gold Clash City Rocker Nov 2022 #4

Exactly. Simplistic ads for manipulable suckers. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #5

but then they bait and switch to overpriced collectible coins keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #8