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I would like to know what criteria is being used to set the price of precious metals.
I too, believe it is artificially high (so are diamonds) and when the bubble bursts, it will fall back down to where it would have been other wise.
I remember the Hunt brothers, lol
Originally posted by projectvxn
reply to post by Dr Love
I think it may be more true for silver to be honest. Silver has consistently outperformed gold for the last couple of years.
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Originally posted by Mikeyy
So has anybody figuered out what all this means? Are those "buy gold" commercials going to go away? As a private citizen, I can't invest in gold anymore? Is that whats going on?