Talk:Silver as an investment: Difference between revisions
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It's not stated whether the ounces are avoirdupois or troy ounces. So which? [[User:Msmi121|Msmi121]] 21:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC) |
It's not stated whether the ounces are avoirdupois or troy ounces. So which? [[User:Msmi121|Msmi121]] 21:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC) |
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:Troy -- equivalent to 31.1 g.... [[User:RobertAustin|RobertAustin]] 14:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC) |
:Troy -- equivalent to 31.1 g.... [[User:RobertAustin|RobertAustin]] 14:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC) |
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== There needs to be some discussion of COMEX's role in shorting the price of silver == |
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Silver is seen by them as a commodity in industrial production that must be kept cheap. |
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NPOV
similar issues as Gold as an investment, including the title (it's not an "investment" in the strict economic sense).
RandomP 23:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Merge with "'other precious metal' as an investment"
I think we can merge the precious metals, at least. That's silver, gold, platinum, palladium, aluminium (history only)? At the very least, can we merge everything but gold? The issues are mostly the same, huge tables of prices are unencyclopedic anyway, and the history might be more interesting that way (and contain a valuable lesson for gold bugs in the case of aluminium :-) ).
Thoughts?
RandomP 23:36, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- I disagree, silver (like gold) has many unique investment characteristics, which are different from say palladium and platinum. For example palladium, due to its industrial uses in the automotive industry, rose in price sharply over the 1990's when other precious metals were falling. To merge them together would be, in my opinion, a mistake. 86.133.21.82 08:07, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
- I too disagree with a merger, for the reasons given by the previous objector.
I also disagree with a merger, again for the reasons cited above, as well as the relative scarcity of some metals as opposed to others--Morgan 07:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC).
Units
It's not stated whether the ounces are avoirdupois or troy ounces. So which? Msmi121 21:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
- Troy -- equivalent to 31.1 g.... RobertAustin 14:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
There needs to be some discussion of COMEX's role in shorting the price of silver
Silver is seen by them as a commodity in industrial production that must be kept cheap.