User talk:AussieSilverStandard

Which would you rather own right now, wads of U.S.D$ or bars of gold and silver bullion!?!
My grandfather always taught me that an asset only has actual real (as well as potential) value if one can hold it in one's that is to say; if one doesn't (or worse still can't) take physical delivery of it, then one doesn't actually own it. Similarly, he used to tell me that If the only proof it I own a certain asset exists is on paper, then it doesn't really exist at all" these have turned out to be some of the most important articles of advice I've ever been given. If one takes my grandfather's theory to the ultimate/literaĺ definition, "Fiat" Currencies are not worth the paper (or polymer as the case may be) It's printed on. We hear the word Fiat Currency thrown around quite a bit lately as discussion about the possibility of "Fiat Collapse" has entered the mainstream at a far greater rate since the 2008 GFC which many colleagues tell me was a decisive moment in their whole approach to Stock Market. As a pragmatic yet ever optimistic trader "Tangible Assets" the GFC probably provided me with far more opportunities than a regular, less volatile time on the markets. Such is the way of things; "Joe Blogs" (the average investor of virtually any size) will almost always seek to sink any underperforming, unutilized Capital or Capital sitting in low-interest bearing bank accounts into Tangible Assets. This happens at times of both low consumer & business confidence with the current fiscal system or consequences thereof (as people had in 2008), catastrophic hyperinflation or Hyper deflationary situation as Tangible Assets, be they Precious Metals, Art, Fine Wine, Tin Toys even, are a physical item they hold in their own position, thus removing ANY counterparty risk and giving the owner of the aforementioned assets complete control over when they feel the market for their specific investment is right for them to sell while still making remarkable margins however without the risk associated Third Parties. As long as one can afford to be patient and has chosen one's Asset to suit their own personal needs, it is in my opinion the only TRUE way to exchange an equal amount of goods, or cash value thereof for an equivalent good or service rendered. This is where diversity, even among the Tangible Asset classes can prove the only way to ensure constant liquidity why required and I personally believe that precious metals are the most liquid form of Tangible Asset that is still immediately liquefied to cash or traded for an equivalent amount of an agreed good or service, just as we havece time since time immemorial. AussieSilverStandard (talk) 18:18, 28 May 2015 (UTC)

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