Thoughts on investing in gold/silver

[smstonypoint]

In my limited research, it seems there are 2 different Kubota stocks. One is KUB the other is KUBTF. Does anyone know the difference?

I believe that KUBTF is the symbol for the Kubota stock that trades on the Japanese market (the Nikkei) with a price denominated in yen. KUB is the symbol for Kubota's ADRs (American Depository Receipts) that trade on the NYSE and with a price denominated in dollars.

 

[bp fick]

I have several books & other sources stating, & backed by historical research, that over any 10-year period stocks have outperformed every other investment including real estate & gold/ silver.

As always, my :2cents:

No, (stock market is) just better than every other investment. According to the research I've encountered.

beppinton, you seem to enjoy chatting about finance and investing, as you say. I am sure you are a fine younger fellow who is very responsible. Investing in the stock market is accepted as wise, diversified investing, true enough.

But much caution needs to observed, especially since you seem to believe that stocks always out perform other investments types. Historically, that is over 40-50 years, that has been the generally accepted wisdom, but I wish to point out, one last time, and then I am done, that the decade just past was a loser for the stock market, on average, using the S&P 500 as a gauge. I say this only as a temperament to your various posts.

There were two or three bubbles burst in the past decade, (dot.com, October 2008) and a lot of folks got pounded hard, especially those who had far too high a concentration of both their portfolio and faith in the stock market.

Quote here:
Indeed, a $1 investment in the S&P 500 on Dec. 31, 1999, was worth roughly 90 cents at the end of 2009 and that negative return includes dividend income. In contrast, investments viewed as havens, or more conservative places to park cash, delivered positive returns in the 2000s. A $1 investment in gold grew to nearly $4, according to Strategas Research Partners. And a buck invested in U.S. government bonds, arguably the world's safest investment, grew to nearly $2.
Source:Will stocks' 'Lost Decade' usher in another bull market? - USATODAY.com

Giving financial advice and investment counseling is pretty much a tight rope act and there's not much of net down below.

Best wishes and regards,

 

[MossRoad]

Just a thought...might not be a bad idea to buy non perishable foods..beans, rice, flour etc and medicines along with verifying your water source. Seeds and equipment to plant them..Again just a thought..Think about it.

I just finished off the last of the beans from my Y2K stash and now you're telling me this?

 

[smstonypoint]

I just finished off the last of the beans from my Y2K stash and now you're telling me this?

Good one!!:laughing:

I've seen snippets on the History Channel about the Mayan calender predicting some sort of apocalypse in 2012. What sort of precautions are you taking?

Steve

 

[beppington]

But much caution needs to observed, especially since you seem to believe that stocks always out perform other investments types. Historically, that is over 40-50 years, that has been the generally accepted wisdom, but I wish to point out, one last time, and then I am done, that the decade just past was a loser for the stock market, on average, using the S&P 500 as a gauge. I say this only as a temperament to your various posts.

There were two or three bubbles burst in the past decade, (dot.com, October 2008) and a lot of folks got pounded hard, especially those who had far too high a concentration of both their portfolio and faith in the stock market.

Note that I did not say "the stock market always goes up"; I said stocks have outperformed every other investment over any 10-year period.

This can even mean that if stocks are down 10% over a particular decade, all other investment types would be down more than 10% over that period ... so you were still better off in the stock market than elsewhere.

... especially those who had far too high a concentration of both their portfolio and faith in the stock market.

I'm trying to be helpful here & keep people from doing this!

Giving financial advice and investment counseling is pretty much a tight rope act and there's not much of net down below.

I'm not a paid or professional financial advisor, just a person who educated himself on personal finance & investing offering advice for free to anyone interested. I'm not even inventing or coming up with any of this on my own; Everything I've written can be researched & discovered elsewhere.

 

[beppington]

I just finished off the last of the beans from my Y2K stash and now you're telling me this?

Now that is hilarious! :laughing:

 

[smstonypoint]

Note that I did not say "the stock market always goes up"; I said stocks have outperformed every other investment over any 10-year period.

In doing so, you ignored the evidence from the poster's link -- the S&P underperformed Treasuries from the end of 1999 to the end of 2009. That's a ten-year period if my math is correct.

Steve

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Buying/selling off "hot" media tips is a good way to by HIGH and SELL low.

 

[foggy1111]

Buying/selling off "hot" media tips is a good way to by HIGH and SELL low.

Amen......and the sheep will be shorn. You haven't lived till you have been whipsawed by a market such as we are now in. Lots of potential volatility.... which you do not want to be on the wrong side of. Beware. IMO.....diversify is to minimize your risks.

I hope we are all wise enough to get through this debacle without too much pain.

 

[/pine]

Buying/selling off "hot" media tips is a good way to by HIGH and SELL low

or in cases like the BP disaster...if a trader was quick enough to grab up some "short" shares (sell high and buy low )...they made a very nice profit at very little risk...(it was a no brainer)

to take full advantage of a volatile market you need the fortitude to play both sides of the market when the conditions are ripe...otherwise you are at the end of the line that is "picking crumbs"