by theluckycountry » Mon 21 Jul 2025, 22:50:06
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')When gold gets expensive, buyers start looking for better value. That’s exactly what we’re seeing in 2025 in both the bullion market and jewelry buying. Two metals are absorbing the shift: platinum and silver. Platinum has surged over 44% this year, outpacing gold and silver alike. The drivers? A combination of renewed demand and real-world supply stress.
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by JM BullionBlah Blah. These pundits always have to offer an excuse, a reason why something is going up or down in the short term, and perhaps with Platinum and the mines it may be so, but the simple fact is Precious Metals go up over time, with inflation, and if you own them and they are in your own hands there is little risk, other than theft, that can effect your retirement pleasures. Money in the banking system, mutual funds etc etc, these are very exposed.
I can see why many aren't buying Gold at present and choosing silver, but these are little people, buyers like me! I certainly wouldn't be buying Gold at these prices, but I have been saying that ever since it went over $3500 in aussie dollars. Silver though takes up a lot of room, and it's heavy too. I know, I've carried 18kg on my back from a dealer to the car and you want a good backpack I assure you. Still if I didn't have any Gold at all I'd look at buying a few ounces, but it's academic, I've split my investments 50/50 between them over the years, and bought a little Platinum on a whim once, as a gamble basically.
The interesting thing about Precious metals though is that once you have them, you don't want to part with them. Not while you have a pile of cash laying around anyway. They tend to make you thrifty too because you begin to understand the corrupt debt backed interest driven monetary system we live under and start to look for ways to "Not Get Shafted". Money comes in regularly and we like that, but when money goes out regularly it diminishes our advantage. Bills, insurance, rego electricity, many people pay these monthly now, they think they are being smart and managing their money. But whose idea was it? The corporations and government of course, and if you pay monthly you'll end up paying more than if you paid up front for the whole year. Go monthly with all these expenses and you're simply increasing the cost, and it all ads up.
Of course anyone financially savvy already knows this and the rest live week to week and will never 'get it', not without some big psychological shift. It's why there are so many 'former' middle class people out there struggling to maintain their 'former' lifestyles. They were dumb with their money and now they are paying the price. They were the Hares, burning through their money while the tortoises plodded along being thrifty.
We're 17 years past the peak now and the 3rd World is going hungry and dark. We'll be next, we're well on the way in fact.