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don't invest your retirement in precious metals. (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Aug 2024
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What retirement. I was in the housing bubble and the dot com. Thank god for Social Security
LiberalArkie
Aug 2024
#1
Buyer beware. If it sound to good to be true....it probably is. Things my dad use to tell me. I'll add this....
usaf-vet
Aug 2024
#2
a man died. his average house for filled with gold bars. A distant relative, who he probably never met, inherited it
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Aug 2024
#4
LiberalArkie
(16,376 posts)1. What retirement. I was in the housing bubble and the dot com. Thank god for Social Security
usaf-vet
(6,840 posts)2. Buyer beware. If it sound to good to be true....it probably is. Things my dad use to tell me. I'll add this....
Beware of Internet claims...especially now that AI is part of the equation.
XanaDUer2
(13,609 posts)3. I notice commercials are geared towards
A paranoid mindset. Like prepper meals and buying gold for when society breaks down. Tho i nvr understood who would want gold during an apocalypse
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(10,100 posts)4. a man died. his average house for filled with gold bars. A distant relative, who he probably never met, inherited it
he hoarded gold and didn't benefit from it.
XanaDUer2
(13,609 posts)5. I man. Id love ten
Krugeraands now. Id sell them. Certainly would be something. Love a platinum-and-diamond Rolex. Sell that sucker in a heartbeat