Showing posts with label Silver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silver. Show all posts

Friday, December 14, 2012

How to beat Hyper-Inflation

Here is a collection of notes from various sites on hyperinflation.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/96723-what-effect-will-hyperinflation-have
An excellent article on inflation, with examples from recent history. It does a good comparison between modern US and the Weimar Republic of Germany in the 1920s. At the end it has some brief tips of what to do in case hyper inflation hits your country. Some suggestions include:
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Cash in the form of government and/or corporate bonds, money in CDs and other bank accounts, will be hit the hardest. General index fund type of investments, such as DIA, SPY, QQQ, and the like will also be very bad investments. Stocks, in general, do not do well in a highly inflationary environment. However, if the Weimar experience is any guide, stocks will do much better than bonds or cash. Financial and retail stocks, however, will be the worst investments of all equities sectors. The best investments, in contrast, will be gold, silver, shares of companies whose assets consist of modern plant & equipment, productive lands, and other hard assets that will retain value.
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Some other articles:
http://crisistimes.com/inflation.htm#survive
http://www.peakprosperity.com/forum/understanding-effects-hyperinflation-and-debts-personal-level/10599

Post a comment if you know of more articles.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Silver Companies in Australia

.... ongoing article .....

This article looks at Silver exploration or mining companies that has the potential to take off as the price of silver resumes its upward path. The gold to silver ratio is at a historically high number. When the silver price catches up to the historical average ratio, silver companies would follow.

The following are some silver companies to consider:
White Rock Minerals WRM
Silver Swan Group SWN

From just a purely technical analysis view, WRM seems to be stabilising while SWN had a long downtrend which shows sign of slowing. Given the silver price is on the rise over the last week, it may be time to watch these two closely.

WRM chart


SWN chart

Thursday, February 5, 2009

News - More Commodities at the ASX

Commodities besides GOLD can now be traded on the Australian Stock Exchange ASX. The links below may be helpful. http://www.asx.com.au/about/pdf/mr_020209_new_commodities_aqua.pdf http://www.asx.com.au/professionals/quoting_investment_products/

The symbols for the 3 new commodities are:
ETPMPT Platinum
ETPMPD Palladium
ETPMAU Silver

Not sure if they are available to retail investors or large investors / managed funds only. Details are still sketchy.

Please feel free to Post Comments if you have more information. Thanks