Bratnia

Some hold bitcoins or suchlike, which I know relatively little about. Personally I hold McG's. McG's are my pet name and are simple enough, you open a "ewallet" such as a 212 or ii brokerage account and buy McG's, which for a British investor might be a 50/50 split of VMIG (a FTSE250 (MidCap) stock index accumulation fund) and Gold (which you may instead prefer to hold via gold coins/whatever). You'll have a regular cheque/bank account linked into that ewallet (brokerage account) and be able to transfer/exchange between (to/from) McG's and Pounds in order to pay for things in Pounds. More often I'll pay for things using my credit card and then at the end of the month sell enough McG's to pay off the credit card bill. If the gold value is higher than the stock value then sell some gold, otherwise sell some stock value (if saving then add new savings to the one that is the least value at the time).
Unlike Pounds that tend to buy less over time, with McG's they tend to buy more over time. Broadly prices of 'stuff' (priced in Pounds) has tended to decline at around a 6%/year rate (slope).

More inflation (higher prices) in Pounds can mean stuff becoming cheaper more quickly in McG's - perhaps something to celebrate.

Isn't 9ct really just silver contaminated with gold?

I was watching a Chards Video the the day trying to find out why my latest sovereign failed the PING COIN test🙄 and he was saying that usually the normal quantity of Silver is 0.4% but the old sovereigns can have as much as 0.25% and it can throw machine based testers off.  Anyway tested i with my new Sigma investor I got today and it passed.  Be Interesting to run it through an XRF though to see the read outs?

Understood.
Reported anyway.

There is always lag for it to feed into the general population. I expect inflation to kick up again, back towards 8% for the remainder of the year and into 2025. We might see some "normalisation" of around 3-4% in late 2025-2028. I can't see it dropping below that. And in all fairness the BoE and government need it at that level to eat into the debt pile and reduce the interest payments

The advantage of the pro is attaching another bed that tests big bars etc and there are two reading arms,  Advantage being you can test bigger bars dimensions etc. more suited to a coin shop whereas the investor is ideal for someone like me who mainly stacks coins up to 10 oz

The Investor is the same as the Mini Pro but with the screen but you can still link it to an app on your computer or phone if you wish.  The advantage of the mini Pro is that it is compact enough to carry in your pocket with your phone if you are buying from a boot sale or flea market..  However you can probably still take the investor if you put it in a rucksack.  Functionality wise they are identical.  The bed tests all the way through the metal and you get the the 3 wands with it.

What are the main differences between the Pro, Investor and Mini-Pro? To me it looks like the Mini-Pro is the same as the Pro but where it just uses your phone for input/display instead of being on-board. The Investor seems to be just a midway sized unit between those two? Last time I looked months back and everywhere was out of stock, however prompted by your post I now see that https://trustimetrix.com/ have stock.

Received my Sigma investor and testing my stack today and love this piece of kit.  The only one sovereign that does not pass the ping test has passed Phew! For Reference it is a 1892 Victoria Jubilee Head Melbourne Mint and it passed every test except the PING COIN app on my phone but the lines were just outside.  Nice to verify its authenticity with the Sigma 😀

In Pounds, if stocks halved and gold gained 150% from 2024 start levels (to £4000/oz) then the stock/gold ratio would have risen to historic highest high levels. At the articles level of predicted gold price it would be valueless to most, social collapse where bullets, ammo, water, food, soap would be more highly valued.

At £15 per hair cut, I'd still rather save the £30 and cut my own

At £15 per hair cut, I'd still rather save the £30 and cut my own

At £15 per hair cut, I'd still rather save the £30 and cut my own

Oi! I told you not to use my profile pic!

Well I'm proud to be in the 0.01% club 🤩🥇👍
Maybe I should stop cutting my own hair now to save ££

Just started buying sovereigns this year and I am hooked 😀 When the gold-silver ratio becomes advantageous I will swap some of my silver stack out for gold.

Stick with gold and combine that with stocks, rebalance periodically the two back to 50/50 (whatever) weightings. Gold/silver ratio looks good on charts for potential rebalance benefits, but in practice doesn't tend to be as rewarding as stock/gold. Hindsight and the lows/highs of gold/silver ... easy. Timing those in practice is highly variable, you're inclined to miss out on continued gains as the gold/silver ratio further widens after you'd opted to swap between the two.

Perhaps 50, but assuming that biotech will extend life by 15 years every decade
Looking forward to the joy of when he'll start receiving the state pension at age 106

Perhaps 50, but assuming that biotech will extend life by 15 years every decade
Looking forward to the joy of when he'll start receiving the state pension at age 106

Perhaps 50, but assuming that biotech will extend life by 15 years every decade
Looking forward to the joy of when he'll start receiving the state pension at age 106

There's been a explosion of manufacturing buildings development across America, fundamentally its seeking to repatriate much of what is presently sourced from China. As part of that high tariffs against Chinese imported stuff will help kick start such domestic production. America is turning Japanese where instead of relying upon others (foreign) purchasing of its Treasury's its central bank will print/buy those bonds. Same as per Japan when large debts are held internally then they're not really a issue, they're just a internal money redistribution political matter.
Deglobalisation. Where capitalism is just used by around 25% of the global population, 75% who might instead align with Russia/China, and barriers between the two - until such time that that large majority without capitalism recognise that they live a relatively poor/low-quality life (but where the Russia/China governance imprisons them into that).
Yes many are starting to realise the benefits that including gold in a portfolio provides and particularly in reflection of more recent world events. Rising demand for gold is a upside price pressure factor. US debt expansion is within 'normal' limits in percentages/exponential terms, and with increased domestic manufacturing stocks might also be expected to do well. Fundamentally things are OK, just continue to buy/hold a combination/blend of both stocks and gold.

In Pounds, if stocks halved and gold gained 150% from 2024 start levels (to £4000/oz) then the stock/gold ratio would have risen to historic highest high levels. At the articles level of predicted gold price it would be valueless to most, social collapse where bullets, ammo, water, food, soap would be more highly valued.

In Pounds, if stocks halved and gold gained 150% from 2024 start levels (to £4000/oz) then the stock/gold ratio would have risen to historic highest high levels. At the articles level of predicted gold price it would be valueless to most, social collapse where bullets, ammo, water, food, soap would be more highly valued.

There's been a explosion of manufacturing buildings development across America, fundamentally its seeking to repatriate much of what is presently sourced from China. As part of that high tariffs against Chinese imported stuff will help kick start such domestic production. America is turning Japanese where instead of relying upon others (foreign) purchasing of its Treasury's its central bank will print/buy those bonds. Same as per Japan when large debts are held internally then they're not really a issue, they're just a internal money redistribution political matter.
Deglobalisation. Where capitalism is just used by around 25% of the global population, 75% who might instead align with Russia/China, and barriers between the two - until such time that that large majority without capitalism recognise that they live a relatively poor/low-quality life (but where the Russia/China governance imprisons them into that).
Yes many are starting to realise the benefits that including gold in a portfolio provides and particularly in reflection of more recent world events. Rising demand for gold is a upside price pressure factor. US debt expansion is within 'normal' limits in percentages/exponential terms, and with increased domestic manufacturing stocks might also be expected to do well. Fundamentally things are OK, just continue to buy/hold a combination/blend of both stocks and gold.

There's been a explosion of manufacturing buildings development across America, fundamentally its seeking to repatriate much of what is presently sourced from China. As part of that high tariffs against Chinese imported stuff will help kick start such domestic production. America is turning Japanese where instead of relying upon others (foreign) purchasing of its Treasury's its central bank will print/buy those bonds. Same as per Japan when large debts are held internally then they're not really a issue, they're just a internal money redistribution political matter.
Deglobalisation. Where capitalism is just used by around 25% of the global population, 75% who might instead align with Russia/China, and barriers between the two - until such time that that large majority without capitalism recognise that they live a relatively poor/low-quality life (but where the Russia/China governance imprisons them into that).
Yes many are starting to realise the benefits that including gold in a portfolio provides and particularly in reflection of more recent world events. Rising demand for gold is a upside price pressure factor. US debt expansion is within 'normal' limits in percentages/exponential terms, and with increased domestic manufacturing stocks might also be expected to do well. Fundamentally things are OK, just continue to buy/hold a combination/blend of both stocks and gold.