your silver to gold ratio?

[garthy]

So I was interested to know what your silver to gold percentages are in money terms? And your reasons behind putting more money into silver than gold or visa versa? And if you have any plans to change your strategy in the future?

 

So far I have put 60% into silver and 40% into gold.  

[HighlandTiger]

Well my original aim was 50-50 in monetary terms. But currently my silverstack is 5 times my gold one. I need to be more disciplined in my purchases. 

[motorbikez]

In cash terms around 85% silver 15% gold,I do spend rather a lot on silver proofs  which is my main interest.

[Pipers]

I'm 65% Gold 35% Silver though I'm now on my way to 50-50

[Danny-boy]

I'm 100% silver and it seems I'm in the minority.

I don't have any gold whatsoever.

[ChrisSilver]

In monetary terms am about 75% silver and 25% gold. But my stack is quite small so doesn't take that much of a precious metal purchase to change the percentages.

Originally I was planning to originally stack silver as the price looked much better when looking at a chart, but now I realise the importance of having some gold for the ease of selling it quicker back to a dealer without loosing a higher %. Good if for some reason I needed to sell some precious metals to raise some funds for another investment.

The percentage doesn't real matter, just buy silver until you think you need more gold then buy some gold until you think you need some more silver

[HawkHybrid]

I'm in the same position as you danny-boy, 100% silver.

 

at these price ratios gold seams expensive. I'll be wanting to trade some silver

in for gold should the price ratio go in silver holders favour significantly.

 

also I believe silver is easier to test for fakes. for the huge profit margins gold

counterfeiters are employing extravagant methods of hollowing out real gold bars

with genuine certificates and filling them with tungsten. a hollowed out gold bar

will not look wrong ever, not from the front/back anyway.

 

HH

[thesoundman]

50/50 for me.

 

[Keithoil]

Hells teeth I wish I had 50/50.

 

99/1 now.

 

I would simply retire!!!

[morezone]

I'd say 60/40 but wish I had less gold.  There's still so much more silver I want.

[UKSILVERCOINS]

100% silver.

When I hit 100oz then I'll be purchasing silver bars only and gold fractionals till the end of the year.

[Ares]

Mines 70/30 silver/gold, although i'd very much like to tip it over towards gold then silver.

[ChrisSilver]

I'd say 60/40 but wish I had less gold. There's still so much more silver I want.

Sell me a 2013 gold panda and your wish will come true

[morezone]

Sell me a 2013 gold panda and your wish will come true

 

Once I have it I don't want to let go.  The trick is not to buy it in the first place 

[ChrisSilver]

Once I have it I don't want to let go. The trick is not to buy it in the first place

Yea I am also getting the feeling that this form of investing is great for accumulating but not good for when the time comes to selling. I guess the truck is to buy multiples. But it's a bit hard to buy multiples of 1oz gold coins!

[Danny-boy]

Yea I am also getting the feeling that this form of investing is great for accumulating but not good for when the time comes to selling. I guess the truck is to buy multiples. But it's a bit hard to buy multiples of 1oz gold coins!

I have said this before, but if all goes to plan and PM's rise then it'll be fairly easy to sell I reckon.

[LongJohnSilver]

I was fairly even, now I'm silver . Gold coins are good stores of wealth and liquid but silver can be much more enjoyable to own and if the shtf you won't really care whether you own gold or silver

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[Carpe Diem]

 

 

Not sure if there are any chartists out there, I sense that most people here (including myself) aren't often using technical data to dictate our purchasing but it's always good to keep your eye on other angles so thought I'd attach this graph showing the GSR since 1998 and the downtrend we're currently in.  A breakthrough of a GSR of 61 (= £12.64/ oz at current gold spot of £771/oz) could signal a sustained rise, as seen late 2003 and 2010.  

 

(Graph taken from here)

 

Just something to consider, anyone else give these technicals much credence?

[Danny-boy]

Interesting CD.

I know there must be something in the technical charts, but with so many different factors that can affect the price of gold & silver, I can't help but think it's more of a retrospective thing rather than a predictive one.

PM's can go up, down or stay sideways. This ensures that on average 33% of predictors are correct. Hell, some may even get lucky a few times in a row.

I just can't decide if that's luck / coincidence or the charts actually giving them the answer.

As has been said many times before, the past is not necessarily a good predictor of the future.

I'm on the fence on this one.

[HighlandTiger]

Personally I don't think historical charts can tell you anything, with todays internet age and the ability of markets to be played round the clock in real time means we are in totally uncharted waters.

 

You could easily draw a hundred different lines on that chart and make a case for the complete opposite if you were inclined. 

[Carpe Diem]

Fair points Danny and HT, agree with all of that.  

 

I also would be wary of using this as a definitive buy / sell signal, especially as I believe we're approaching the 11th hour with regards to the current economic, social and political system which will render these charts useless in time.

 

Ultimately I'm in this for the long haul and see silver one of the best ways to protect my future, but hoping to make a few quid along the way by trading a bit here and there which keeps things exciting too, and these charts may be useful in my consideration for the latter.

[garthy]

I believe it's possible to predict markets by charting if you know what to look for as many traders put their buy and sell orders in the same place, often 3 times in a row before they break up or down, but silver and gold especially are so heavily manipulated that it's usually anyones call.

Today war looks to have broken out in Israel and the plane apparently shot down in Ukraine have sent commodities up, I reckon there could be another smash down in gold and silver tomorrow, all those sold paper contracts this week 2.3 billion dollars worth have hardly left a dent, I bet they're not happy.

[Ares]

Worked my GSR following recent purchases to be 93. Need to reduce that a bit! Probably buy some gold with my next clutch of cash.

[HighlandTiger]

Worked my GSR following recent purchases to be 93. Need to reduce that a bit! Probably buy some gold with my next clutch of cash.

 You think you're worried, mine is 225.13. Everytime I get some cash together to buy some gold, I get distracted my that shiny shiny silver stuff..

 

(Note to self..... NO MORE SILVER)

[Ares]

Should get out of that habit, the gold bug'll get you soon!