The Nightmare German Inflation 1920-1923

"The ones who fared best were the small minority who had the foresight to exchange marks into foreign money or gold very early, before new laws made this difficult and before the mark lost too much value."

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What every investor ought to know

Not Investment Rules but Investment Observations!

1. There is no investment rule that always works.

If there was one single rule, which always worked, everybody would in time follow it and, therefore, everybody would be rich. But the only constant in history is the shape of the wealth pyramid, with few rich people at the top and many poor at the bottom. Thus, even the best rules do change from time to time.

2. Stocks always go up in the long term.

This is a myth. Far more companies have failed than succeeded. Far more countries' stock markets went to zero than markets, which have survived. Just think of Russia in 1918, all the Eastern European stock markets after 1945, Shanghai after 1949, and Egypt in 1954.

3. Real Estate always goes up in the long term.

While it is true that real estate has a tendency to appreciate in the long run, partly because of population growth, there is a problem with ownership and property rights. Real estate in London was a good investment over the last 1000 years, but not for America's Red Indians, Mexico's Aztecs, Peru's Incas and people living in countries, which became communists in the 20th century. All these people lost their real estate and usually also their lives.

4. Buy Low and Sell High.

The problem with this rule is that we never know exactly what is low and what is high. Frequently what is low will go even lower and what is high will continue to rise.

5. Buy a basket of high quality stocks and hold!

Another highly dangerous rule! Today's leaders may not be tomorrow's leaders. Don't forget that Xerox, Polaroid, Memorex, Digital Equipment, Burroughs, Control Data were the leaders in 1973. Where are they today? Either out of business or their stocks far lower, than in 1973!

6. Buy when there is blood on the street.

It is true that very often, bad news provide an interesting entry point, at least as a trading opportunity, into a market. However, a better long term strategy may be to buy on bad news, which has been preceded by a long string bad news. When then the market no longer declines, there is a chance that the really worst has been fully discounted.

7. Don't trust anyone!

Everybody is out to sell you something. Corporate executives either lie knowingly or because they don't know the true state of their business and the entire investment community makes money on you buying or selling something.

8. The best investments are frequently the ones you did not make!

To make a really good investment, which will in time appreciate by 100 times or more, is like finding a needle in a haystack. Most "hot tips" and "must buy" or "great opportunities" turn out to be disasters. Thus, only take very few investment decisions, which you have carefully analyzed and thought about in terms of risk and potential reward.

9. Invest where you have an edge!

If you live in a small town you may know the local real estate market, but little about Cisco, Yahoo and Oracle. Stick with your investments in assets about which you may have a knowledge edge.

10. Invest in Yourself!

Today's society is obsessed with money. But the best investments for you may be in your own education, in the quality of the time you spend with the ones you love, on your own job, and on books, which will open new ideas to you and let you see things from many different perspectives.

Most admired investor

The investors I admire the most are Jesus Christ, Mohammed and Buddha. By not seeking material wealth, but by appealing to peoples' human instincts and needs, they inadvertendly created the only businesses, which have thrived and survived until today. In purely capitalistic terms, Francisco Pizarro was by far the most successful investor, since he captured Peru, which subsequently with its Potosi mine supplied most of the world's silver in the 16th century, with just 168 soldiers.

Best Investment

Stock markets in Korea and Taiwan in 1979, Philippines and Thailand in 1986, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru in 1988, Japanese Nikkei puts in 1989, staying out of Asia after 1994.

Worst Investment

Shorting US stocks too early. It was very painful in 1999 and early 2000.

Why SILVER: Why Now?

Massive fraud, universal deceit, blatant corruption. These are not days for the faint of heart. Physical silver can help you to financially prepare for what is yet to come. Wild fluctuations should be expected, yet the continued 'rocket rise' is essentially a correction upward, then momentum buying. Drops in price to long term bulls are merely consolidations and the base for the next and higher move up.

Why buy now? Because you may be left behind. Silver is INDEED a remarkable "investment" if you consider the massive paper manipulation and fraud which is now in process of unwinding. Silver will only gain in value as the Dollar falls. I would call your attention to the price of silver over the last three months vs the Dollar.

A Silver Shortage?

With every investor large and small buying silver coins - that alone would push the price up. Unless the JPM/HSBC cartel have more derrivative shorts in the face of 5 class action law suits and a RICO bankster short-squeeze. Now JPM bought 1 billion of copper in London to cover their silver shorts? Money manager predicts the price of silver to skyrocket on industrial growth

Silver Shortage: It's imminent, once the price goes up, we will see silver recycled from all the electronics that we use. Silver deposits in the ocean will be dug up to satisfy the consumption of silver that we use currently? China and India are witnessing an increase in standard of living.....that means more computers, TV's, etc. Thats an increase of consumption by 2-3 billion people. Not to mention that none of Silver is recycled like gold. again because of the price....