Talk:Silver as an investment

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Contents 1 Plagiarism? 2 NPOV 3 Merge with "'other precious metal' as an investment" 4 Units 5 There needs to be some discussion of COMEX's role in shorting the price of silver 6 Mistake 7 Could be clearer

[edit] Plagiarism?

The "Investing Strategies" section has some of the exact same sentences as this article: http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/bms/2006/0626.html Specifically, the line "And in today's economic climate, there are plenty of risks to hedge against: currency exchange declines, loss of purchasing power..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.162.40 (talk) 03:24, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

similar issues as Gold as an investment, including the title (it's not an "investment" in the strict economic sense).

RandomP 23:34, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

This is no more than one long advert for silver from those with vested interests. It has no place in wikipedia. e.g. 'now is the time to increase allocations to gold and hard assets in order to maximize returns.'

Roll up folks! Get your silver here!

[edit] Merge with "'other precious metal' as an investment"

I think we can merge the precious metals, at least. That's silver, gold, platinum, palladium, aluminium (history only)? At the very least, can we merge everything but gold? The issues are mostly the same, huge tables of prices are unencyclopedic anyway, and the history might be more interesting that way (and contain a valuable lesson for gold bugs in the case of aluminium :-) ).

Thoughts?

RandomP 23:36, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I disagree, silver (like gold) has many unique investment characteristics, which are different from say palladium and platinum. For example palladium, due to its industrial uses in the automotive industry, rose in price sharply over the 1990's when other precious metals were falling. To merge them together would be, in my opinion, a mistake. 86.133.21.82 08:07, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I too disagree with a merger, for the reasons given by the previous objector. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frixa (talk • contribs) 13:33, 5 June 2006

I also disagree with a merger, again for the reasons cited above, as well as the relative scarcity of some metals as opposed to others--Morgan 07:26, 22 June 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Units

It's not stated whether the ounces are avoirdupois or troy ounces. So which? Msmi121 21:49, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Troy -- equivalent to 31.1 g.... RobertAustin 14:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] There needs to be some discussion of COMEX's role in shorting the price of silver

Silver is seen by them as a commodity in industrial production that must be kept cheap. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.89.71.11 (talk) 22:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Mistake

The 122500 million oz. seems to be a mistake. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.194.4.21 (talk) 10:40, 19 March 2007 (UTC).

Thanks, its a typo. It should have read 122.5 million ounces. I have corrected and updated the article. nirvana2013 10:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Could be clearer

The article says, "for example, U.S. pre-1965 half dollars, dimes, and quarters are 90% silver." Are 1965 half dollars, dimes, and quarters silver? I believe so, but this statement doesn't seem clear to me.