After 20 years with my firm (a big Financial Institution) I told them that they can "shove it" with their vax mandate and I'm retiring effective Dec 31. My boss thinks I'm nuts and he spent the rest of the day trying to pull me back into the Matrix by "enticing" me to stay. Didn't work. I told him that i can no longer work for a company that is taking a tyrannical approach to these vaccines and that those in management who chose to enforce these "mandates" chose poorly and will end up on the wrong side of history.(I believe that resonated with my boss but in the end, he still thinks I'm nuts!). Now that I have no job I plan on becoming a full time red-piller...wish me luck!
A good by product of this is that I have much greater control of my 401k after I leave the firm. Thinking of moving a portion to a precious metals IRA - any thoughts on that? Any other suggestions?
I make reccos like this only with great trepidation.
"A gold mine is a hole in the ground, with a liar standing over it."
But perhaps investigate Peter Schiff and Mike Maloney.
The biggest issues I have with investing in palladium/platinum/gold/silver are:
I think if you are committed to metals, you buy every month at spot with a "dollar cost averaging" sort of purchase scheme. You purchase from APMEX and you do a combo of junk silver, silver bars, and gold coins/bars. Where you can, you buy the American stuff. And you store all of this yourself. Of course this is directly affected by your location/tax situation. Assuming you are American, this is probably the best way forward.
Meanwhile my "lead investment" is up 300%+ in the past three years.......
Be well and prosperous, my fren.
P.S. Check our Keith Weiner at Monetary Metals. I might know him personally. :)
VERY helpful fren! Will check all of this out for sure!
Hmm. I just re-read this, and there is "a read" of this that would conclude I do not like silver.
In contrast to that, I think silver probably has more upside than gold. But, and crucially, gold and silver investments are essentially bets for market or actor failure. Market failure seems fairly straightforward, so no need to describe. "Actor failure" means, here, and for me, the question of whether we think Jamie Dimon (in this case) can continue to pervert the silver market. Remember that the market can remain irrational (or, here, illegal) longer than you can stay solvent.
Only you can provide this answer, to yourself.
For me, I think silver is very interesting. And I equally think lead is more interesting, as it has applications in my world. And I also play the game of stocks, which these days is "walking in front of the steamroller, picking up quarters." Who is right and who is wrong? I guess, eventually, we'll find out. Perhaps.