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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(10,498 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2024, 02:49 PM Aug 2024

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don't invest your retirement in precious metals. (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Aug 2024 OP

I notice commercials are geared towards XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #3

I man. Id love ten XanaDUer2 Aug 2024 #5

(16,661 posts)

1. What retirement. I was in the housing bubble and the dot com. Thank god for Social Security

Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:21 PM

Aug 2024

(7,019 posts)

2. Buyer beware. If it sound to good to be true....it probably is. Things my dad use to tell me. I'll add this....

Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:28 PM

Aug 2024

Beware of Internet claims...especially now that AI is part of the equation.

(14,628 posts)

3. I notice commercials are geared towards

Fri Aug 9, 2024, 03:59 PM

Aug 2024

A paranoid mindset. Like prepper meals and buying gold for when society breaks down. Tho i nvr understood who would want gold during an apocalypse

(10,498 posts)

4. a man died. his average house for filled with gold bars. A distant relative, who he probably never met, inherited it

Fri Aug 9, 2024, 10:28 PM

Aug 2024

he hoarded gold and didn't benefit from it.

(14,628 posts)

5. I man. Id love ten

Sat Aug 10, 2024, 10:33 AM

Aug 2024

Krugeraands now. Id sell them. Certainly would be something. Love a platinum-and-diamond Rolex. Sell that sucker in a heartbeat