All of us who get passionately interested in something generally have a person, book or film that lit the spark in our minds…ask anyone out there deeply interested or involved in something who or what first drew their interest and you’re likely to hear a person’s name, a book or some other bit of information from someone they placed trust in.
Much of the time, the perverbial light bulb goes off in your head when reading someone’s commentary or watching an interview or documentary. Sometimes it may click while shaving or driving to work.
Either way, most ordinary people who get interested in gold, silver and other forms of bullion do so out of a sense of urgency and concern.
While studying the money, prices and the economy can be quite interesting, there’s always the more practical purpose of wealth preservation and preparedness to think about.
(…for if and/or when another economic calamity or financial crisis occurs)
Jim Rogers is one name that comes to my mind.
While studying the financial collapse of 2008 as it was unfolding, this famed commodities investor caught my eye as someone who had a firm grasp on the causes, and the potential solutions to these issues.
Mr. Rogers is well known for his gold, silver and other successful investments…he’s been a strong critic of the inflationary policies many claim are leading to higher prices (…and a stagnating recovery).
Currently, this Alabama native now living in Singapore is buying greenbacks as he foresees a temporary dollar rally. With financial conditions in Greece and other ‘euro’ backed countries perhaps reaching a tipping point, many investors will move into the dollar for the time being…this rise in the dollar will certainly weigh down gold and silver prices to an extent but Rogers still says the fundamentals of the dollar are ‘horrible’ at best.
As of this writing, Rogers seems to be right as the dollar seems to be enjoying a pretty good day when compared to the Euro.
Other customers have different people who led them to where they are today. One Facebook friend says that if it wasn’t for Jim Willie, she wouldn’t have known enough to buy gold and silver.
There are many other public and not so public people out there who steer us to investigate things further.
Tell some other names so we can see what they have to say about unfolding events and bullion investments. Who turned you on to gold and silver and sparked your interest in these metals and the reasons to buying them?
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