You can actually see and touch your investment rather than have it be on paper. YOU always have it, the government cannot take it from you. It is a precious metal, just like gold. Actually its the same exact thing as gold except its not as rare. And it has industrial uses. When you have it, you are paying no overhead fees or storage fees. You can sell it whenever you want. The demand for silver is never going to go away.
People on this site say "why would anyone want silver, what we want is food and gas". OK, thats the same exact thing as saying"why would we want $5,000, we need food and gas." They dont understand that silver IS money. Just like the US dollar except it cannot be printed and lose its value unlike the dollar. You can trade the silver for ANYTHING, just like the us dollar is traded for anything.
The U.S. dollar is weak, the whole point people invest into the silver ETF is to get real silver back because then they KNOW they will have something of value. The dollar is getting weaker, meaning it is worth less and less everyday. Silver will always have the same value because there is only so much of it, it goes by weight, and it is easily tradeable. It is recognized as money by anybody. China is now buying up silver like CRAZY because they know the US dollar is weak. Take a look at the properties of money.
A silver quarter is going to rise in value. Right now it is worth around $7. Eventually it will be worth around $15-$20. So why wouldnt you buy them now?
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