investing in gold and silver

[Fuzz]

You can get man-made silver and gold, though I wouldn't suggest it... it's kinda radioactive. Gold was made from mercury (only a few atoms, mind you) by neutron bombardment back in '41, but it was radioactive and the atoms had a half-life of a few days. And you can extract minute amounts of silver from radioactive waste material.

Very expensive, very hazardous, and extremely uneconomical. The energy required to create just a few atoms of gold would cost more than the gold it created.

[NJP]

Fuzz your worth your weight in gold.

[mk05]

Go buy some ABN Amro CPDOs. Ask your Australian friends. It paid great dividends.

(joke)

[bassman]

I bought an ounce of gold with each paycheck from about 1981 through 2002. AGE, Maples & Pandas. Nice return for buying @ $300-400 an ounce. I also have many rare date US gold coins & silver dollars dating back to 1794. I don't trade gold, just accumulate. I view it as an insurance policy. Sold a couple ounces when it was close to $ 1900 to but in a new central air conditioning unit.