Silver might prove to be a much better investment option for you than gold today. There are several reasons for that. Mainly, according to Jason Homel's silverstockreport.com, silver has all the monetary properties of gold, and more.
It is interesting to know this. If you want to know the enviable properties of silver, read on.
The historic price ratio of silver to gold shows that about 10 ounces of silver would buy one ounce of gold, a 10:1 ratio. Recently, the ratio is about a 50:1 ratio (with silver at $20/oz., and gold at $1000/oz.) As the silver to gold ratio returns to reasonable levels, from 50:1 to 10:1, you may make over 5 times more money investing in silver, than in gold!
Text: Commodity Online
Image: A salesgirl displays a bunch of pure silver roses with the price of 999 yuan (about US$ 138) per branch at a jewelry shop in Xian of Shaanxi Province, China | Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images
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