Gold or silver, which is the better buy right now?
Let’s talk about ratios. If your at a party and the ratio is 1 to 1 guys to girls, 
your pretty happy.
Now say you go to a party and the ratio is 10 to 1 guys to girls..... 
we call that a sausage fest and those SUCK!!
The gold to silver ratio can be the same way. It can be awesome or it can suck. Precious metals will always be money, and when they are tied into a stable currency they can be a great backing for fiat notes or digits. When silver and gold come out of the ground, according to geological surveys silver is 15 times more abundant then gold.
When the Roman Empire was in control of the world they were on a 12 to 1 ratio of gold to silver. And one weeks of labor was worth a 1/10th of and ounce of silver. 
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Ok in 1787 the United States constitution placed congress in control of the money and by 1792 Alexander Hamilton came up with a 15 to 1 gold to silver ratio. Making gold, silver, and copper coins otherwise known as hard money! 
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You can see here the moves up and down of the ratio. Their was some stability when we were on a gold standard. 
And then look at the volatility of the ratio! It looks like a speed junky hooked up to an EKG machine 
to me it looks like this guy is getting ready to flatline....
When the Hunt brothers tried to short the market in the 1980’s we saw a short time of a 16 to 1 silver to gold ratio. 
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Beginning in the early 1970s, Hunt and his brothers William Herbert and Lamar began accumulating large amounts of silver. And by the end of the 1970’s they had nearly cornered the international market. In the last half of 1979, the Hunt brothers profited by an estimated $4 billion in silver speculation, with an estimated silver holdings of 100 million troy ounces.
I don’t even know if we all pooled our silver together that we would have that much! Lol
The 20th century has given us huge amounts in debt and wide swings in the gold to silver ratio. 
The average price of precious metals was at a 50 to 1 in this crazy century.
And now we are at about 75 to 1 gold to silver ratio!
I think that when an asset is this undervalued like silver is, and when you think of all the industrial and medical uses of silver. I can see it going to a 20 to 1 or even a 10 to 1 ratio for a short time.
Silver is the most conductive of all the metals and with us moving into a digital world, silver could be the best investment ever!
20 trillion in debt, 40 million Americans on food stamps, manipulated job numbers, the stock market at all time highs in a melt up, and last time this happened was the dotcom bubble. I feel inflation is coming and the best way to protect your family is in precious metals.
Remember you can only hold a beach ball below water for a short time before it explodes up out of the water 
So when the ratio gets back to more of a natural balance and gold and silver skyrocket. 
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Will you be selling your silver for fiat or trading it for gold?
