Now a Day, the stock market is in mayhem. Investment banks must be bailed out by the U.S. government. Hedge funds are occurrence depositor requires. The biggest insurance company must be propped up by the government. Where does it all end? Should I convert all my investments to cash? How about U.S. Treasuries or gold? Or antique?We are all concerned not to lose any more in the investment field. The talking heads in the media concern and support investments in the same vehicles. U.S. Treasuries are at the smallest price in years. Gold is plugged as a hard investment that will keep up and top increase, but I have seen it go south. My antiques-dealer customer base comes to my brain and to my rescue. I had breakfast with a solid antique dealer in this morning. We were discussing his departure arrangements and the massive decrease in the price of his 341(k) retirement-plan resources. I explained to him that the stock-market downturn could last another 18 months, and nobody knows where the bottom is. He considered my observation for some time. Then he openly said that there is no choice. My antiques investments either in inventory or self-owned have not let me down in over 50 years. I will purchase more antique inventory and more antiques for my own personal collection. That was a great statement by a knowledgeable market participant. In his more than 49 years of store rights, his inventory of antiques has held its price. His personal antiques collection did the same.I thought of the several antiques collectors I know. The oyster-plate collection of my friend in Hanover Md. has had important increases in price each time we evaluation her property plan. The Winchester-rifle collection of an old friend who died recently had increased in price over the years. The basic inventories of our antiques brokers have kept ahead of inflation every since I have helped the antiques dealers take inventory. That is over 50 years!
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