Flipping physical silver

[TXBullion]

Ok, i collect a little silver and also do investments. I was thinking to expand and continue to keep them separate. I already started doing this but would like to see if anyone has input/ suggestions.

You have a devoted portion of silver or copper that you can buy sell trade anytime you want and manage it more as an investment where its not a continuous buy and hold strategy like a personal stash.

What do you guys think, anyone else doing this.

[Corsair]

I just started at the beginning of the year. I'm going to see how it pans out. I'm only doing it with a small fraction of my hoard, so that if I lose big, it's not a major loss for me.

[frugalcanuck]

All of my stock is potential investment if the price is right. There are some that I wont sell because of sentimental value but most of my stash is just metal to me. Metal that I got at a reasonable price

[coppertone]

I hold silver because I believe it is a superior form of money. This combined with a distrust of paper money and the financial/investment system as a whole, I would not convert silver to paper (sell) unless I could be certain of obtaining more silver in the future with money received (and I can't). Selling my silver would only make sense if I could use the money to purchase something even more undervalued than I believe silver currently is.

[justoneguy]

i haven't sold any yet, but am considering selling some bullion quarters + halves
to pay to upgrade to nice dollars.
the small difference in premium seems worth it to me.

[beauanderos]

I hold silver because I believe it is a superior form of money. This combined with a distrust of paper money and the financial/investment system as a whole, I would not convert silver to paper (sell) unless I could be certain of obtaining more silver in the future with money received (and I can't). Selling my silver would only make sense if I could use the money to purchase something even more undervalued than I believe silver currently is.

If you trade the gold/silver ratio it obviates this concern. When the ratio is high, trade gold for silver, when it's low trade silver for gold. You stay out of fiat this way. Personally, I am always buying as discretionary income allows (and if good deals show up). What I will sell is the junky junk that everyone accumulates as the price rises, and on dips try and replace it with BU. That way I'm, for the most part, still in metals and constantly upgrading my stock. If you're going to try and time the market and not get shut out trying to replace the silver you sell, then limit your bets to no more than five or ten percent of your stash.

[Devil Soundwave]

Thanks for that Beauanderos. I'm gonna give this ratio lark a bit of research time.