An investor who has decided to invest in precious metals has four choices: gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. There are times when gold is a better investment, and there are times when silver is a better investment. But for you guys, whats the better investment? Gold or Silver?
Yeah commodities in general are poor for long term growth. To see an example of this To take an extreme example [of price volatility], while a dollar invested in bonds in 1801 would be worth nearly a thousand dollars by 1998, a dollar invested in stocks that same year would be worth more than half a million dollars in real terms. Meanwhile, a dollar invested in gold in 1801 would by 1998 be worth just 78 cents. 98 wasn't a great year for gold you'd have doe a lot better if you chose something like 2011 but still nothing compared to even a low yield safe stock. Gold and in general all precious metals are not investments they are stores of wealth and not particularly great ones at that.
The greatest investment is time, effort, money or energy invested in yourself. It pays the greatest dividents and the greatest speed. ;-)
You can get good rates once in a blue moon, for me it's a very tiresome investment as you have to wait for a long time to get an expected deal.
I guess silver has rare chance to be imagined as an investment but Gold is not loose the status to be considered as the most important source of investment.