Comments on: Updated: Stocks Or Savings? https://barelyablog.com/stocks-or-savings/ by ilana mercer Wed, 02 Apr 2025 19:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Henry Bowman https://barelyablog.com/stocks-or-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-6490 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:49:50 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=11696#comment-6490 Gringo Malo,

I think that Mike Maloney’s book, Investing in Gold & Silver, has the sort of plot in it that you are seeking. Maloney is a precious metals dealer, and of course he wants people to buy and sell gold and silver, but his book is better than many others in the field. I read it, but then lent it to someone and can’t recall just who I lent it to. I am totally overrun with books, anyway.

]]> By: Vic Jones https://barelyablog.com/stocks-or-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-6485 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:31:56 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=11696#comment-6485 Kudlow is a neo-con who unfortunately wants to be the forever optimist on the Stock Market and the American dollar. To be otherwise in his book would be almost anti-American. Schiff is talking real production, real wealth, and real value while Morici and Kudlow are talking statistics. In other words, the latter two are not Austrian in their thinking. You can’t place the destruction of wealth via government intervention and spending on a stat chart.

]]> By: Robert Glisson https://barelyablog.com/stocks-or-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-6481 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:44:07 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=11696#comment-6481 Peter Schiff deals with the market everyday analyzing how it is working, Peter Morici is a college professor, who teaches students how the market “should” work. Apples and Oranges- who is Kudlow kidding here. If he can’t find another investment broker to disagree with Mr. Schiff, then Mr. Schiff wins the argument by default. Hope my broker is listening to the right Peter.

]]> By: Gringo Malo https://barelyablog.com/stocks-or-savings/comment-page-1/#comment-6479 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:14:22 +0000 http://barelyablog.com/?p=11696#comment-6479 Different people notice different things. Peter Schiff’s remark that the stock market had lost 75% of its value relative to gold in the last nine years was the one that intrigued me. If I had the time and could find the data, I’d plot the daily closing value of the DJIA every day since January 1, 1929, in ounces of gold. I’ve long suspected that stocks have been losing value, in terms of real money.

I can’t entirely agree that it’s time for Americans to start saving. Is it really a good idea to hold savings denominated in a fiat currency?

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