Sunday, January 24, 2010

Silver the Money of Last Resort

"I think that, as I wrote so many years ago in Silver Investing Rules, no one likes to be a prophet of doom, but silver is the money of last resort, and I still believe that. However, gold certainly has a higher monetary aspect to it as basically a store of wealth, a store of value, and a safe haven. Silver has those qualities because it’s an industrial metal as well.

But from a practical perspective, silver is the one that you’d be actually using in times of crisis. Not that you wouldn’t use gold, but if something happened and you needed to get a loaf of bread, a gallon of gas, pay rent, or keep your landlord off your back, and you had some silver coins, that would be a lot more advantageous to you than a gold bar, which would be pretty hard to divide up and pay your landlord or whatever."


David Morgan is the founder and creator of the Morgan Report, and often quoted as the most influential and knowledgeable person in the Silver Investment community. He is interviewed worldwide for his knowledge.