2.20.23 Gold and silver have been going lower because the dollar is going higher. That is a common relationship. However, there are times when the bullion banks short the paper and buy the physical. If you wanted to own gold and silver, these Corrections lower on the metals maybe a time for you to accumulate some precious metals period if you already own gold and silver ...Whether it is at home or in an IRA, or in a vault...You can in effect Arbitrage your longer term positions by scalping in and out of the Futures market. On a psychological level , I think it's easier to do that with the metals market that it is the triage a large position in equities stock such as Tesla or IBM or Amazon. Since I don't Trade stocks or try to Leverage A stock position, I don't know how this affects capital gains... so you really must check with an accountant who can see what you're doing and decide what the tax consequence is... because I really don't know.
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