Kitco PM Pool accounts.
Mitsuecl3338
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Has anyone tried this service before?
If so how do/did you like it. Payments purchases etc?
If not would you consider buying into it a certian low points.
Just trying to see if anyone has tryed buying or selling Prime Metals with this service.
If so how do/did you like it. Payments purchases etc?
If not would you consider buying into it a certian low points.
Just trying to see if anyone has tryed buying or selling Prime Metals with this service.
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I prefer the silver EFT (SLV) for longer term holding. It involves an online broker (Ameritrade) and a 10.99 fee for every sell and buy order. I play it with a Roth IRA.
For shorter term gambling, I really like the Kitco pool account as it allows instant buying and selling either on-line or with a phone call. You need to understand the spread between their buy price and their sell price (it remains pretty much constant for each metal). It dictates how much the metal must climb for you to break even. With silver at 14.60 you buy at 14.70 (an extra 10 cents per ounce) or you sell at 14.44 (you pay 16 cents per ounce "commission"). Silver must go up 16 cents for you to break even. The spread is Kitco's commission.
Once the account is set up its a breeze to play the ups and downs quickly. I advise when selling to do it over the phone and have the funds deposited in you "cash" account where they are immediately available for another purchase. When you sell on line it takes a bit of time for the sell funds to be made available in your cash account. The funds can be used to buy any metal they sell and at any time you can own any combination of metals in your account. I often catch one of them "up" and one of the "down." By having sell funds immediately availble I can jump on the "down" metal
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Kitco Pool Account
On very volatile days you play the ups and downs and make some money. You can also loose some money so do your homework. I have made my most profits with the palladium.
Be sure you understand the tax consequences of PMs. IRS treats them the same as an investment such as art and other collectibles. You don't have long term holding tax advantages like you have with stocks.
I highly recommend the Kitco pool account for ease of trading.
Julian