This is about me

[KevinFlynn]

Greetings everyone,

my name is Sebastian, I am from Germany and I am a casual stacker...

I am in my mid 40s, an IT professional living in the middle of nowhere, with a wonderful fiancee living far far away.

I first got interested in gold and silver investing around 2011, when I had regained some buying power after a long phase of bad luck which had cost me my life savings. Before that, my investment horizon had not gone beyond Sparbücher (savings accounts) and Bausparverträge (guaranteed mortgage savings accounts), though I vaguely remember signing for Infineon shares back then.

After reviewing the standard investment offers of my bank I dove deeper into how to build a portfolio. Within the depths of the internet I came across a mixture of gold and silver investors, preppers, conspiracy theorists and alternate investors. I learned about the history of money, the modern post gold standard financial system and globalization, I read my way through a mixed library on system criticism and precious metal investing. I sorted all this through to fit my personal requirements and experiences and in the end decided to build the cornerstone of my portfolio out of gold. It would have been real estate, but my job takes me to different locations every couple of years.

I decided on Wiener Philharmoniker as my standard investment coin, but soon my natural playfullness took over and I found myself amidst a mix of silver Pandas, Lunars, and everything that was hot at the time that I could get my hand on. I also developed a liking towards older trade coins, 20 Mark Deutsches Kaiserreich and 20 Franken Schweizer Vreneli specifically. I do like to touch my gold, and the latter are especially suited for that.

Time flies and I liquidated most of my stack (a matter of mislead loyality and personal idiocy). I was able to rebuild around 2015, and am now ready to put a monthly stream of money towards precious metals again. What stayed with me are my trade coins, a stack part which I already reinforced. My favourite coin is the Vreneli (20 Franken) due to it's design (I am in love), it's size, affordability and easyness of trade. I am just deciding what products to split my precious metals investment sum on. I am having the feeling that the precious metal landscape has changed since 2011, that all the more special items have become very mainstream. But that may just be my personal perception.

I am viewing gold as the mainstay of the security part of my portfolio. As far as I see it, Gold was, is and will always be the classic store for wealth. I of course have silver, but I list that within the speculative part of my portfolio (tagged preserving and speculative, to be precise). I may invest into some platinum as another speculative metal, given the current prices. Other than that I am trying to keep my portfolio balanced, containing enough liquid assets and different risk level stocks (fonds) invested in different parts of the world.

So this is it about me, my past experiences, what I learned and what I am doing at the moment, where precious metals are concerned...

Thanks for your time

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by KevinFlynn
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[JunkBond]

Welcome aboard!

[Roy]

6 minutes ago, KevinFlynn said:

In the depth of the internet I came across a mixture of gold and silver investors, preppers, conspiracy theorists and alternate investors.

You'll find them all on here!

Welcome Sebastian 😀

[MickD]

Hi and welcome from Edinburgh.

[CadmiumGreen]

@KevinFlynn, Welcome aboard The Silver Forum!

[KevinG]

Hello and welcome Sebastian.

[Big23]

Servus!

[Stu]

Welcome to the forum, happy stacking. 

[caloundracats]

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Welcome. What an honest account. I wish you well in your ongoing journey.

 

[watchesandwhisky]

Welcome to the forum , what a great introduction post!

[Piggybank]

Hi and welcome to the Silver Forum.

[KitboyE17]

herzlich willkommen 

[BackyardBullion]

Welcome to the forum!

[Xander]

Hello, welcome to the silver forum.

[jultorsk]

Welcome to the forum, and +1 for the aptly chosen nic (Tron). 😄 

[Agpanda]

Hi Sebastian, welcome to the forum

[Coolsmp]

willkommen

[KennyJones]

Hello, my name is Kenny Jones.

I'm a third generation coin collector from North Carolina and filled researcher for the Museum of Natural Science in Raleigh North Carolina.

I'm still new and learning to the coin and banknote hobby and I'm always looking for helpful hits and advice regarding theses topics.

[KevinFlynn]

Thanks for the welcome.

I will try to somehow fit in.

[KevinFlynn]

Just wanted to say I'm back...

Work chewed me up 😬 but spit me out on a more favorable position 😋

I hope all of you got through Covid and the Brexit well.

[CadmiumGreen]

Welcome back aboard The Silver Forum!

[Jvw]

Welcome to the forum form The Netherlands. What a brilliant first post 👌

[ChrisSilver]

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum