japan, oil or gold

[dtam61]

if u had to pick one, what would it be?

[Bubbagump]

I think a lot depends on your time frame. It seems to me that Oil and to a lesser extent Gold would make better long term investments than Japan.

Given current market, I don't think you could go wrong with any of these in the short term.

Bubba

[buffett]

Ed and Evan seem to be doing a good job of unmasking your silliness over in the Google thread, so I'll jump on the bandwagon here....

Which to buy?

Japan, which has run up 53% in the last 12 months?

Oil, which has run up ~52%?

Or gold, which has only run up ~24%?

Personally, I think all three of these look weak when you compare them to Google's 115%.

[Sniper]

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Personally, I think all three of these look weak when you compare them to Google's 115%.


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Is that a "value" based opinion? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[Girchuck]

oil

[dtam61]

oil up = gold up = japan tank

but i will bet on japan

its been tanking for 20 yrs

[Evan]

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oil up = gold up = japan tank

but i will bet on japan

its been tanking for 20 yrs

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When the USD tanks Japan is going to be in a world of hurt. Not quite to the extent of China, but it's not going to be pretty.

[Girchuck]

Why would China fare worse than Japan?
Japan has 3 times more dollars than China

[Evan]

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Why would China fare worse than Japan?
Japan has 3 times more dollars than China

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China has more dollar-denominated revenue. The revaulation of currencies isn't going to happen overnight so Japan can control their economic policy and scale down their dollar denominated assets if they choose. China would need need to entirely revamp their economy on a much grander scale.

[r3vbr]

These will all tank on the 2006 worldwide depression

the only safe investment:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krugerrand