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In Reply to: Vacuum Tubes as an investment ?? posted by snpower on January 25, 2007 at 11:19:32:
probably not really a good idea if you are planning to generate retirement income in your "golden years". It is very difficult to tell what the market will be like in 25 to 30 years. Sure the guitar guys will be using lots of 6V6's and 6L6GC's, and audiophiles will be using 2A3's and 300B's and etc.However, to have enough stashed away would require a quite substantial investment now, plus the expense and risk of storing them. You'd be better off to invest what ever amount you had in mind into a well managed fund like the Vanguard Windsor II fund or a similar fund. We've realized double digit net gain in that fund for the past 8 years running. More than doubled our money in that time frame.
Plus, any serious finicial planning should have some element of diversity so you need to invest in a number of different funds with different companies to lower the risk of losing it all from having all your eggs in one basket.
Hire a professional; you'll thank yourself when you reach retirement age. (by the way: forget about social security, it won't be around when you're old enough to retire)
ON THE OTHER HAND, if you are wanting to do this for supplemental income, or "hobby money", or extra pocket change, it could prove to be very rewarding in the long run. Plus it would be a lot of fun now. But don't do this instead of building a sound retirement portfolio.
well, there's my two cents worth,
roN
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