Comments on: Buying Commodities = Flipping Houses http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2008/03/12/buying-commodities-flipping-houses/ Learning and sharing investment knowledge. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:46:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Christian Gross http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2008/03/12/buying-commodities-flipping-houses/#comment-292219 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:56:11 +0000 http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2008/03/12/buying-commodities-flipping-houses/#comment-292219 Fair enough, but there is a difference with flipping houses, commodities and flipping shares. With flipping shares I am not hindering anyone getting food, cars, or houses. With flipping commodities and houses you are hindering people getting their products at fair prices. I am not saying that we should ban flipping. Far from it. It is a free market. What I am saying is that I would not invest in commodities because it is flipping and in the end the ones that get hurt are the flippers. Companies will find ways around the flippers and it will be the flippers holding the bag. Fair enough, but there is a difference with flipping houses, commodities and flipping shares.

With flipping shares I am not hindering anyone getting food, cars, or houses. With flipping commodities and houses you are hindering people getting their products at fair prices.

I am not saying that we should ban flipping. Far from it. It is a free market. What I am saying is that I would not invest in commodities because it is flipping and in the end the ones that get hurt are the flippers. Companies will find ways around the flippers and it will be the flippers holding the bag.

]]> by: The Shark Investor http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2008/03/12/buying-commodities-flipping-houses/#comment-291895 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:34:12 +0000 http://www.investorgeeks.com/articles/2008/03/12/buying-commodities-flipping-houses/#comment-291895 It's true that flipping does not add value, but essentially any trading can be seen as kind of flipping. Would you avoid trading as investment opportunity because of that? It’s true that flipping does not add value, but essentially any trading can be seen as kind of flipping. Would you avoid trading as investment opportunity because of that?

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