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  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    User 18358,

    As soon as I hear the CEOs of FedEx, UPS, and BNI saying their shipments are skyrocketing, CEOs of major retailers saying their same store sales are through the roof, and the jobless rate is plummeting, I'll be sporting the BIGGEST set of horns you ever saw....until then, I'll just hang out here near the cave...


    On Oct 29 12:14 PM User18358 wrote:

    > I'm tired of the negative comments on seekingalpha. I usually get
    > more from the comments here than some of the articles. Can we start
    > marking lead commenters with permanent bull or permanent bear tags?
    > That way when the GDP comes in at 3.5% I know not to read the bears.
    Oct 29 18:37 pm |Rating: +3 0 |Link to Comment
  • Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [View article]
    "New home sales flatline."

    Not to worry, though....the home buyer's rebate will be expanded and extended, as the gov. struggles to revive that particular bubble.
    Oct 29 09:30 am |Rating: +10 0 |Link to Comment
  • O Canada (Part II): There's Gold in Them Thar Hills - and Plains [View article]
    Joe,

    I'm curious as to your distrust of Barrick's mgmt. Would/could you care to expand a bit? I thought the removal of their hedges on production recently was a plus.
    Oct 07 10:48 am |Rating: +4 0 |Link to Comment
  • Gold, Oil and Fixed Income? They're All in This CEF (GGN) [View article]
    I have to agree with Larry, the first commenter. It sounds a bit "confused/cluttered" for my taste. I also use a smattering of CEFs in my portfolio, but for very specific reasons. Additionally, I'm also not a fan of "managed dividend" policies.
    Jun 19 20:53 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
  • Invest in Gold Miners, Silver Miners, or Both? [View article]
    I'm assuming the "safety premium" you mention is due to the fact there's less of a chance of something truly bad, like having assets nationalized with the North American miners (specifically, US and Canadian).

    I notice that silver is much more volatile than gold, and given its so much cheaper than gold, it gives a bit more "bang for the buck", and I'm sure the lower price/oz., makes it more appealing to small retail investors.

    I think silver is sort of a "two fer" play; first, purely from a precious metal standpoint providing an inflation hedge, and secondly, its more of a bullish play on the economy, given that it has quite a few industrial uses (more so than gold), so demand should climb in a growing economy. In a nutshell, if things are going to hell in a handbasket, there's the upside of silver as a store of value/inflation hedge....and in good times, industrial demand helps the price.


    On Apr 23 03:16 PM Marc Courtenay wrote:

    > It is partly the geopolitical areas where they mine. North American
    > producers like GG and AEM seem to get some kind of "safety premium"
    > geographically. IAG also gets a premium as it is perceived as a "takeover"
    > candidate. Keep the comments coming please!
    Apr 23 17:20 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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