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Videogame Market Continues Momentum, Sales Up 53% in June [view article]
Of course it'd be, it's summer vacation! ReplyJune Video Games Sales: Another Strong Month [view article]
Of course it'd be, it's summer vacation! ReplyIf This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
Kelly - A few things to point out...1. Antique dealers and diamond traders are irrelevant to the point of reserve currency. (also they have to take dollars, "for all debts, public and private")
2. Inflation is higher in almost ever country other then the US.
3. The Euro cannot at this point replace the dollar because of the fractured nature of the EEC's economic localities.
4. Gold and silver, while they can reasonably be held in a portfolio as a hedge, are not something that should be invested in, seriously, in a portfolio that you don't personally hold. Meaning, if you want to buy gold, but it, and accept delivery. If you hold it in a portfolio it should be traded around.
5. Over the long term, gold is less an inflation hedge then it is a hedge against panic. The idea that gold is a hedge against inflation only works because people buy it as a hedge against inflation, causing demand to increase. It is very ponzi like.
There are so many "gold bugs" out there that believe they are investing in something real, and that those who invest in stock are foolish. Gold is an "end of the world" play. It can not always be the end of the world.
Can gold continue to rise, sure, if people continue to fear inflation. Will major holders of US debt dump their dollars for gold or anything else for that matter? No. In fact the IMF is selling gold.
A failure to bail out the debt portion of Fannie and/or Freddie if needed would be far worse for the dollar then would allowing the debt to fail.
The reason why I say the dollar will not be replaced is because there is no way it can be replaced. There is no currency that is able to replace it. The dollar will get stronger, and weaker over time. There is no doubt that if we do not do something to change our net exports the dollar will get weaker over time, but that is a much longer term issue then most "gold bugs" will admit.
Look at a 20 year chart of gold... those who think that gold can't break should sit down and have a conversation with tech investors from the bubble. Heck, at least they though that had a reason to invest, other then, the US dollar will go down so I better buy gold.
Kelly, you are right, gold is being held down. There is a weakness in the dollar and our fundamental financial system... Gold however is not the solution. Gold works best when inflation expectations are accelerating... inflation is high, inflation expectations are very high. Short term paper offers negative real returns... Things are bad... that is not the time to buy gold. If you really believe inflation will continue to accelerate or at least not abate, buy tips.
If you want to diversify your holdings in USD, then do so... but the idea that you want to buy gold because the dollar is about to blow up... you maybe just a little late to the party.
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If This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
Refering to the Iran problem and Will Rogers quip. ( Without diplomacy wars would fall flat on their face in 2 weeks .) . So, there has been lots of ' diplomacy . ReplyYahoo's Settlement with Icahn Puts Microsoft Takeover to Rest - For Now [view article]
Yang and his cohorts should be thrown out, head first.The stock will never reach into the 30's, again, on its' own.
Ever since Yang "killed" the idea of being with Microsoft,
the stock has gone backwards. Reply
If This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
Well, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire ... We had a good idea once--democracy and all that. Free markets ... (I'm not sure when those operated.) So own a little bullion, guys. Buy some silver as a failsafe. It won't kill you and when you need to buy groceries some day, you'll be happy to have the wherewithal. ReplyIf This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
The British were the greatest Empire the world had ever seen up to that point, with unassailable naval power, and the greatest economic power to boot.Hence the saying, "the Sun never sets on the British Empire".
It was common knowledge of all, and nearly universally believed that the British Pound Sterling would reign supreme over the new millennium of the 20th Century, as it had in the 19th Century.
It was simply inconceivable to the Brits and their trading partners that the Sterling wouldn't be the reserve currency of the world for at least another 1000 years.
Until, the dollar came along and replaced it.
Oops, never mind.
Those who hold their wealth in dollars are at risk of repeating this awful history.
Why not diversify your currency exposure? Reply
Yahoo's Settlement with Icahn Puts Microsoft Takeover to Rest - For Now [view article]
Boo for yahoo, I have a distinct distain for Icahn and his ilk. Pity they had to partner up, I would have preferred they soundly defeat the jerk. Can't believe Yang sold out like that. It is almost as if he got scared and started spinning around in circles. Bullies don't stop being bullies just because you are now one of their minions, Jerry. ReplyMicrosoft: Consider Making a Free Console [view article]
Good chance that MSFT will continue playing games until they are totally irrelevant. I would argue it's already happened. Xbox is a drag on them, with a horrendous failure rate. Wii is the hit new game machine, and iPhone/iPod has the same motion features in a handset plus an app store to sell the games as easily as music is sold on iTunes (no stupid points system, ala MSFT.) ReplyIf This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
Well said, Kelly. User 30121, it is frustrating, but don't give up. Every person has his/her tipping point, or reallife encounter, where all of a sudden the lightbulb goes on. Often the staunchest naysayer then becomes the staunchest proponent for the position s/he was just lambasting. Such is human nature, I'm afraid--"if i don't know it, it's not true." Most don't consider the possibility that they're ignorant...and I've found that the strongest opinions are put forward by the most ignorant. So keep putting out the facts for those who WILL read and think. Don't get stopped out by the naysayers...they will always be there...and those who actually KNOW as always will be in the minority. Some will have to learn the hard way...and it could get VERY hard very quickly now. jt ReplyIs Online Search Microsoft's Vietnam War? [view article]
Just to be clear, Vietnam is a country, not a failure. The *Vietnam War* was a failure for the United States. So, a more appropriate title for your article would be "Is Online Search Microsoft's Vietnam War?". Or, "Is Online Search Microsoft's Iraq War?". Or, "Is Online Search Microsoft's George W. Bush?".Reply
If This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
EE, Kelly Lieberman, et al. You can tell these non-believers only so much...before you turn BLUE! Let them go, it just makes more gold and silver available for US! I've given up trying to enlighten these nay-sayers/non-believe... ReplyInvesting in Dividend Paying Companies [view article]
Okie and anon: I think the reference to 430% is to a 20-year return not a ten year return, which comes out on my HP12c as about 8.7% annually... ReplyLieberman
If This Comes True, You'll Be Glad You Own Gold & Silver [view article]
"The dollar is not going to lose its place as the reserve currency. Horse sense people, not horse blinders. Even George Soros doesn't think people are going to sell their dollars... there is nothing to put the value in if not dollars. "You have got to be kidding yourself. There are antique dealers and diamond traders in Manhattan that will only accept Euros now. if you have travelled abroad in the last 6 months you would know that no one is taking dollars on the street anymore.. just Euros. If you deal in the black market overseas (Vietnam, Cambodia etc..) it's gold or gemstones. Even the criminals are too smart to take the dollar!
Gold is being held down by manipulation as a false front to prop the dollar and for a few central banks to profit. Please see link:
www.gata.org/files/Rod...
When all breaks loose as it will....what will you be holding?
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Microsoft: Consider Making a Free Console [view article]
MSFT up or down? Reply