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Silver Prices Are About to Fall

India didnt buy 220 tons of gold recently becuase they thought the dollar was going up.
China hasnt spent billions on commodities because they wanted to keep dollars.
If we raise our interest rates the housing markets will get creamed further.
Where or where is the logic of our dollar going up. to send precious alternative metals down...
this essay just doesnt make any sense..
If China decides to start buying silver as well as gold. The shows over. The rest of the world will be puny compared to this 900 pound goliath .
and they are very nervous about the dollar. For good reason.
there will come a time with many investors when gold will just be too rich for consumption and one of the major beneficiaries is silver.
I buy silver as i think gold is too high by comparison.
and many others do the same .. but more will do this inthe future as Gold goes to the roof.

JPM is holding the silver shorts in check and depressing the price .
so i think never more than now is the time to buy..

There Are No Good Choices for the Fed

Forrest Gump once said that i don't read newspapers cos i can see what's going on by watching the street.

Ignore all government reports. Travel costs especially air travel have shot up and house prices have shot down. Most retail goods are costing less with massive ongoing sales and closures. While food is still edging up. Life is not so simplistic that everything will go up or down in value in a block. We are already in a major stagflation cycle.
And even if we were in a major deflationary cycle Gold and Silver would still go up if there is not enough investment return from property ,,, currencies,,, or business activity. World wide.
First is the series of foreclosure waves and then tenants start defaulting on their rents because their credit is shot anyway, which will sap property values even further. This will boost gold and silver more.. Then the government with its excess of "we will take care of your every need attitude 'will lose more of its tax base as it continues to tax sap private enterprises and finally assertively go after property taxes as a major revenue base.
This is all inevitable unless folks don't realize the government is meant to guide and not govern our lives. And oh yes we don't have a government by the way we have a bunch of well spoken eloquent charmers who are over powered or in bed with the lobbyists who redirect national policy at the end of the day.

Yep Things can be very simple if just look around on the street. And i am already experiencing a full fledged deflationary lifestyle.

Gold or Oil: What's a Better Inflation Hedge?

Any volatility in the world markets will strengthen gold but not necessarily the stocks that can be pulled down by investor margin calls. not related to the mines profitability. i learnt in the last crash that holding the actual metal would have been a safer bet.
When the hybrids start kicking in and the alternative energy does too. along with a receding producive world economy oil can get destabilised.
Its more about how the ETFs dont really hold all the silver and gold they pretend to but actually play the spreads as well. I think an ETF or two will collapse one day . and i dont think oil will do much if a major derivative trading house gets compromised.
So for the rainy day Gold or Silver are still the ultimate non fiat currency of stability and insurance. Millionaires come and go very quickly in these economic times but Gold will hold its value more or less depending on the dollar plunge protection teams efficiency ... Yet Gold could still triple in the next few years and then more. However before this happens the powers that can deflate the value of any commodity have to lose thier grip somewhat..

True Unemployment Rate Is Not Reflected in Government Numbers

you write .....................
If the government was still calculating the unemployment rate using the same criteria and methods that had last been used during the Clinton administration, the “official” unemployment rate today would be closer to 18%.
IF THIS IS TRUE........... then surely this is a hugely newsworthy item of GREAT interest.
Can someone please go into the details of if this statement is accurate and true.
I for one love to read of lies told by the political self serving .. the more the finger is scientifically and factually pointed the better quality of leadership we are likely to get.
HOWEVER I DONT READ A DETAILED EXPLAINATION FEEL THIS SENTENCE IS A FABRICATION AS WELL.

thanks

What Should a Banking Crisis Bill Really Look Like?

THIS IS A BRILLIANT ESSAY WITH EXCELLANT SOLUTIONS TO A MUDDY MESS.

I HOPE SOMEONE FROM CONGRESS GOES THROUGH THESE POINTS IN THIER SIMPLICITY .

MAYBE TEN TRILLION WILL PUT OFF THIS CRISIS FOR A WHILE.
BUT NOT EVEN 20 TRILLION WILL DO THE JOB UNLESS
THESE POINTS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ARE
ENACTED. WELL

8 Predictions for 2008

i sure wouldnt sleep well at night if i had funds in your portfolio.
These predictions are out of a fairytale.
Are you aware of how the markets dropped yesterday after a quarter point drop. the market took a bath on account of thinking the issues at hand need much more serious medicine.
It seems the fed is afraid iether way it goes.
And the public can sense it.
The purging of the corrupt liar loans to poor folks trying to get rich is a long way from winding out. The Fed has printed too much money and debased the wealth of too many hard working americans. To bail out the subprimes is a disneyesque fantasy that is not going to work on account that is unfair to others who did not take the risk.
Sometimes when one reads these predictions .. one really wonders if it is a corporate policy document to ameliorate the fears of the public. The truth is prepare for tough times . Consolidate your risks. lessen your loans and do everything you can conservatively to maintain your wealth.
The days to listening to corporate advisors is for the dodo's