curious cat

Can a Stock Market Meltdown Happen from Here?

suncatcher, you don't stop a surgeon until they cut into the bone.

optionsgirl, you are confused. if gold becomes more valuable, the gold in fort knox will also be more valuable. no one has been robbed. i don't want to reveal the ending if you haven't seen the movie, but james bond slept with pussy galore and she secretly sent a message to the cia. the guards are just pretending to be knocked out.

furthermore, our money is not printed on paper. it is printed on cloth and will make an excellent wall covering, unlike german hyperinflated money.

Is the Commodity Bull Market Over?

dear tom,

what happens when they give a boom and no one comes? people in every country have to eat, but after that, they will buy only if the price is right. our buyers are fast disappearing and we have a lot of wealth in this country. it's possible that other countries will subsidize their buyers, the way china does, but eventually people cut back and prices go down. this commodity boom is a bubble, wait until you see the unemployment rates go up and your relatives start begging for loans. at that point, they won't be able to give copper away. you can buy some then. when bushels of corn are $2.00 again, you can buy corn, when rice is being thrown at weddings, ....