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Market Overview in Eight Charts

Wish you'd edit your comments for those of us new to the lingo. You are suggesting Norwegian and Australian CDs are still a good buy? I puzzle over your breezy inpenetrable prose directed to in-crowd old readers. And have little idea of what your advice is.

Short the U.S.A.

How best to short treasuries? I am a retired farmer, widow, some cash, some savvy. I lived the sanctified rural life (yes; my choice), which means my old-age financial future is bleak.

Interview: Journalist Matt Taibbi

I see no substantive criticism of Taibbi's GS article. Therefore I assume we may conclude he had his facts in order?

I wish he'd turn his talents to JP Morgan's capture of over 70 per cent of the silver futures market.

A Natural Gas Centric Strategic Long-Term Comprehensive Energy Policy

It is the responsibility of any writer to spell out an acronym the first time it is used. Because I have no idea what CNG and LNG stand for, I cannot make sense of much of this article. That's no way to win friends and convert enemies.

Silver Trust Adds 420 Tonnes to Its Stash

Hard to find? I wish that were the case. Certified Mint has it in any form or quantity you desire,


On Feb 24 04:54 PM ibejack wrote:

> You guys hear that sound? That giant sucking sound?
>
> SIlver is hard as hell to find right now. I can't point to any technical
> reasoning but judging by the metals scarcity, it feels like Silver
> is on the brink of explosion. I would much rather own silver over
> gold right now. Pretty soon the masses will not be able to afford
> gold so they will turn to Silver.

Gold Breakdown

Have given up predicting gold. However, I do know that "its" (possessive) has no apostrophe. "it's" is a contraction of "it is." That's a certainty. If one can't do anything else, one can spell correctly.

Have Gold and Silver Prices Reached a Tipping Point?

To "Sidelines": I have quite a bit of physical silver. I find it easy to store. The 100s make nice bookcase supports in the basement. But I got clever and thought to trade the exchange-traded fund SLV a bit. Doesn't look too smart at the moment but I am lucky in that I can make margin calls. (Incidentally, it's Ms., not Mr.) All I know about silver comes from 4 years of reading Ted Butler (Investment Rarities). When he was satisfied by Barclays' list of bullion bars and numbers that they actually had what they claimed to have, that was good enough for me. Of course he may be wrong--but I find his scholarship convincing. I'd be glad to hear arguments to the contrary.

Have Gold and Silver Prices Reached a Tipping Point?

What does "ETF'd" mean? Why might SLV be in peril if the price of silver rises? It publishes increased sales of bullion. What does Mr. McHugh see in store for SLV from the manipulators?

Banning Shorts Works in Fancy Restaurants, Not the Marketplace

Obviously it's the naked short selling that's the problem. Plus the dropping of the uptick rule.

Pros and Cons of iShares' Silver ETF

Could someone address what the split in SLV will mean?

Sean Rakhimov: 3-Digit Silver Ahead

How/why is Butler so wrong? I ask honestly, not argumentively. He's talking about short-term manipulations, isn't he? Do any of his views have any basic conflicts with this long-term assessment? Seems to me that long-term he's making the same argument. Please correct me where I'm wrong.