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To: long-gone who wrote (35096)6/10/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: lorne  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116762
 
GOLD'S DIVE FAILS TO TRIGGER JAPAN PRIVATE INVESTORS' BUYING
Tokyo--Jun 10--This week's dive in gold prices below 1,100 yen per gram has not
yet triggered massive bargain hunting by Japanese private investors as earlier
expected, traders said today. Many investors are waiting for a further fall in
retail gold prices in Japan before rushing to buy retail gold bars, they said.
(Story .12746)

MERRILL LYNCH CUTS GOLD DOWNSIDE TARGET BY $10 TO $240/OZ
New York--Jun 9--Bill O'Neill, director of futures trading for Merrill Lynch,
today cut his downside target for gold for the next 3 months by $10 to $240 an
ounce. O'Neill said he cut his target to put it more "in line with market
performance." Gold prices continued to take a beating today,
falling to yet another 20-year low and Aug slipping below $260 psychological
support to hit a contract low of $259.20 an ounce. (Story .21418)

TRADERS: ROMANIA SEEKS GOLD-COLLATERALIZED LOAN FROM CSFB
Bucharest--Jun 9--Romania seeks a gold-collateralized loan of roughly $300
million from Credit Suisse First Boston, after the negative pledge on its gold
reserves was partly lifted through the reimbursement of a samurai bond on May
28, dealers said today. Central bank officials said they could not confirm it
yet. (Story .15264)
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To: long-gone who wrote (35096)6/10/1999 9:18:00 AM
From: BGR  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 116762
 
1. Given that gold's industrial usage is low to begin with, and that the price hasn't dropped that much from 70's levels, how much more industrial use do you think is taking place today? Like it or not, gold's primary use remains as a cash equivalent and secondary as a cosmetic metal.

3. Only for the short term though. What about the long term?

4. What if I sell the gold and use the cash instead? I pay 0 interest then.

-BGR.