To: ralfph who wrote (538 ) 4/6/2001 12:39:14 AM From: marcos Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 8273 fn.to - Message 15601585 ... there are quite a few posts following this on fn ... russwinter and Bob J and Claude are among the most informed posters in the goldbugger field imho .... once in a while you'll see them get into minor disagreements on specific questions, and they start tossing detailed facts and interpretation back and forth ... lots of education there ... of course they will all be wrong at various times, being human, just less than some others imho.stockcharts.com - short-term it looks like a person could get it cheaper later if he wanted some .. ?? ... but this is a quality company, i've always been impressed with how they handled the royalty model ... used to follow en.to before they amalgamated, held it sometimes .... lately i haven't held any majors in the golds, preferring instead to use a much smaller portion of PF to hold juniors with proven deposits and/or [mostly and, not or] the nearterm prospect of drillbit success .... they give bigger leverage, and if gold is insurance they give a higher payout to premium ... however the majors move first in a PoG move, and a person can in theory roll out of them into deserving juniors on the way up .... but this only happens if there is a way up for the PoG, and lord only knows on that .... there does seem to me to be a possibility that the Dubya government could relax the high-USdollar policy of recent years ... but it's another of those things you don't want to hold your breath on.stockcharts.com - this does look good ... a higher low there on Wed morning, didn't spend long below its 50-day 'the cups half empty syndrome that kicks in part way through most years ' - yes, the seasonal cycle thing ... most springs there is a selloff about now from the peaks of the January/rrsp effects .... but it went the other way for the tech market since New Year's day this year, i wonder if the norm applies in this case .... could be that instead of the panic buying easing up it'll be the panic selling easing up ... ?? ... but a big Naz rally direct from here, like 40 or 50%, i doubt it .... takes longer to change psychology than that, all the instant communications have speeded up many factors in markets but we are still human beings.