To: Mannie who wrote (4 ) 6/6/2002 10:30:27 AM From: Jim Willie CB Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 89467 Mario Bartilomo gave gold some half respect on CNBC she followed by her aquiline nose (with leashed hook) exactly the bullshit line from GoldmanSachs that ... - jewelry demand is down 15% yr/yr - copper demand is down similarly - international tension is running high - but gold is a hard asset to her credit, she went halfway down the path toward credible and creditable reporting she said word is all around about a large short position in the gold metal that this could be a turning point for gold heading down BUT BUT BUT... she made no mention that the USDollar is in its weakest skein since 1990 in deep downtrend she made no mention that GOLD has recently run inversely to DOLLAR in price action she made no mention that GOLD has risen against all its competitive currencies she made no direct mention that GOLD is a currency at all after the GOLD derivative event, upcoming with near 95% certainty later this year, effing losers like Voltaire will be treated to a wakeup call his knowledge of the world macro-economic markets is about as deep as a 5th grade math class's knowledge of calculus his experience is bounded to reading market sentiment, and even that he is barely above average his realm is salesmanship, friendship, and female genitalia all have their places, to be sure but in order to make money, one must watch the major financial currents and macro-econ reading requires such I dont think they teach Economics in the State of Mississippi I used to live there as a kid the students there went to college to learn how to read I dont care if many Back Porchers strictly migrate or not only that key intelligent Back Porchers visit and that some good editorial articles are dropped off to complement what others appear they can go to the Back Porch to talk about critters, battlebots, weather, personal lives, or whatever that has been its main value oh forgot, and following the shorterm trading high leverage maneuvers that have nearly bankrupted over half of Volt and RR's imitators I have bigtime respect for RRick but not for leading others to attempt to duplicate his success such duplication can be repeated by a mere 5% of those who try I expect many on the Back Porch will get skewered following Volt's consistently incorrect calls TYCO ??? right RMBS ??? right ELON ??? yup a loser is as a loser does he should stick with what he does best, and become a pimp / jim