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To: habitrail who wrote (28184)	2/16/2003 12:56:53 PM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 36161

name me one industrial appln that can substitute for silver? photography, electronics, batteries, superconductivity, engines, burn treatment, water filtration, and slaying werewolves PLEASE NAME ONE, AND PLEASE BE SPECIFIC dont bother to mention digital imaging versus photography that is a hollow card China and India middle class photobugs more than offset I dont undermine your argument one iota industrial silver consumption is the COMEX achilles heel the combination of investment demand and industrial demand will send silver EVENTUALLY to the stratosphere key word is eventual I will probably get static from you guys for month after month until the silver default happens then you will probably give me shit for being lucky "you didnt know that X or Y would happen" shallow gold's chart is more abrupt in reveral tied to the Jan2001 Fed reversal in easing policy but silver has to endure a long slow process to reverse silver's chart looks like a strong stable flat foundation "the longer the bottom process, the more explosive the upmove" this is a T/A Fundamental I dont even begin to understand these questions of yours..... """You use a volcano metaphor, Within that metaphor, I ask avenues through what? What guides people to gold instead of other things? Why is silver going to come along for the ride, but not platinum? If platinum, why not palladium? Diamonds?""" could my answer be any more comprehensive and detailed? SOURCES OF MONEY FLOWING INTO GOLD & SILVER: - US Treasury debt securities - Chinese and Russian Central Banks - Arab Petro-Dollars - Gold Miners - Federal Reserve Monetization - EuroBonds - Japanese Savings - Pension Funds (managed and unmanaged) - Hedge Funds - Real Estate - Mortgage-Backed Securities - Corporate Bonds - S&P Stocks - New United States Gold-backed Dollar - New Argentina Silver-backed Peso the motives, TRY READING THE LAST 12 PAGES OF THE ARTICLE motives for swapping to some extent are provided in at least 40 places did you read? or just check section titles? / jim