To: J.B.C. who wrote (96667 ) 12/9/2003 6:53:38 AM From: d:oug Respond to of 117014 "... time to make money [and] get out [while] others hold..." - I agree that those still holding after a crash had not engaged any "proper technical management" you spoke of, but when a company is corrupted enough that over a long span of time it can report success while similiar companies are unsuccessful, and the success of that single company is based on it alone having a means to obtain a win-win result for every decision it makes, then to my understanding their actions run counter to the laws of the land, business wise. So yes what you say is true for companies Warren Buffer "can understand" but not for companies that are a front for criminal activity, no matter that it was sanctioned by high government officials for an agenda to obtain a false degree of wealth and power to accomplish a new world order, and get reelected. - That your "proper technical management" were not designed to accept as parameters "The Evil Men Do." - For example, savegold.com will not ring a bell prior to any possible announcement of settlement that will wipe out the shareholders. - It no contest to hold GE or IBM or Microsoft versus a company that ran "clean" and then had a GATA induced backfire occur. - Barrick's "to good to be true" win-win no matter what gold does is now in a District Court, and the prez election season has started, then a US dollar crash with huge price of gold raise will need a cause & effect explaination by prez bush to put the blame outside the White House (or) scapegoat = Barrick fits like a glove since that whats the court case is about. - Oops, ya'up plus a few medium ranking government officials. - Egnigma and russett cannot Walk their Barrick is GREAT Talk for the reason that they can only echo the official Barrick line, and have no access as everyone else to the real internal numbers and so-called win-win activity. - But monitor the court case, as the US Dollar and price of gold is really The Hand that will Rock the Barrick Cradle. - It can happen without warning, like S.I.D. - And yes, again I state i'am not a trader in these markets and only hold extreme speculative penny stock using fun money. (aka) ok to lose it all, its not for an income or spending cash Doug