To: TheBusDriver who wrote (2886 ) 1/26/2004 12:30:17 AM From: akpirate Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 314337 <<Wonder what stock will be the Vancouver Roundup darling this year>> Every one is a darling and in love at the gold show! They said that 4,000 folks pre-registered and the place is packed - even at 7:30 Sunday morning. (Is that a bullish sign or bearish?) Common thread is the US economy, its high debt and impending doom. Real interest rates are negative as inflation is higher than interest rates - seen as real positive for gold. Kaiser spoke to how this time it IS different. This bull is "commodity-driven" rather than "inflation-driven" as in 1980 or "discovery-driven" as in the '90's. Looks for silver to go to $10....CD should like that. Enjoyed Rick Rule. Tom would love him....he is a big holder of CKG and spoke VERY highly of Randy. He also owns CBD, but he asked me, "Do you know WHERE that deposit is?" Not even Santa goes that far....he thinks there is a lot of premium built into the stock price of most stocks right now - even if they do go higher. Jay Taylor thinks the price of gold will be at par with the DOW....but he didn't say when. He is looking for serious deflation ahead. Says we're in a 60 yr. cycle and going higher. Roulston expects a "flurry" of takeovers in the next 2 yrs. Says the major producers are pricey and is headed for the juniors. Peter Grandich says the key factors for being bullish are: a strong commodities market, declining US dollar, producers de-hedging, negative "real-interest rates, technical picture bullish and a large increase in physical demand. Headed over to Roundup after the gold show is over....fun, fun (and it better be tax-deductible :o) Oh yeah, ralph-E is a wimp...it's not cold. It's balmy and nice. The first time I have seen green grass in months!! Cheers!! Robert