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To: Trumptown who wrote (283904)	4/13/2004 8:12:46 AM
From: TheStockFairy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

New Book From Gold Guru Howard J. Ruff Says Gold to Surge Past $1,000/oz. Tuesday April 13, 8:06 am ET <EDIT: DOW 100,000 anyone?> LOS ANGELES, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- With gold and silver markets surging again, a new generation of Americans is about to re-discover publishing phenomenon Howard J. Ruff, and why he says precious metals and mining stocks are now headed for "undreamed of heights." Ruff, who is arguably the nation's most famous gold bug of the last big gold cycle cresting in 1981, is back on the gold scene for the first time in 23 years with a major new book predicting that gold is now headed "a lot higher" than $1,000/oz. The outlook is in Ruff's new financial-advice book, SAFELY PROSPEROUS OR REALLY RICH, being published later this month by Wiley & Sons. The book is all-out bullish on gold and silver, while also outlining personally-learned alternative strategies for achieving either a secure and prosperous future or major wealth. Ruff's earlier huge best-seller, HOW TO PROSPER DURING THE COMING BAD YEARS, sold three million copies, and contributed to his becoming a major factor in creating a broad American consciousness about the investment merits of gold and silver. Ruff first issued a now-famous precious metals buy signal in 1976 when gold was under $180/oz. and silver traded at less than $2/oz. In 1981, three years following the publication of HOW TO PROSPER, he issued a likewise-famous sell signal on gold at $750/oz. and silver at $35/oz. and subsequently stayed bearish on gold and silver for more than two decades. SAFELY PROSPEROUS OR REALLY RICH for the first time reverses this stance, marking Ruff's re-emergence in his previous popular advisory role as "Main Street's Answer to Wall Street" for millions of ordinary Americans. "I'm now super bullish on gold again," says Ruff. "The dollar is sinking, and the Fed is blowing up the money supply (inflation) at the highest rate in history -- even more than they did in the mid and late Seventies -- to stop the incipient depression that began in March 2000. Everything is now in place for a multi-year gold explosion to undreamed of heights. "How high will gold go? $850? $1,000? No, a lot higher than that ... Gold, silver and gold-mining stocks will go to heights that are difficult to imagine today, and I'm going to be right in the middle of it." But Ruff's new book, SAFELY PROSPEROUS OR REALLY RICH, is not just about gold and silver. It outlines a variety of strategies for becoming "safely prosperous or really rich," and Ruff views the big profits to be made in gold and silver over the next few years as just "icing on the cake." The book's insights and lessons are based on a quarter century of Ruff's real-world experiences; he's been rich three times and lost two fortunes. And he candidly shares with the reader all the embarrassing and expensive business mistakes he's made over a colorful and adventurous life. The book is full of wise humor, explaining simply and lucidly the mistakes to avoid and the key steps to follow to invariably become either safely prosperous or really rich. No ivory-tower tome, this is a book that exudes reality. Ruff also writes and publishes The Ruff Times, a popular financial advisory newsletter (www.rufftimes.com). He lives in St. George, Utah, with Kay, his wife of 48 years; they have 13 children, including four adopted, and 63 grandchildren.