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To: ild who wrote (30242)	4/8/2005 11:25:44 AM
From: ild	Respond to of 110194

Date: Fri Apr 08 2005 10:44 trotsky (Ted Butler, 9:44) ID#248269: Copyright © 2002 trotsky/Kitco Inc. All rights reserved you're quite right, the article IS sloppy - as evidenced by the enumeration of profitless exploration companies as 'proof' that silver mining doesn't pay. as to "It also deals with the Fed and some supposed connection to the gold/silver ratio. Huh? ", i thought this was rather obvious. since silver is primarily an industrial, as opposed to a monetary metal ( unlike gold ) , an economic slowdown brought on by Fed rate hikes should be expected to lead to a higher gold/silver ratio over the medium term - i.e. gold should be expected to outperform, since its price is less influenced by industrial demand.