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To: skinowski who wrote (52652)	2/4/2006 10:50:40 PM
From: silvertoad	Respond to of 110194

>Is there a reason not to LTBH futures, if one so desires? Just rotate them once in a while. I never did this, but would be curious to know if anyone uses this strategy, and whether there are any important downsides.< as long as you have the $ to withstand selloffs in pog ($100/1 dollar move in pog, or $10K/$100 move in pog, as contract size is 100 oz) this is quite doable. you will have to roll contracts perhaps 4 times/year - just be sure to get the active months. -jb

To: skinowski who wrote (52652)	2/5/2006 5:07:19 PM
From: ild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

<<<Is there a reason not to LTBH futures, if one so desires? Just rotate them once in a while. I never did this, but would be curious to know if anyone uses this strategy, and whether there are any important downsides.>>> I think it's a good strategy assuming gold is in a bull market. Contango in gold futures is about 5% annually. GLD loses 0.4% per year. If you are able to make 4.5% on free cash then the contango doesn't cost you much. IMO the only risk is in futures' huge leverage. Greed may push you to buy too many futures, so in case of a good correction you can develop cascading margin problems, so you'll be forced to sell at the bottom. What's good in gold futures vs. gold miners is that all problems with the miners are positive for POG. Some mine got flooded, some miners struck, some mine got closed because of environmental concerns, some mines got closed because of strong local currency -- all these are bullish for POG.