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To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (2707)	10/10/2006 8:22:32 PM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Respond to of 50739

if it works that way, depending how it plays, i'd load a dingy with the metal for fun. can we see a dbl bottom at 252? i could dream. big problem you have not addressed, is the upcoming influx in printed dinars coming our way... today, six months, year. unless, as i have said before, goldman's man in the seat, decides to rout it all out, and beranke steps up to a liege lord, which he doesn't currently have. just a passing thought. don't spend a lot of time on it.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (2707)	10/10/2006 8:49:32 PM
From: onginvester	Respond to of 50739

"Virtually the ENTIRE world is all on the SHORT-side of the US Dollar trade." maybe the entire hedgefund world but the WORLD is long dollars in biggest way.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (2707)	10/10/2006 9:07:45 PM
From: Amark$p	Respond to of 50739

Enjoy your posts. Please note the following: 1) "Gold, historically, has always benefited not from immediate turmoil but from a wider and more profound sense of uncertainty. Today is no different from any other period of human history in that respect." Suggest you review this article (pages 3 and 4)... virtualmetals.co.uk 2) Agree: Directly into the face of nuke's...the US Dollar has become THE flight to safety SAFE HAVEN 3) Agree: Virtually the ENTIRE world is all on the SHORT-side of the US Dollar trade. 4) Disagree, there has been no derivative meltdown, growth rate in derivatives continues unabated: "Everyone thought the derivatives meltdown would crush the US Dollar" amarks.homestead.com amarks.homestead.com 5) We will really be living in interesting times if and/or when there is no growth in derivatives... This will be the true test of the world's financial markets... 6) In regard to the gold market, do not forget that poor, rural Indians are the key players. The gold bugs often forget they rely on poor third world citizens who keep their bank accounts on their arms, necks, and fingers to support the gold price. gold.org Also, there was a good monsoon season this year in India which should be helpful: investorshub.com At present, I continue to monitor the gold market for a good entry point, likely a good trade will develop between late Oct and November. However, one should always own physical gold as insurance, IMO. A derviative meltdown is certainly not out of the question within the next decade, and I predict that those poor Indians and other third world citizens that have their bank accounts around their arms, necks and fingers shall fare better than most... We shall see.

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (2707)	10/10/2006 10:26:37 PM
From: roguedolphin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50739

Slider....So this is the "New Paradigm"???.....the whole world will be buying US dollars as quick as Bernanke and the crooks at the Fed will print them to fund the twin deficits????? What if one of those "murky" offshore hedge funds loaded to the gills with specious US treasury's implodes? Oh yeah....those offshore hedge funds that have been big buyers of US treasuries (the Fed's black-ops area??) won't be allowed to fail! Still, to me the long-term fundamentals look bad for the US dollar. Tell me why the fundamentals look good long-term?? I actually fled the Canadian$ a few months ago and personally went into the US$ dollar 100% in my cash portion of my account. This has proven timely with the natural resource sell-off.... BUT THIS IS TEMPORARY I do believe....until other "oppurtunities" present themselves to holders of US dollars. Your Pal, Rogue

To: SliderOnTheBlack who wrote (2707)	10/11/2006 10:51:30 AM
From: crdesign	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50739

The second market top in the NASDAQ tech sector has arrived. It took 6 1/2 years: YOUTUBE is purchased by Google for $1.65B. Try to watch the disturbing and constantly interrupted video (sent from their own 'YOUTUBE' website) of the founders hitting the jackpot.* youtube.com *I think an untuned 1972 Ford Maverick with 3 gallons of municipal water mixed into the fuel tank runs far smoother than this video clip. I have a T1 quality DSL connection. I'm less than 1000 feet from the Verizon CO (central office) I have a clean fat digital pipe to deliver me a constant stream of 0's & 1's I run on a new MACBOOK G5. this indicates to me the problems with the video delivery are not at my end. IN FACT, CHAD AND STEVE EVEN ADMITTED TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WITH THEIR YOUTUBE SITE IN ITS THANK YOU MESSAGE!?!?! So what did Google actually acquire? Nothing more than a name... Is that worth $1.65B? I submit the GOOG founders purchased an outdated arcane internet platform from a couple of stoners who came across a fresh bag of PRIMO weed that they shared with the Google dudes. Party on man! Keep shuffling the chairs around on the deck of the TITANIC. And NEVER EVER let the music stop playing! Tim