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Gold/Mining/Energy : Big Dog's Boom Boom Room -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Salt'n'Peppa who wrote (85169)	5/24/2007 11:42:37 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 206326

I think gold is a special thing, difficult to evaluate b/c at its heart it is a commodity. There are no p/e ratios to look at, management to evaluate, financials to pick through, innovative products to assess, etc. Everything that I look at as a value investor is skewed. Instead, you have to put your finger on the pulse of factors which I find extremely difficult to evaluate. So, I stay out of the POG prediction game, though it is fascinating to watch others do it particularly as there are some very extreme positions taken. About the only 'wisdom' I have to offer is that if you think inflation will skyrocket, by all means load up. A small stash for any investor is probably a good thing, but I certainly would not make it the focus of my portfolio.