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To: Horgad who wrote (90371)	1/11/2008 1:26:22 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 110194

the latter point is really critical: everyone talks of housing prices falling, and they have been even in worthless dollar terms, but in gold terms they are getting slaughtered

To: Horgad who wrote (90371)	1/11/2008 1:31:10 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 110194

If I was paid in gold bullion, I'd be making 2/3 less then five years ago. But that would be OK, because I could still buy the same stuff, pretty much.

To: Horgad who wrote (90371)	1/11/2008 6:51:45 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

Does anybody have info on how silver (or platinum or palladium) did during the deflationary 1930's? I read in a book that these could decline during a deflation because they are primarily a commodity and secondarily money. So, when the economic activity declines, they tend to go down. If so, watching silver should give us a good indication of whether we are headed for deflation or hyperinflation.

To: Horgad who wrote (90371)	1/11/2008 6:54:25 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

we must also remember and keep reminding ourselves, that gold is one of the very few investment assets (flat panel tv does not count) we can still buy at 1981 prices, and so gold is still cheap, meaning there will still be a lot of inflation of everything we need, and deflation of everything we have - typically not a good simultaneous equation with a good solution/outcome recommendation: buygold (it is one word, as defined, and both a verb as well as a noun, describing a faith :0)