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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Keith Feral who wrote (91252)	2/5/2008 9:13:43 AM
From: Horgad	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

"If it runs the same course as the banks, real estate, techs, growth stocks, and energy, some traders might get the bright idea to pack up their profits and head to the sidelines." I think you are missing the bigger picture and the theme of this thread. It is not called "The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory" for nothing. You seem to think that the Fed can fix all problems by lowering interesting rates and that buying and selling gold is no different than buying and selling GOOG. I can assure you that people who feel that way generally don't frequent this thread and the chances of you swinging opinions over to your camp are very, very low. Just thought you should know...

To: Keith Feral who wrote (91252)	2/5/2008 10:24:04 AM
From: TimbaBear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I'm not sitting on any gains to protect, so I don't have to defend gold on any level. Oh, so your viewpoint is one of emotion then, just like to couch it in pseudo logical terms? Aren't you really saying that if you had gains in gold (or insert any other item in this space) that you would, out of the emotions garnered by having those gains, have to defend it against all attackers? I see it's down $13 back down to $895. If it runs the same course as the banks, real estate, techs, growth stocks, and energy, some traders might get the bright idea to pack up their profits and head to the sidelines. This is one of the stupidest statements I've read on this thread in quite some time. You conflate entities which carried liabilities (banks, real estate, techs, and growth stocks) with commodities (energy and gold) with a big supposition that they are tied together in some way....IF.... Get a grip, dood, you don't know how silly you are really making yourself sound. Some traders.......might do anything at all.....so what? How does the action of some traders impact the overall picture, and why? Using your rationale (and I use that term lightly) neither gold nor energy would have had the multi-year bull market they already have. Instead of trying to prove to world how ignorant you are, why not try to understand (in terms that don't denigrate) why these moves have occurred? Don't just put it on speculators (that's what I meant by denigrate), but give those who saw the move coming every bit as much credit for having a well thought out reason for having placed money into these sectors early on as you would give to yourself if you had been one of them. Then take the leap and ruminate on what might motivate these same people to continue on with their positions today. If done properly, this might be an exercise in opening your mind. If you spent nearly as much time in trying to really figure things out as you do in projecting that you have already done so, I suspect you would not come across as nearly as much the fool.