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To: elmatador who wrote (30385)	3/4/2008 6:27:14 PM
From: THE ANT	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218262

Elmat when the real was 1:1 to the dollar the Brazilian trade deficit was very large.If you compare the inflation rates since that time (one year I think it was 16% for the real)a relationship of 1:1.5 today is equal to 1:1 back then.All Asian currencies are under valued against the dollar in the medium and long term but I dont think the real is.I just had a chance to go half and half on a 10,000 square meter lot over looking Porto Seguro 100m from the airport and 100m from the historic center.Main factor that changed my mind was the currency(other was I got to stop bitting off more than I can chew)

To: elmatador who wrote (30385)	3/4/2008 6:51:36 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218262

reasonable person can be forgiven to suspect that (i) what ever is coming our way will surprise even the bears on this discussion thread, (ii) the best gold position is one that is on LTBH (long term buy hold) basis - the one that is off balance sheet and forgotten, (iii) government debt with your name on it is only penultimately safe, (iv) the gold bars in own safe is ultimately safe in that the # of ounces will not likely change, but the worth is affected big time by perturbations of the econo-financial arena, as the waves cross the steel barrier of the vault quantum tunneling fashion, and (v) all would be well advised to keep enough of the physical around so that should events go much more dire, when THEY shoot out the lights at the end of the deadend tunnel, one can press the BIG FINANCIAL RESET button and start anew. Just how does one survive a planetary round of monetary reset modelled on the illustrious Russian and Argentine precedents?