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To: TobagoJack who wrote (33153)	4/15/2008 2:26:05 AM
From: Night Trader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217686

Monthly average % gold return over the period: dec 4.930881974 nov 1.73512494 oct 3.684850822 sept 2.534602455 aug 4.528197688 jul 0.362214759 jun 1.363272075 may -0.770247824 apr -2.51771518 mar 4.350420175 feb -1.275066607 jan 2.435718904 March was only high because of a single value (12%) in the 06 spring boom and bust. Deleting that value would leave March still the highest of the weak period Feb-July but lower than the weakest month in the strong Aug-Jan period. Conclusion: gold selling is best done at end of Dec/Jan and gold buying in May-July. One tailed P-value for the truncated data (highest month removed from each set) was less than 1%.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (33153)	4/15/2008 2:40:52 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217686

If Europe follows America into recession, which is quite possible, the pain will be a lot greater in the Mediterranean countries than in Germany and northern Europe. Not surprisingly, the political response from the two regions will also be quite different. Even as it prepares to expand once more to take in Slovakia and later other countries from eastern Europe, the euro is about to show the world that it is not yet an optimal currency area—and the demonstration may not be a pretty one. economist.com