To: Fiscally Conservative who wrote (11564 ) 9/10/2008 9:16:22 AM From: SliderOnTheBlack 4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50101 If you have "any" confusion as to where you fit in, regarding the 90/10... Just read this... I can not recall, nor think of, a more perfect example: Message #11565 from Finallythere at 9/9/2008 2:39:02 PM...Being in the know,being in the right circle,being where you should be at the the right time and being that fly on the wall is where the 10%ters are. The markets are rigged by design and human nature;DNA The longer term trend is still intact;Oil and Gold will continue higher. The Fed is a joke and those who run this country have failed us. Inflation will be a household word spoken from the lips of those 90%ters. And as sure as I am of myself the Fed will continue to tell us the system is viably sound and intact and inflation should not be a concern. re: "The longer term trend is still intact;Oil and Gold will continue higher." ...that's what that spec home buyer in San Diego, and that Condo flipper in Miami are telling themselves right now too. The Trend? -40-50-80% down in many PM stocks... and you want to hang onto "the trend"?!?!?! Tell that to all the gold bugs getting their stops run, getting margin called, and getting wiped out -- because they "held tight" and drank the Kool Aid waiting for Angels and Magnets to take gold higher, or who listend to the pundits, and guru's who told them the juniors were dirt cheap -- about 75% ago."Kool Aid -- Just Say No!" Get the story right... but follow instead of leading, or react instead of anticipating... and it matters not."Making money in commodity cycles has never been the problem, keeping it - has been the problem." SOTB