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To: pezz who wrote (46377)	2/15/2009 1:27:16 AM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217615

hello pezz, today's report: should have saved so, and perhaps the same methodology will work out going forward: start date 1982 january: gold high, t-bill low, stock low end date, 2009 january: gold flat, t-bill high, stock nowhere duration: 28 years I made three calculations, to determine the relative astuteness of three different ways to prepare for golden years by the man on the street and woman about town, a typical baby boomer / boomerette, by way of annual set-asides in gold, yearly put-away in S&P 500 index, and every 12-months lock-ups in 10-years T-bills held to maturity, all taking account of re-investment of maturing bonds, and fudging same of dividends / interest flows, taxes, management fees, carries, storage etc. Close enough for government work on a foggy Sunday. To introduce some realism, I did the calculations for three different savings profiles (i) A nominally flat annual contribution (10k, 10k … etc) (ii) A 5% increase in annual contribution (10k, 10.5k … so on and so forth) (iii) A doubling of the annual contribution every 5th years (10k/yr for 5 years, 20k/yr for next 5 years, 40k/yr for … ad infinitum ad nauseam And, the results are: Current value of excess savings and surplus capital Savings profile/asset class Flat rate (280k total contribution) Gold 688,862 T-bills 839,859 S&P500 650,629 5% annual increase (584k total contribution) Gold 1,375,478 T-bills 1,357,976 S&P500 1,005,364 2x every 5th year (2,050k total contribution) Gold 4,333,374 T-bills 3,331,296 S&P500 2,347071 Conclusion: gold wins Recommendation: GetGobsofGold Suggestions: PreyonPilesofPlatinum, StoreStacksofSilver Cheers, TJ

To: pezz who wrote (46377)	2/16/2009 4:32:04 AM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217615

hello pezz, today's action: (i) receive Message 25416261 a 'forced loan' document, and luckily it is 300 odd years late by snail mail, but am guessing similar documents will be issued here, there, everywhere, soon enough to matter; (ii) managed to hunt up very few 2009 panda gold coins from the official distributor - i filled at very small percentage of my asked for quantity; and (iii) managed to hunt up some kangaroos at the hang seng bank hq. while there, saw a young lady filling up her bag with two handful of gold bars - i sense we are moving into a new and more interesting phase of the gold revolution. cheers, tj

To: pezz who wrote (46377)	2/18/2009 10:14:37 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217615

hello pezz, tonight's report: (i) closed out this srs trade Message 25312770 "i just got confirmation that SRS April 50 puts were shorted for me at 12.3/shr" at 3.6/share and recognized enough to underwrite easter break in paris, and pay for skiing in austria before break; and (ii) closed out tbt position entered here Message 25245991 and there Message 25254745 at 44.80/shr for sliver gain will re-enter srs space soon enough, and hold off on tbt for a bit or two or three, until such time the empire looks dire more immediately; must let enthusiasm rule over logic ;0) cheers, tj