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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Eva who wrote (91029)	10/30/2009 4:06:35 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	1 Recommendation Respond to of 94695

You're probably right, and you surely have a better feel for the gold market than I do, I only trade it as just another market, and I primarily trade the SP's... but to answer your initial question, I think if I were absolutely forced to take a position in gold, I would probably want to be long the market... GZ

To: Eva who wrote (91029)	10/30/2009 4:12:06 PM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

It's hard to say. Fall is usually the positive time for the gold market, but not until mid to late November. You can see how gold highs tracked SP lows at first, right until the 2008 crash, when both crashed together.

To: Eva who wrote (91029)	10/30/2009 4:47:00 PM
From: Real Man	1 Recommendation Respond to of 94695

FWIW, Gold is the only bull in town. It might actually soar because of it. All that money from stocks and bonds have to go somewhere. This is a chart of stocks, bonds, and gold. -g-

To: Eva who wrote (91029)	10/30/2009 5:02:11 PM
From: carranza2	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

The best, most informed thinking I have seen says or implies that additional stimulus will have to be made to make sure the 'recovery' doesn't run out of steam in 2010. In my view, this means additional printing and the taking on of additional public debt, all of which are not good for the dollar and very good for gold and other PMs. There are IMO huge deflationary pressures at work. Bernanke will figt them the only way he knows how. This is of course also very good for gold, though it is very bad otherwise. I accordingly hold a lot of gold. Even if deflationary pressures overcome Bernanke's & Obama's future efforts to stimulate a slowing economy, which efforts I think are inevitable, I think gold should still do well. But the success of gold in a deflationary environment to me is a lot less certain. I accordingly keep my PF in a lot of cash, too. In fact, that is all I presently hold, cash and gold and gold miners. My two cents.