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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (24132)	11/10/2009 3:00:04 PM
From: ggersh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71463

Does this answer the question <ng> <vbg> The Distressing Tally What Isn't Working in 2009 * Elliott wave * Fractal analysis * Historical analogs * Classic pattern application * Volume analysis * Fundamental analysis * Sentiment as contrarian indicator * Seasonality * Intermarket analysis * Sector rotation What Is Working in 2009 * Buying stuff cuz Obama and Cramer told me to. We have truly come full circle. 2009 is 1999, and the Greater Fool Theory reigns. This is getting really, really demoralizing.

To: carranza2 who wrote (24132)	11/10/2009 4:25:52 PM
From: Tommaso	Respond to of 71463

Sounds as if you assume I am interested in the general equity markets. No, I am not. But except for a small position in SRS, I am not on the bear side either because our government seems determined to spend (without taxing) recklessly to prop up everything. Let me give you one example. Platinum is still far below its 2008 peak. IMPUY, Impala Platinum, pays a dividend directly linked to platinum prices. Platinum is a precious metal, and industrial metal, and is turned into jewelry and bullion coins. I might well consider cashing in some gold mining stock on a spike in that and buying more IMPUY if the price looked good. Or I might just hold some cash looking for a dip in gold prices. Or I might shift more into agricultural stocks. There's a cadre of (weird, I think) people on SI who get angry every time I mention that the NGD that I bought a year ago has more than quadrupled, but any time you have a stock that has quadrupled in a year you have to wonder if it might not be a good idea to diversify into something else.