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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (58523)	12/1/2009 3:57:50 PM
From: RJA_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218304

>>selling Gov short term notes with yield below 1/4% as an example and with proceeds buy usable commodities and (coal, aluminium, zink grains etc.)- but not leveraged above 1to4 - best 1 to 1 and be patient I assume you mean buy long term futures contracts, not taking delivery... I do have a few acres here for storage... <g!>.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (58523)	12/1/2009 4:17:12 PM
From: RJA_	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218304

>>selling Gov short term notes with yield below 1/4% as an example and with proceeds buy usable commodities and (coal, aluminium, zink grains etc.)- but not leveraged above 1to4 - best 1 to 1 and be patient Sounds like a workable strategy... how long can a futures contract extend? What about depression, if economic activity drops, what happens to your commodity prices? Response from a colleague to your post, I make no judgment on it: madness of governments will trump all efforts to anticipate the markets. History teaches gold is good for these times