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To: carranza2 who wrote (59333)	12/24/2009 7:54:18 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217549

hello c2, i am devoting today to do all that which i must ambitiously try to do so that i can start off the next year not so burdened with a pile of paper on desk and stack of e-mails in tray. i am not optimistic. the administrative and the creative and the drudgery never seem to stop, and so the fun stuff can only be engaged with on time-multiplexed basis. Lucky for the folks on this thread that our vocation on this thread helps to generate some means of sustenance and given presence of the likes of maurice mq, we get to generate some happy meals :0) am looking at my year-end letter last year: Message 25285730 Message 25285732 Message 25285735 Message 25285736 (gdx, tan, tbt, srs) I am thankful that whatever the plan, the astute agility with which the plan was executed allowed a longer long on which ought to have been long-ed, namely gold and its associated equities, and, with much help of your back-n-forth ideas bouncing, sidestepping the bomb that proved to be the deadly srs. Note to self, I do not like the ultra derived wagers. <<Do you think the USD pop is over?>> … no, I actually think the USD pop is just getting started, but I also fear that gold’s rise will be enhanced by USD pop, as the pop might make folks realize that the currencies are simply grinding against each other and taking turns in screwing over their respective domestic savers, and that all are being diluted. From this point forward, I fear, the trades out of gold are sinful, and only to be kept a temporary trade, whereas the holding of gold should be the normal state of is. <<I think we may see some end of year gold buying but likely the temporary USD pop will re-start in 2010, then the steady decline will continue. But I don't say this with an enormous amount of confidence as yesterday's action did not confirm my guess.>> … I am guessing that usd up in Q1 2009, then down down and down again Q2 –Q4 2009, and keeping trend, all along the sorry way with temporary pops upward, gasping for air. However, I am also guessing that the rest of the fiat wastrel monies will similarly decline and decline in trend, each taking turns to lay waste to domestic savers and renege on international investors. <<I am paying attention, for though I think my instincts and antennae are good, yours are better.>> … I am hoping to you, that my instincts seem better because I was lucky in the past year. For if what must be attributed to luck is actually resulting from instincts, I must fear more than ever. <<I hope your German Robinson Crusoe pal is doing well. I think you and I and most of us would be bored to tears if forced to live full time in a secluded Paradise. What a unique bunch.>> … I believe all is not well in paradise, and will investigate, but let us just guess that when god created adam, he could have just stopped, but instead, he went on to create eve, setting yin against yan, and balancing great pleasure with massive pain ;0/ Let us keep up our good work, in an atmosphere of great comrade-ship and yes, let us continue to watch the backs of each other as well as all threaders seeking salvation, and by all means, by the way, save souls. Cheers, j