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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (88891)	4/9/2012 6:05:44 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 217645

re the market, the macro expression ought to be gold but for possibility of officialdom-sanctioned intervention or nudging-here-n-there, between directionless market and definitive guidance, and the waiting, much mistakes can be made on just about every front am thinking best to do nothing at the moment and for once put faith in the calendar 'effect' of may - october i do not do well on day to day / week to week trades i do better whenever offered a three months window of opportunity given the rising amplitude and increasing frequency, the once-every-three-months trades invariably involve psychologically damaging down-rush, even as the up-cycle may not reward enough interesting game the challenge of which best left to those better at it and the algo trading machines which do not easily get tired at some point the pension managers shall get frantic, and retail investors may go completely absent. am wondering if domestic retail investors are still active in japanese market.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (88891)	4/10/2012 12:47:57 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217645

Watching Italy blowing up, Spain still together If I can stay awake would check on the country etf's Platinum going south, perhaps it fears cold depression k winter Gold tepid, can be interpreted to be weak w/ strong bias, or strong w/ weak proclivity Whatever coming, whether due to any of the macros anywhere in the world, could see cash win over gold over long bonds over equity over real estate, private equity valuation, etc etc in decreasing order of liquidity In a crunch, gold can be outperformed by any number of assets as prospective buyers simoly step out of the way of sellers The crunch state can also happen to any number of other assets. All very ... very ... loss for words I guess we re suppose to buy whatever gets cut in half ... Let us see what gets cut in half I think paper gold can easily get cut in half I figure premium for physical may go way up Iow, paper gold can fail to track physical gold should the shtf kahuna time