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To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 2:39:00 PM
From: Tim Luke	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 176387

<History is history, but in the next three years, if I had a choice of putting my assets either all in gold or all in DELL -- I would put them in gold. Gold has a possibility of falling to say $250 an ounce. . you can't be serious...LOL

To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 3:02:00 PM
From: John Hauser	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

tippet, keep your gold. I might need a tooth filling some time. OR, are you in that Y2K "freak-out" camp that has everyone selling their equity holding and putting it into gold then hiding it under the bed? So that supposedly when the world ends on Jan 1, 2000 I can trade it for drinking water or food or fuel oil or something. But what's the guy I trade it to gonna do with it, use it as a boat anchor? Value is based on perception. DELL has a better than 50/50 probability of being worth 80% less than what it is now in less than 1 year ... I'd still have made several hundred %. JH

To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 3:06:00 PM
From: edamo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

tippet...re: gold vs dell... may i join in the foray...and come to the defense of chuzz (not that he needs to be defended)...and all those who clearly understand that gold is not a monetary store of value as you claim... compare gold with any of the indices over the past 100 years...only one who is myopic, incredible naive as an investor (defined by you as "sell for profit at some time in the future"),and cannot enjoin in an intellectual honest discussion, came come to the conclusion that gold is a better investment than something as mundane as a stock index...let alone the performance of a growth stock... IF DELL WAS TO LOSE 80% OF ITS VALUE...TRADE DOWN TO $8, IT STILL HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE APPRECIATION SINCE IT'S INCEPTION....GOLD DOWN TO $250 STILL 70% OFF IT'S ALL TIME HIGH...GOLD DOES NOT SPLIT IT'S OUNCES AS IT APPRECIATES...DELL SPLITS IT'S STOCK... conclusion...the only way dell would have a comparitive value less than gold is if the had no value and ended trading... i'm open to your position...i've shown you hard fast facts..if you can disprove my position, than i will convert all my investments to gold... and let's negate your argument at this point, that you refer to buying dell at this level..we can only look at past results, and we will also negate the "invest in the past" retort...compare what we know and can prove...and stop challenging others to prove a negative...a ploy which is absurd in it's own right...i await your intellect and wisdom...for i can always learn from one who is accomplished...ed a. p.s. be honest enough to share with us your current equity positions, be they short or long..it is welcomed!

To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 3:16:00 PM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

>>DELL has a better than 50/50 probability of being worth 80% less than what it is now in less than 1 year ...<< On what data do you base this statement, tippet? Thanks. LoD

To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 3:57:00 PM
From: JRI	Respond to of 176387

<Dell has a better than 50/50% probability of being worth 80% less than what it is now in less than 1 year...> Tippet, I don't think I have ever said this (to anyone) on the thread. You are an idiot.

To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 4:06:00 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 176387

tippet, what is the real value of gold in our economy anyway? I would suggest that just like DELL stock, it is worth what people will pay for it. The underlying basis for that decision is earnings and earnings growth in DELL's case, and the precious nature of gold with some minor industrial uses outside of jewelery in the case of gold. Nevertheless, we have seen both oil and gold fall through the floor in recent years, while most other investments have outperformed both. Do you expect a resurgence in the price of gold? If so, why? LoD

To: yard_man who wrote (108838)	3/10/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Respond to of 176387

Since you invoked my name I must respond. Here is a parable: Two cavemen were walking along, and discussing where they would put their energies. The first said I am an investor and I will put all of my energy into collecting sparkly stones because that's going to be worth a lot of stuff some day. Who will buy the sparkly stuff asked the second caveman. People who know that sparkly stuff is a great store of economic wealth replied the first. The second caveman said I am going to put my energy into inventing the shovel because that's going to be worth a lot of stuff some day. "Can I buy a shovel?", asked the first caveman. Sure, replied the second. After a moment of thought he asked, "But what do you have that I can use?" Who was the fool? In economic terms gold is not an investment. It produces nothing. But a factory or a store or a manufacturing plant -- these are real economic investments. Gold is simply a currency, and like all currencies it is subject to fluctuations in its buying power. Exchanging one form of currency into another does not add to the GDP. But opening a factory and selling goods produced by that factory does. So who is the more foolish: the person who puts his money into earning investments or the person who exchanges one currency for another and then buries it in the ground because he thinks that the world is going to hell in a handbasket? Foolish me, I prefer economic profit. TTFN, CTC