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Serious testing of previous levels. gold at $1493. Silver went down to $33.65 or so - I'm playing the long now in at $33.72Wish me luck...

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Serious testing of previous levels. gold at $1493. Silver went down to $33.65 or so - I'm playing the long now in at $33.72Wish me luck...
Reasonable pot shot.
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Reasonable pot shot.
Actually don't really like gambling like this much anymore. I just quit at $34.80 - it was sub $33 today. So that's me done for now. I'm just going to buy gold and not play markets.
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Actually don't really like gambling like this much anymore. I just quit at $34.80 - it was sub $33 today. So that's me done for now. I'm just going to buy gold and not play markets.
It's a risky trying to catch that knife, there may be a bounce but is it a dead cat? The sleep loss factor in silver too high for me right now.
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$1447POG has been through a pull back and is back within reach of it's all time high.

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$1447POG has been through a pull back and is back within reach of it's all time high.
You meant $1547, correct?Even during the pull back it has remained at or near $1,500
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You meant $1547, correct?Even during the pull back it has remained at or near $1,500
Yes, $1547
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Cashed out part of my position today and took a nice chunk of change in profit.This is probably a good indicator that there will be a spike soon.

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Cashed out part of my position today and took a nice chunk of change in profit.This is probably a good indicator that there will be a spike soon.
QE3 will shoot gold over $2k.Bernanke and Obama will make the dollar a third-world currency by 2012
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QE3 will shoot gold over $2k.Bernanke and Obama will make the dollar a third-world currency by 2012
I know a few months ago, EG said some insiders said it definitely would happen, but I've seen reports since then that it definitely won't. Are there any recent reports?
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I know a few months ago, EG said some insiders said it definitely would happen, but I've seen reports since then that it definitely won't. Are there any recent reports?
just google QE3 and read all news results after May 1, 2011
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just google QE3 and read all news results after May 1, 2011
That would require effort, I was hoping someone would just summarize for me.
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I know a few months ago, EG said some insiders said it definitely would happen, but I've seen reports since then that it definitely won't. Are there any recent reports?
Bernanke alluded to it pretty heavily in his most recent comments, but did not say specifically they are going to do it.I think it is still up in the air. I really hope they don't.
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Not sure what that has to do with QE3. I think gold is a fools market. The demand is from fear not use of gold. I could be wrong, but personally would not have more than5% of portfolio in gold.
QE3 will directly drive up the price of gold. It won't be that gold is suddenly more valuable, it's that dollars will no longer be perceived as a safe haven for wealth/value.And that link wasn't meant to be directly related to QE3, it was just a random gold price forecast.
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The perception that gold is a safe haven is a false one. Gold may very well continue to appreciate, but that sure as hell does not make it safe.I have said this time and time again. Gold is a commodity. It trades on the CBOE, it can be very volatile. It could easily lose 20 - 40% in a very short period of time. Especially if people start to panic sell. GLD is the second largest ETF with about 60B, only to SPY which is the S&P 500 ETF that has 90B.GLD has grown exponentially. It's all in bullion, if the sell button is pressed, that bouillon has to go somewhere.

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The perception that gold is a safe haven is a false one. Gold may very well continue to appreciate, but that sure as hell does not make it safe.I have said this time and time again. Gold is a commodity. It trades on the CBOE, it can be very volatile. It could easily lose 20 - 40% in a very short period of time. Especially if people start to panic sell. GLD is the second largest ETF with about 60B, only to SPY which is the S&P 500 ETF that has 90B.GLD has grown exponentially. It's all in bullion, if the sell button is pressed, that bouillon has to go somewhere.
I'll try to say this a different way: the value of gold is relatively stable. It's the currency fluctuation that's influencing its price.
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I'll try to say this a different way: the value of gold is relatively stable. It's the currency fluctuation that's influencing its price.
OK, i agree with you. But using that basis, to get to 5,000 per ounce, our currency would have to become basically worthless.
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OK, i agree with you. But using that basis, to get to 5,000 per ounce, our currency would have to become basically worthless.
Or rap star grills would have to become mainstream:gold%20grillz%20teeth.jpg
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I'll try to say this a different way: the value of gold is relatively stable. It's the currency fluctuation that's influencing its price.
That's like saying "She's a perfectly healthy and respectable girl. It's just the AIDS and prostitution that give her a bad reputation". In the year 2011, with fiat being the standard medium of transaction and hard currency out, gold bullion derives its entire value as a relative peg to global currency markets. Note- "value" and "price" are two totally different things.
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That's like saying "She's a perfectly healthy and respectable girl. It's just the AIDS and prostitution that give her a bad reputation". In the year 2011, with fiat being the standard medium of transaction and hard currency out, gold bullion derives its entire value as a relative peg to global currency markets. Note- "value" and "price" are two totally different things.
Well, if I were to pick one or the other -- either the dollar or gold -- that had the AIDS right now, I'd pick the dollar every time.
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