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Title: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: YoYa on July 15, 2011, 07:29:38 AM
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/07/14/bloomberg1376-LOCTJI0YHQ0X01-0SNO3DLKUC71NCR936FCO4714R.DTL
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Gold Poised for Second Weekly Advance After Rallying to Record

Dollar's fucked.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: Oldminer on July 15, 2011, 07:34:45 AM
Haha wtf's with the sig dude...your not telling me someone actually sent u some coin?


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: SgtSpike on July 15, 2011, 08:04:09 AM
Haha wtf's with the sig dude...your not telling me someone actually sent u some coin?
Not a whole lot...
http://blockexplorer.com/address/1HY6A41su54QUXFuqsSdnt8uRMVUCYaRAy


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: pdawg on July 15, 2011, 08:09:38 AM
Gold is going much, much higher..... the Chinese are going to be diving into it big time in the near term.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: YoYa on July 15, 2011, 04:55:25 PM
Oldminer, I got lucky, made someone laugh :p

Quantitive easing and gold going up are not good indicators for the dollar....not feeling much confidence in the current world economy as it stands. We kicked the can down the road in 08.....we're now back where we started, except double dips are nasty.

Given the risks, Bitcoin ain't the perfect store of value, but given that I have it and it's easier to come by then gold or silver.....think I'll stay where I am.



Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: netrin on July 20, 2011, 02:18:12 PM
Gold is going much, much higher..... the Chinese are going to be diving into it big time in the near term.

Gold 1 July: 1500 today: 1590 = 6%

Silver 1 July: 34 today: 40 = 18%

Gold is overpriced and will be corrected. It's peaking now, you just can't eyeball it.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: billyjoeallen on July 20, 2011, 05:04:21 PM
Gold is going much, much higher..... the Chinese are going to be diving into it big time in the near term.

1. the Chinese would need a serious contraction to retool their economy away from exports.
2. to maintain their trade deficit, the Chinese need to buy dollars ans US Treasuries as a way of weakening their own currency (making their exports cheaper to us).

Gold may or may not go higher, but the Chinese won't be in a position to do much of the buying when their property bubble pops.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: imperi on July 20, 2011, 05:07:02 PM
Gold is not necessarily going 'much higher', because the current price reflects the fact that people think it will have high future value.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: Oldminer on July 20, 2011, 05:34:02 PM
Yea gold's a pain in the ass anyway. Too heavy. And you ever tried sending this stuff to someone on the other side of the globe as payment for goods or services? Shipping costs are outrageous.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: error on July 20, 2011, 07:02:14 PM
Yea gold's a pain in the ass anyway. Too heavy. And you ever tried sending this stuff to someone on the other side of the globe as payment for goods or services? Shipping costs are outrageous.

I know! I wish there was a currency you could just send over the Internet....oh wait.


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: YoYa on July 20, 2011, 09:33:11 PM
Yea gold's a pain in the ass anyway. Too heavy. And you ever tried sending this stuff to someone on the other side of the globe as payment for goods or services? Shipping costs are outrageous.

Wait what?

You mean I can't just sign it with my private key?
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/16249781/2/istockphoto_16249781-isolated-gold-key-with-dollar-sign.jpg


Title: Re: I was thinking of shorting until I saw this.........
Post by: Oldminer on July 20, 2011, 10:29:00 PM

Hey, how did you get the key to my front door  ???