QUOTE (R. Scott @ Jan 28 2008, 10:01 PM)

Do you all believe that the product of these US rate cuts (including the very small one coming up), will be a weak USD (relative to other majors) and therefore create a stronger demand for industries other than gold? This is rudimentary logic, yet I believe we will see positive effect for gold, mining and drilling (cheaper borrowing = more expansion) companies alike. Opinions?
Gold is scarce, and as people flee the falling dollar, it is rising faster than the Dollar falls.
People also realise that the Dollar is not the only "fiat" currency, and so they may prefer gold to other
currencies too. Senior Gold shares (GDX) are keeping pace with Gold (GLD), but not the Juniors,
as measured by the CDNX
Date... --GLD-- -GDX-- -CDNX-- -SPX--
Latest.. $91.75 $51.21 2557.8 1353.96
Chg.08 11.27% 11.74% -9.93% -7.79%
v. GLD 0.00% 0.47% -21.19% -19.06%
If a flood into Gold shares really starts, perhaps as Gold crosses $1,000, then maybe CDNX will start
to play catch up.
What will happen to drillers, and oil stocks? I suppose that depends on what happens to Oil.
Seasonality may mattter, since we are soon headed into a time of usual seasonal weakness in oil