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Can I ask what has happened to the old GOLD thread which i found to be highly informative, and a very good guide on the populrity of the subject over time - and who is this guy called Bubb? It seems he created this thread so that he can continuously talk to himself on it - maybe its because he agrees with himslef and there is noone to oppose his view that way?? anyway dude get a grip and please can whoever runs this site bring back the Gold Thread. Also i think this Bubb guy needs a cool off period he obviously has some self centred, pompous, egotistic issues which are not healthy for this once excellent site. Webmaster/Owner please can you maybe ban this deranged fool for a while?

More and more people in general are recommending to ME that I should buy gold, I let them slam their reasons to me then say. 'yeah I know - been buying since 2006, but ... I haven't heard you mention swinging sister silver ... " stage 3 may be upon us sooner than we think, however I would like to see a couple more years of solid steady gains first ..

Buyin with both hands :-)

Just put buy order in with Goldmoney and will continue to if the price of silver drops - have plenty of dry powder and was waiting for something like this.. hoping a drop below 40 without any fundamental reason to continue to top up.

i swapped 15% last week :-)

I am still buying in stages although JP of financialsense recommends maybe a put options contract on SLV for september or december may be good insurance against a sharp decline. If history repeats itself expect the correctin by May/June.. but noone knows. I have some serious amounts of dry powder at the moment due to some share options maturing which i cashed in. trying to get it into PM's but having to be very cautious. I am going to buy over the next 6 months or so in stages although - any correction and i'm all in!!

It is definitely worth reading this article, I am not selling anything.. yet..but not buying with much vigour either. http://www.zealllc.com/2011/silvtop2.htm

The only way I can describe this person is 'psychologically unhinged'. I am also pretty sure she is not the only person in the country that is obsessed with property this way. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/8369047/Confessions-of-a-property-website-addict.html

BAB - your points do deserve credit and in an ideal world where if humans were able to detach emotions maybe you have a case. The cold harsh reality of the fact is that you are not an indication of the general consensus of the populous. When most people see the house they scrimped and scraped for and are doing without other things for drop in value without any idea how long before it is back in positive territory, it WILL have a psychological affect on them - it may even stir up reckless thoughts about how to get out of the situation. As these people talk to each other a herd mentality develops and eventually something occurs - a stampede. People are talking to each other right now about it and if for any reason prices drop further or the debt burden worsens, or both (most likely because of interest rates, higher taxation, pay cuts, job losses, wages not keeping up with inflation etc.) .. watch out for the stampede.

over the past few days 2 people i know and have known for a while (not close friends) have recommended buying gold and wish they bought some sooner. Stage 3... slowly but surely as with all secular Bull Markets in the history of time.. is coming.

Gold as with many other minerals found on earth are created during the implosion of a sun prior to the Super Nova, it is the incredible pressure and chemical reactions which form it which is why it is difficult to reproduce. The supernova is the rebirth of planets, basically everything including us are all made of stars. The amount of Gold on Earth is finite and does not form on the planet itself. Know what you are buying :-)

soooo close to £20 :-)

I refer to Occams Razor - keep it simple. You are way overcomplicationg things IMO. My strategy: Buy and hold in a bull market periodically. Buy more on dips. Sell when we are no longer in a bull market. We are currently deeply in a bull market in precious metals :-)

I'm sorry but I must say the above post is an example of some of the worst grammer I have ever had the misfortune to read on this website. Crush.. Fix yourself up.

That massive 2008 capitulation event happened in ALL markets and was an extreme over reaction to fear and uncertaintly in all markets and even countries ability to continue to operate. I doubt very much we will see an event like that again.. if we do, my dry powder and options account is sitting ready in Bull mode.