simonc

Tis true but where to go? Personally I can cope with (and ignore) the weather, I'd even be happy to move back to my homeland of Scotland, if only for the peace and quiet of the glens but Mrs Peter and the Wolf is having none of it. Looks like rural France for us. Sunshine, fertile land and most importantly the leftist (comparatively) lifestyle of a republic. Still stacking and hoping.

Madness gone mad. For "3000 people CAN work there" read "we can (and will) provide all the stimulus required for any number of gratuitous construction projects one can desire"

GF, those are great charts. I've always held the opinion that gold is the PM of choice to hold during a debt deflation which is where I believe we are now, especially following a major credit crisis event. With zirp and stimuli in various guises, (as you intimate MZM nears exponential proportions) with any uptick in velocity we will surely see a snap back to a high inflationary environment. At this point we should switch to holding silver which outperforms gold in inflation? I've been saying for some time; deflation. Then inflation. I'm not yet convinced of the hyper scenario and I'm pretty convinced deflation (in assets normally financed with credit) could see Japanese style tenacity. Perhaps we should be trying to monitor velocity and give it a higher priority than CPI or RPI Thoughts?

Fed have announced - no rate rise until at least mid 2013 That's a bit like announcing to the Taliban the dates for troop withdrawals.... Open season for gold.........or is that what they want us to think! ? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-09/fed-to-keep-rates-at-record-lows-at-least-through-mid-2013.html

I went all in (gold miners) this morning after sitting on the sidelines since December of last year. Looks like I may have jumped the gun : (

Looks a bit like the NASDAQ in '99 :o

Silver to $400 by 2013 - 2015 says esteemed captain of USS Enterprise http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN...13_to_2015.html Not sure if that says more about the $ or Ag?

Hi Learner As far as I am aware goods brought in from within the EU which already have the VAT paid are exempt from additional payment. Whether this is an accurate assumption or not, quite frankly I don't care....... .........got to go, that's a knock at the door

I always order (albeit infrequently) from CID and get delivered to mainland Europe where I pick up at a later date. I am again about to order a qty of 1oz SHTF (or indeed my bairn's inheritance) coins and I find myself wondering whether in a SHTF situation one sovereignty's coins would fare better than another's? For eg, I've been buying phillies as they are the cheapest but would maples, libertads or eagles be more 'tradable' than that of a somewhat xenophobic nation's coinage? Perhaps we should all be buying Pandas?

That's not good. Sorry to hear that.

And more of the same here......... From: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/busin...337-643,00.html Oh what to do? ......buy now or wait??

Some years ago I had a fair bit of plastic surgery. The tissue transplants kept breaking down (granulation IIRC). I was given a stick (bit like lip salve) of Silver Nitrate and applied this myself whenever I noticed things going a bit wrong. Amazing results, the skin appeared to heal overnight. A fascinating substance indeed!

'Bout bloody time too........................lurking just hasn't been the same!

You must be very pleased with your investment: https://www.coininvestdirect.com/main.php?a=11&id=193 They were £518 on Monday morning!

No It's the right link. I thought he said "gold prices may half very quickly", but no, he said "double very quickly" Rebecca from Europe had me mesmerised so I wasn't really listening.

POG to crash. Worth just $500 by end of the year: http://www.cnbc.com//id/15840232?video=880574352&play=1

http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/ar...9a-6a18b7f7809a It's all over for gold Or is it just that UBS have offloaded all theirs to cover margin calls

Are you sure about that? I bought 2 vases and one bowl at Montrose auction house in 1987 (ish). They went under the hammer as a single lot and I paid £800. That was a substantial wedge back then. I remember my car at the time was an Austin Allegro which cost me £50, so thay puts things in perspective. I haven't had them valued but they are a popular pomegranate design and being a "set" should fetch a premium. Individual pieces of a similar size sell for around £800 each. I'd go along with the "only buy what you like" advice though.

Cheers GF

I take it that Adrian's outburst doesn't convince some posters here? Is a strict "under the mattress" policy the only way forward with PMs in these uncertain times I believe GF has complete faith with BV or have I got that wrong? Peter