For a long time there I wasn't even looking at them.

Down on Main-street, not so much--so, who cares? My guess is a crash is a coming. Just about when they sucker in all of the poor and middle class folks, they'll start stripping out their money, throwing it into government bonds they have to sell to finance the government, draw interest and a safe place to put their money, from the rest of the taxpayers, while the stock prices drop.

At the end of this month, the U.S. begins to default on its loans unless Congress raises the debt ceiling...and that will not bode wekk for the stock market.

that nasty Muslim socialist.

as soon as the Fed stops printing money, Bye bye equity bubble!

Not even close. If the Fed stops "printing money" the first bubble to burst will be precious metals. Tons of that money will pour into equities. Your market calculus needs calibration.

If there were, you wouldn't see the depression of PM prices in London and elsewhere.

When the Fed quits printing, its "Risk off"; even the Algo's will follow suit.

Good luck.

is QE and the mass marketed fear of hyperinflation. If easing stops before any real inflation materializes, per the current plan, metals will complete the correction. A large chunk of the volume in the PM futures market of late has been a shift from longs to shorts. Many of the bigger players are now going net short. I do not claim to know the event that will trigger the big move, but it is not far off.

I do not invest in PMs, I just buy them as raw materials to make art jewelry. Since I sell at many multiples of spot the price, the price is only relevant to my net profit. I am however looking forward to a bargain buy.

Equities have been outperforming metals for well over a year now. This will continue and accelerate as the economy improves. A good chunk of that will be $ shifting from metals to equities. The big losers will be the preppers who hold over priced physical PMs as they simply will not be able to bail fast enough. Collectible french gold francs will be the next beanie babies. The only difference will be melt weight value at perhaps 25 cents on the dollar paid to purchase them from Glenbeckisan.

I could use some cheap 24K to alloy up my 14K scrap, 18K and 22K work far better in the art jewelry market.

Your guy destroys the economy, ours is cleaning up your messes.

I still think President Obama deserves credit for cleaning up W's mess.

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... Oh, Ok, sorry. That's Canadian. Loonies.

Carry on...

I need one!

just think if the rethugs had tried to help instead of hinder what our economy would look like

Business thrives under GOP leadership!
Economy responds to Republican fiscal policies!
Romney economic genius!!

Just as the present uptick has nothing to do with the current administration's policies.