Thread: Collectors Society Message Boards: Gold Price Hits $500/oz.
Started 2 years, 2 months ago by jtryka
Who was that professor that pronounced gold as being dead back in 2001, saying it was only useful in underdeveloped countries where the banking system is less developed? Seems like the same old line in this story. Of course it could be argued that Indians storing their wealth in gold jewelry are no less sophisticated than hip westerners putting all their faith in pretty pieces of paper that ...
Quote: "The shopping basket has become bigger across urban India. The disposable income that traditionally went exclusively to gold is now going to diamonds, overseas holidays, a fancy car, the new flat-screen plasma TV, the latest model of cellphone in the market," said Arvind Singhal, who heads Technopak, a consumer and retail consulting firm. I wonder how much the Versace bag, Nokia ...
Originally Posted By: tth2 Sorry for all the back-patting, but I'm rarely proven so right so quickly. This market is just insane - new highs in the averages, gargantuan gains in commodity stocks since the Aug. 16 lows, individual stocks in Hong Kong shooting up 20% a day...it's like 1999 all over again! Richard Russell of Dow Theory Letters surmised the other day that we may ...
-370 pt decline on the DOW. Geez.... I guess another two weeks of Wall Street fat cats sweating some declines and the Fed riding to the rescue with another rate cut is all but assured for Oct. 31.
I should also add that my wife and I rode around the neighborhood where both of our parents live and the number of abandoned homes is becoming scary. We must have counted a dozen within just as many streets. The number of homes for sale is probably ten times that. Everyone is trying to get out. There was actually a 4-bedroom REO home (built in 2004) that went under contract today. It was ...
Originally Posted By: JiveTurkeyMoFo I guess another two weeks of Wall Street fat cats sweating some declines and the Fed riding to the rescue with another rate cut is all but assured for Oct. 31. Another 25bp is a done deal I think (I thought that even before today). The only question is 25 or 50. I don't think Bernanke necessarily cares that much about bailing out Wall Street, but I ...
George, I gotta tell you, I checked out some internet real estate sites looking at condos in Miami. I`d hate to see what the prices at the peak of the bubble looked like, because even if FL is ground zero for the meltdown, I didn`t think the prices looked particularly cheap. In fact, all of the really nice condos in new developments were still listed for over $1 million.
I know of a lot of people up here in Edmonton that are purchasing/planning
a near term purchase (vacation/winter month) of properties in California
and Arizona right now. Personally, I think it is way too early and I am
going to wait until 2009/2010 before looking. Based on everything I have
read we are still in the early stages of unwinding the derivative mess and
I think we are going to see ...
Originally Posted By: tth2 George, I gotta tell you, I checked out some internet real estate sites looking at condos in Miami. I`d hate to see what the prices at the peak of the bubble looked like, because even if FL is ground zero for the meltdown, I didn`t think the prices looked particularly cheap. In fact, all of the really nice condos in new developments were still listed for over $1 ...
Originally Posted By: JiveTurkeyMoFo -370 pt decline on the DOW. Geez.... I guess another two weeks of Wall Street fat cats sweating some declines and the Fed riding to the rescue with another rate cut is all but assured for Oct. 31. The moral of the story is that the trend is your friend. When the market wants to go up, it's going to go up, and all you can do is take advantage of ...
Another night where the market could easily have tanked, because all the elements were there for another major blow-off. And yet, the markets scrabbled their way back up. With all this intra-day volatility, day traders must be having a field day.
Gene - You bet 2010 will be interesting. In addition to more massive amounts of debt being issued by most governments, we will also have the next shoe in the mortgage reset game start to drop - prime residential and commercial real estate. Bernacke has no choice but to keep rates artificially low until this mix of debt and resets clears, but that will not be until late 2011 or early 2012. Do you think we will now revisit a similar drop like...
Live by liquidity, die by liquidity - stocks, bonds and gold have all been falling off a bit the past few days - in tandem, as usual. This stock market is really not acting well - I had been looking for a potential blow-off top into year-end, but it's not going to happen unless they revive one or more of the generals. Techs, basic materials, energy and financials are all rolling over and are not leading the way higher - what strength...
Originally Posted By: delekkerste Oh, and don't forget that Moody's warned today that the U.S. and U.K. AAA credit ratings are in jeopardy if they don't curb their budget deficits. I've always considered the concept of rating sovereigns who only issue debt in their own currency to be silly. The ability of the US govt to repay USD-denominated debt is infinite, since it can print whatever it needs. If it issued...
From the Chicago Tribune this morning: chicagotribune.com Gold no investment safety net Unsure what is driving price spike, experts warn others to be wary of the precious metal Gail MarksJarvis December 8, 2009 Newbie gold investors have lost some of their treasure, and maybe their gold fever. After setting record highs day after day, gold suddenly did what it's known to do: It morphed from Midas into Scrooge, plunging $90 an ounce in...
Originally Posted By: delekkerste Originally Posted By: tylerdurden Hold on for the next 2 quarters - gold is going MUCH higher before any significant pull back. I fully expect $1500-$1600 before June 2010. The CRASH in the dollar is upon us. Is the CRASH in gold upon us? Down $66 $69/oz. now. I heard someone yesterday, an analyst whom I'm fairly certain wasn't Krazy, say that he believed Gold will hit $1,500 in...
Originally Posted By: delekkerste Come on guys, seriously - this "Warren Buffett hero worship" is truly getting out of hand! The guy is living off a track record from decades ago, which enables him to get sweetheart deals (like with GS and GE) and where people slavishly follow and bid up his investments. And, yet, even with these two huge advantages, he's still mucking things up big-time. There are many people who are...
Sell me your gold. I'll send you an envelope, you put your gold in it and send it back. I will pay you cash (in the form of a check). Sounds like a good business model.
Originally Posted By: kimik They have to sell to raise funds to bailout their banks, just like the US! US To Trade Gold Reserves For Cash Through Cash4Gold.com
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