Excellent ideas and perspective Chris. Especially regarding there is risk in all asset classes.
The need to raise cash is a risk out there.

GOLD IS LOOKING 100 % MANIPULATED AND THE BANKERS SHUMP ARE IN CONTROL ! NOW 1 IS SELILNG REAL GOLD !!!!!!!!

dont worry Franky about the manipulation.

According to CT you can trade accordingly!

Call up the people who dumped 60 tonnes yesterday and tell them to give you a call the next time they do it so you can get in on the goodies!

That was at the top of the list of the most insulting, mocking statements ever posted on this blog.

Al – A while back you interviewed CT on the subject of manipulation.

Although he did not flat out deny manipulation; he played it down, regulated it to irrelevant and suggested we trade accordingly.

I found his attitude insulting to gold investors.

To suggest we should trade accordingly I found belittling and mocking.

His comments to me are at the top of the list of insulting, mocking comments that have been posted on this blog (The comments you made reference to in your earlier commentary today.)

Dont misunderstand me – I find the comments that are exchanged from the posters here healthy and informative.

Posters agree, posters disagree – but the dialogue is always informative and at times humorous. A little barb here and there, with some humor is fine.

Yes there have been some heated exchanges between a few posters here and there, myself included; but for the most part it irons itself out. Misunderstandings are settled. We all try to inform and learn from each other. I have no problem with any of these comments.

I myself like to throw in some dramatics now and then just to keep it lively.

However my comment above was completely and only aimed at CT and the remarks he made on the subject of manipulation.