The GOLD scream room

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I guess this was a good day for someone to slam gold, since there wasn't any US trading.  Maybe they're afraid that the Swiss referendum will pass and they want a lower price for that spike to start from?
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Dec 1: Holy volatility, Batman.
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dualstow wrote: Dec 1: Holy volatility, Batman.
You're not kidding! At least this time it's in the correct direction...
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What the...?
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Now this is the kind of "gold volatility" I LIKE!  :)
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Today is shaping up to be a pretty good day for the PP. :) And for Libertarian666!
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Pointedstick wrote: Today is shaping up to be a pretty good day for the PP. :) And for Libertarian666!
Yep. I was pretty unhappy last night when I saw $1144. :-(
This is more like it!
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Supposedly, it has something to do with Moody's cutting Japan's credit rating. Let's see where it goes.
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A nice bear trap set up on Friday..  shorts must be in a lot of pain today.
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So everyone get ready to have gold spike down for what I am about to write.

Last month I doubled up on gold (DGP) figuring I at least ought to get some tax harvesting out of this year's gold pain as the overall position wasn't going to change except for my Jan rebalance. In any event the old saying, at least today, is true. Between being good and lucky it is better to be lucky. After seeing the position in red since pretty much day one of the 2014 trading year, today with the huge pop up and the double down of last month the position is in the green by just a smidge. So is this a scream of joy???  :o
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Woo-hoo!
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Libertarian666 wrote: Woo-hoo!
Can't gold wait until AFTER I make my January 401k/IRA contributions???
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dragoncar wrote:
Libertarian666 wrote: Woo-hoo!
Can't gold wait until AFTER I make my January 401k/IRA contributions???
Gold rarely waits for a convenient time before making a move. That's one of its disadvantages.  :P
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Libertarian666 wrote: Gold rarely waits for a convenient time before making a move. That's one of its disadvantages.  :P
And one of its advantages8)  ;)

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Gold giveth, and gold taketh away.

Nice to see a Monty Python quote above. Makes me smile.  8)
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Is it going to follow oil down?
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Reub wrote: Is it going to follow oil down?
You'll have to buy my newsletter to find out.  :-X
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Right now, Kitco has spot gold unchanged for the year, at $1205!
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Wheeeeee!!!
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Pointedstick wrote: Wheeeeee!!!
$1263? I was kind of hoping to rebalance from treasuries into gold, say, this fall. But, if gold goes up in 2015, no complaints here.
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dualstow wrote:
Pointedstick wrote: Wheeeeee!!!
$1263? I was kind of hoping to rebalance from treasuries into gold, say, this fall. But, if gold goes up in 2015, no complaints here.
I was four weeks away from rebalancing!  Four weeks!  I guess anything can happen in that time but still...
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dragoncar wrote: I was four weeks away from rebalancing!  Four weeks!  I guess anything can happen in that time but still...
You do an annual rebalance I take it? Why February?
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I rebalanced at 1170. Both gold and treasuries have similar YTD returns. It was a win/win either way. This should be a lesson to stop overthinking these things...
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dualstow wrote:
dragoncar wrote: I was four weeks away from rebalancing!  Four weeks!  I guess anything can happen in that time but still...
You do an annual rebalance I take it? Why February?
I shovel money into my retirement accounts at the beginning of the year, and rebalance once they are maxed (this year it'll be Feb).  I could buy securities each paycheck, but because of the way I allocate between tax-deferred accounts and taxable, it would be a hassle (I'm buying bonds and stocks in tax-deferred and balancing the difference in taxable)
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We're now up almost $100 YTD!
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