Recent content by mostlysilent

Yes, I noticed this same fallacy when he stated something like: guns were unlike drugs in being highly desired. Not paying much attention to the evidence all around us, is he? He later bemoans how democracy must be failing, because guns haven't been banned yet. Never even once considering...

So far, 3-D printers have only found application in rapid production of 1 or 2 units. Very good for prototyping, terrible for high-volume manufacturing. The new killer app is low-volume production by the common man at home. Say goodbye to shit like: Sears wants to charge you $40 for a...

Lots of talk about blow-ups. But little talk about spreads, which makes potential losses finite. Does that still count as theta, or is it really gamma? Either way, I think spreads are a great way to go. My opinion is that selling premium has a slight advantage, because not everyone in the...

Finding shares to borrow for shorting will not be easy. Anybody have thoughts on when put options will be available to buy? IV may be high on these, but I'll bet they still make money.

Sigh... Everybody better than me at football is cheating when the referee isn't looking. Everybody better than me at Halo is hacking. Everybody better than me at Olympic fill-in-the-blank is on steroids or bribed the judges. Everybody with better grades than me is a teacher's pet...

BullionDirect runs an exchange ("Nucleo") which can be used to sell to other investors. Easier than dealing with people on a personal level, and better prices than going to a dealer.

People and central banks are buying it to preserve their wealth through the transition period of currency depreciation/failures. Following from this is a conclusion that many ETers have said before: Gold acts like a commodity *AND* like a currency. And as a currency, the net increase in total...

I think there was a bubble in these sorts of "gold-bears" and it popped after their shrill hyperboles reached a crescendo. AKA went hyperbolic. :D

This company makes a 5.3 gram Rhodium coin. It is of bullion purity, but I doubt it is (or ever will be) as fungible. http://www.elementsales.com/ecoins.htm *** Not an advertisement, I'm not financially affiliated with them, etc. I just think it is interesting.

What are the fundamentals that are driving down gold price today? What were the fundamentals in late 2008? Stocks plunge, and cash is needed to meet margin, so gold/silver holdings are liquidated? Seems like an outlandish hypothesis to me.

Ways to react to poverty in increasing order of liberalism: 1.) Centrally planned extermination. Few people can stomach even the idea of this, let alone an actual implementation. Furthermore, this method often fails due to natural scope creep and because the planners are never objective...

Excellent article, shfly. Thank you for posting.

I disagree. The 2nd amendment has been very successfully demolished in all aspects but name. Likewise pensions and retirement funds of all kinds will be demolished. :eek: I don't know exactly what form it will take, but here are some ideas: Govt approaches Fidelity/etc and various mutual...

You believe that the author is correct? Or you believe that the right people in sufficient numbers will take action based on her recommendations because *they believe* she is correct (even if she isn't) ? The article appears to be from about 1 year ago ... Her reasoning seemed very...

I agree with you that over-simplifying an issue is a problem. But on the flip-side, claiming that things are "complex" is a well-established effective method of deception (or rationalization). Sometimes, the emperor really does have no clothes.