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The author is an idiot. QE2 volume may be $600 bln, that doesn't mean it "cost" the same amount. Then he goes ahead and claims each job "cost" $850k. This is a shameful and borderline embarrassing read.

Beta relative to what though? Equities? There are different source of well-known beta generators. A diversified asset allocation of many of these collects risk premium from a diverse array of sources, hoping that negative returns in one asset class will be compensated by another...

Horrible article from an obviously clueless author.

Probably less than 1% of what George Soros is worth today. The irony of life.

The miners have bills to pay, in fiat currency. Energy, royalties, employees, equipment & machinery etc. Residual profits are distributed to shareholders, in fiat currency. In essence precious metal investors pay other people to get metal out of the ground for them and lock it up in a vault...

Retail investors buying silver from silver mining companies doesn't shrink the money supply. It's a net-neutral left pocket right pocket transaction.

Has German GDP reclaimed the 2008 highs yet?

A mortgage bubble MILF betting on silver to goto $100 to bail her out. The "If it only went to XYZ Dollars then I'm rich" script never gets old.

If it's so trivial then why don't you tell us what central banks can do to "control" soybean, heating oil or sugar prices?

They should try that "benefit of creditors" line when they borrow from their local mafia lender. They'll quickly chop of a finger as collateral.

Goldman Traders trade crap like muni bonds, CDS or exotic options with nice wide bid/asks, printing guaranteed money on every trade. People should stop comparing an investment bank's "trading record" to their own retail day-trading. Completely different world.

100 oz Gold has been trading in Hong Kong since 2008. Even longer in Tokyo. Another clueless fail headline for Zero Hedge.

When I see people irrigating their 10,000 sqft plots of immaculate lawn I'm thinking to myself that food inflation can't be too bad yet.

Did Jim Rogers dump his US citizenship and passport? I don't think he did.

An overweight and broke Toney whining has the same credibility as Bernie Madoff complaining how "everybody wants the quick buck".

Chart the $VIX spot index vs. the VXX ETF. That gives you approximative answers to all your questions. VXX includes all backwardation, contract rolls and fees to simulate slippage on contract rolls.

Rosie throwing in the towel, somewhat... http://www.cnbc.com/id/42782844

Because many other funds discontinued redemption and put up 12 months liquidity gates. That turns the few funds that still honor redemption requests into ATMs. Trend following funds were among the few fund classes that continued to honor redemption requests, mainly because they mostly deal...

Maybe you didn't get it the first time. Sometimes repeated exercise works wonders for simple minders like yourself:

John Henry doubled their money over 5 years, net of fees. Why would an investor care if assets under management plummet 80% when the fund is up 110% over the same period? Of course all this must be confusing to you Marketsurfer, as you appear to have trouble understanding the difference...