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38 trillion dollars of securitized public and private debt, not to mention derivatives, should put the thrill back into watching bond quotes....

curious the silver etf is delayed (or so it seems) amid short squeeze rumors on the physical market 130 million oz. only adds up $1.6 billion which is a flyspeck considering Bill Gates alone is worth about 31 flyspecks.

the precious metals market is making Gross' comment for him.... just an opinion of course...and I could be wrong

sounds like the ever wide minded Gross is saying "get the hell out" Gold rising against a stable/up Dollar must be getting his panties wadded up...

4 year car loans in 1980 were 19.5% and that's if you had good credit... that's when oil was at $35 a barrel.... now with oil at $66, you can get a zero interest car loan from GM... sleep tight

what's with Freddie Mac's statement today that it still can't sqaure it's 2005 books until late May? are it's derivatives in that big of mess?

typical.... most brand name brokerages don't make money in commodities since they have big bond and stock brokers to feed...and their food is JoeSixPack and his 401K money..... until Grandma buys 5 tons of zinc and dumps it in the backyard...dont look for retail houses to cheer on commodities

as long as the real interest rate of return on paper is near or below zero as it is here in the US, hard assets will get some action... until then, we get to run and play........

I was trying to roll up a long option position...fat chance.... still good money today....

hey setharb, better put on the coffee, it's going to be a long nite when the asian guys have a go at this thing.......... I put in an order at the comex 3 hours ago and still no confirm....God love'em

there is still a lot of trash talk from fence sitting bulls....a good sign

it appears that some of the hedged producers are showing some strain.... like ABX, NEM and the like... well off their highs despite gold 600 talk....

yep, oldest trick around esp. in thin NASDAQ stocks and of course the snobbish world of futures... but I digress.............

beware of the end of quarter run and gun since fund managers get a percentage

the FOMC is called upon to perpetuate a mythology consistent with GW's vision of the world that holds that debt risk that cannot be defined can be financed...... enemies that can't be seen can be defeated....... what folly.........

big if......... the bulk of the commercial short was put on long ago at lower prices...so if cost of production and delivery go past break even, the short hedge starts to grow fangs...............

with 375 million oz sold short and 125 million oz in the warehouse, there are likely some hedge books in tatters... annual reports of some major silver miners may make interesting reading...........

when the water gets rough for the US Dollar, Condi Rice gets on a big blue jet and hands out money to some and threats to others........ should oil get to $90, I wonder if the Central Bankers will let the 30 year drift up to the astounding level of 5%...........

since JP Morgan merged with the Federal Reserve...who knows what energy will do.... witness the $7 pounding the nat. gas market took on 8 consecutive days when Morgan announced it was dabbling in gas....at a then $15 .... no wonder.... Greenspan all of a suddenly starting whining about...

What ever happened to the much feared Iran Oil Bourse, or did GW have to make concessions on the nuke issue to keep the Bourse from causing Euro/Dollar unpleasantries..... hmmm..funny how things disappear...................