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More bang for your buck in deflation protection. You can spend less on longer term treasuries to protect yourself from deflation with 100 year maturities than say a 20 yr

I don't think there is much tracking error inside of a week or two, but when you get out on longer time frames they don't perform well relative to their indexes.

Hey Cold, how have you been?

Well Said. LOL'ing at the people that continually think because they're bearish, that it has to be some crazy conspiracy that the market is going up. The Fed has made it VERY CLEAR that they are going to inflate asset prices by making it so unattractive to hold cash, that there is no other...

I'm pretty convinced that achilles is Alex Jones :)

LOL, every Central Bank around the world is stimulating, yet the politicians find everyone else to blame but themselves for why gas is going up. It's "ok" if certain asset prices go up because of printing, but not others I guess.

It's good to have you back bearice

Go to stocharts.com and set up a perfchart with: $WTIC,USO Then adjust it to 1-6 week periods and observe for yourself how closely USO tracks light sweet crude. There will be some tracking error regardless, but how much tracking error you can accept is relative to you.

It's entirely possible to have supply issues, while still having low demand. When demand is so low, and production costs are extremely high, often manufacturers and dealers alike will try to cut their inventory to the bone (just in time) so that they can manage the margins better. Also, many...

You're not very bright if you equate taking a SS benefit that I've paid into and legally entitled to receive, and looting because everyone else is doing it. There is no free will on the front end of SS. Either pay in, or go to jail. I have no ethical dilemma in claiming benefits that I'm...

So I guess sandybestdog is Secretary Chu

LOL.... you point to SS, which has recently become insolvent, long-term as your great example. And by the way, I am legally required to pay payroll tax on myself and my employees, so who in the hell would be stupid enough to pay in and not receive their SS benefits? We have $15 TRILLION in...

Hey, don't give the Dems any ideas. This thing is already heavily subsidized.

The future NEVER turns out as predicted...

I remember the shock I felt when I pulled up at the last C-store on my route to the Orlando airport too.

I believe there are futures and options on 10 major markets.... NYC, Miami, LA, Chi, etc

You shouldn't get married to any position, but if you must, then I would get bullish on gold. Of all the asset classes, gold has the "best" reasons for going higher, IMO. Money printing by virtually every central bank.... Check Fear of currency devaluation and bond defaults.... Check...

Yes, because as the EU is proving, socialism is a perfect system.

Relative to gold, crude is very inexpensive still, so I would argue that when virtually all Central Banks are keeping rates near zero, that the $DXY isn't that telling.

LOL you think crude would be lower if Iran was running rough shot over the ME? You do realize that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, etc are all covertly pro-US presence right? Look at the areas where we don't heavily influence.... Somolia, Iran, Syria are not exactly stabilizing forces in the ME.