Quote from whitster:
thank god. FINALLY someone gets it
i get so amazed at the "gold is done" posts, and ditto with oil
i suggest that 99% of people who make these kind of posts cannot and do not understand commodities. commodities are different than stocks. sure, ANY security is moved by one thing and one thing only - supply and demand, however, these are COMMODITIES.
i'm more of a contrarian than most. i love buying weakness and selling strength. however, that is not the same thing as merely saying "well it's up so much and everybody is talking about it, so it HAS to go down"
the contrarian move was to buy gold at 300. not short it
the contrarian move was to buy AAPL under 60, when it sold off.
however, shorting gold/oil here isn't contrarian. it's stupid