About one-third are above +20% so far, with 3 of you above +30%, and almost 2/3 beating the YTD returns for boring ole gold, including one of the randomly picked portfolios.
We're seeing some picks moving up or down several ranks week-to-week, but the top 10 and bottom 10 have been pretty consistent.
Looking forward to the 2-month timepoint on Wednesday How can the year be 1/6 over already?? Tempis Fugit!
ounce of gold from all participants to the year end winner, right?
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
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I'm not saying anything because I know from experience that silver can go down twice as much as well as it went up twice as much.
------------------------- gold/silver on the BST “I predict future happiness for Americans if they prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." ~ Thomas Jefferson
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ounce of gold from all participants to the year end winner, right?
------------------------- gold/silver on the BST “I predict future happiness for Americans if they prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." ~ Thomas Jefferson
It's only a forum game. My real money is in 3X leverage: USLV. Right or wrong, and unlike some here, I put my money where my mouth is.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
Derryb, you just might be in the right place at the right time. I hope you do well. I was only teasing you about your bet in the game, not the real one. I know that you know how to manage money, so I'm not too worried about mixing you and leverage together.
Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally
Stacking and speculating are two different animals and each require their own pile of cash. My stacking is funded by speculation profits. While the speculation pile of money moves up and down (losses, gains and transfers to stacking) the stack of physical metal only grows and at a rate much better than just purchasing physical on payday.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
DrBuster moves up 7 notches thanks to a nice run by XPO this week. TwinTurbo's SHLD pick was excellent (it's up 160% so far this year). Unfortunately, he took the wrong side of the trade.
My comment is My insider info appeared to be complete opposite of whats happened oh well... Thankfully in reallife the only stock I own is facebook. And I got those for a couple bucks a share, cant wait for the IPO
The first thing I wanted to do when I got home from work today was to check my rank. Thanks wingsrule - this is fun. Damn i wish I actually bought apple this fall when I was thinking about it.
Twinturbo - we have something in common - we work for the same rotten company
Ok, but we might as well let him have some fun in the meantime; how about if everyone occasionally posts what they paid for milk that week, as an informal inflation-meter?
<< <i>Ok, but we might as well let him have some fun in the meantime; how about if everyone occasionally posts what they paid for milk that week, as an informal inflation-meter? >>
3/2...$3.89 per gal. (2% fat milk)
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
Well, it's that time of the year, and companies are reporting their 4th quarter results and 2011 profit/loss, and forecasting for 2012.
Guess I'll pour myself a nice glass of milk in to my silver cup, and read about some of these organizations' operations and income, and outlook for future growth..
<< <i>If I can survive the fall-out from the stress test tomorrow morning, I'm going to kick some serious butt this week. :-) >>
They only missed it by 1/10% point. I also was hoping they would make it since I own 500 (used to be 5000 before they decided on that 1-10 reverse split) shares.
"Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
so, I'm throwing a big stack of my YTD (real) gains to short AAPL today. insanity? terrible move? just might work? only looking for a short-term move back to 550 or so..then time to ride AGQ again!
With the end of the first quarter approaching, what an interesting 3 months.
Here's Wingsrule's post of January 4th:
<< <i>I had a few minutes....
>>
As a numbers guy and part time statistician at work, got to say this is an increasingly interesting set of data, look how the distribution naturally broke into thirds right at the outset, and the sub groups now somewhat punctuated by the bluegray metals bars (get it, metal bars?) Gold at about 6% ytd, not quite down at barbarous relic status yet but it's early
halfstrike has his own bellcurve within his 3 picks currently, with one up 28%, one flat at 0%, and one down 28% so far this year
There tends to be rotation within a third, but movement from one to another is expected to grow more difficult as the year progresses.
A market crash later in the year would scramble these all up, of course, and maybe we'll see a nice correction somewhere along the way to see how different asset classes perform
<< <i>so, I'm throwing a big stack of my YTD (real) gains to short AAPL today. insanity? terrible move? just might work? only looking for a short-term move back to 550 or so..then time to ride AGQ again! >>
Looks like it was probably a terrible move with the big cash announcement Monday morning that just got announced. Expecting another new ATH again on this crazy AAPL train.
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About one-third are above +20% so far, with 3 of you above +30%, and almost 2/3 beating the YTD returns for boring ole gold, including one of the randomly picked portfolios.
We're seeing some picks moving up or down several ranks week-to-week, but the top 10 and bottom 10 have been pretty consistent.
Looking forward to the 2-month timepoint on Wednesday
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
<< <i>ounce of gold from all participants to the year end winner, right? >>
I've got my 1 oz 100 mill bar ready
derryb
Founding Father of Baleyville
Posts: 10899
Joined: Aug 2006
Saturday January 28, 2012 10:13 AM
I'm not saying anything because I know from experience that silver can go down twice as much as well as it went up twice as much.
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gold/silver on the BST
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." ~ Thomas Jefferson
derryb
Founding Father of Baleyville
Posts: 10899
Joined: Aug 2006
Sunday February 26, 2012 9:01 AM
ounce of gold from all participants to the year end winner, right?
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gold/silver on the BST
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." ~ Thomas Jefferson
hmmmmm
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
I knew it would happen.
Right or wrong, and unlike some here, I put my money where my mouth is.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
I knew it would happen.
"Interest rates, the price of money, are the most important market. And, perversely, they’re the market that’s most manipulated by the Fed." - Doug Casey
ADNY
Both companies are upstarts in the oil fracking biz.
My WAG.
bob
edited: if I'm too late to the party, that's okay.
"but, but, but... what about the Fed, and all the fiat money???"
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
My insider info appeared to be complete opposite of whats happened oh well... Thankfully in reallife the only stock I own is facebook. And I got those for a couple bucks a share, cant wait for the IPO
Twinturbo - we have something in common - we work for the same rotten company
<< <i>Why do i sense that there will be 50+ participants next year?
Could be all the work you put into the charts. You might want to consider in passing the baton and take a well deserved break.
Got quoins?
CME Daily Milk Prices
I knew it would happen.
we get it in a box of 3 half gallons of organic 1% at Costco.
I think it's about 10 bucks, but will get an exact figure from my wife next time, divide by three, multiply by two, and text the answer to Wingsrule
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Worst case, we'll have to wait until the end of 2012 to update his based on his pricing source (it was a calendar year chart).
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>Ok, but we might as well let him have some fun in the meantime; how about if everyone occasionally posts what they paid for milk that week, as an informal inflation-meter? >>
3/2...$3.89 per gal. (2% fat milk)
Guess I'll pour myself a nice glass of milk in to my silver cup, and read about some of these organizations' operations and income, and outlook for future growth..
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
But I'm extremely happy that cows need to eat.
milk is 3.67
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>If I can survive the fall-out from the stress test tomorrow morning, I'm going to kick some serious butt this week. :-) >>
They only missed it by 1/10% point. I also was hoping they would make it since I own 500 (used to be 5000 before they decided on that 1-10 reverse split) shares.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>Wow, that triple leveraged silver AGQ was really the Hare out of the gate of this race, wasn't it? >>
Yes, but who ended up coming in first at the finish line...the Tortoise or the Hare?
I knew it would happen.
<< <i>This week's gonna hurt.
Why? The Nasdaq, SPX and DOW are at multi year highs.
Knowledge is the enemy of fear
Hey, I hedged with oil production. I won't be a pushover, ya know!
I knew it would happen.
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
Here's Wingsrule's post of January 4th:
<< <i>I had a few minutes....
As a numbers guy and part time statistician at work, got to say this is an increasingly interesting set of data, look how the distribution naturally broke into thirds right at the outset, and the sub groups now somewhat punctuated by the bluegray metals bars (get it, metal bars?) Gold at about 6% ytd, not quite down at barbarous relic status yet but it's early
halfstrike has his own bellcurve within his 3 picks currently, with one up 28%, one flat at 0%, and one down 28% so far this year
There tends to be rotation within a third, but movement from one to another is expected to grow more difficult as the year progresses.
A market crash later in the year would scramble these all up, of course, and maybe we'll see a nice correction somewhere along the way to see how different asset classes perform
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>so, I'm throwing a big stack of my YTD (real) gains to short AAPL today. insanity? terrible move? just might work? only looking for a short-term move back to 550 or so..then time to ride AGQ again! >>
Looks like it was probably a terrible move with the big cash announcement Monday morning that just got announced. Expecting another new ATH again on this crazy AAPL train.