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Recursion

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12. Why do those people who sell gold at those places have it, anyways?

Reply to Fumesucker (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:15 PM

Jan 2013

I'm trying to think of a time when I would have said "You know, I have $1700 lying around, and rather than taking a trip to Paris I'm going to buy an ounce of gold". I'm coming up blank.

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Goldman Sachs - Gold will fall to $1200 as recovery expands [View all] banned from Kos Jan 2013 OP

That is unless the crazy Republicans raise the debt ceiling Yavin4 Jan 2013 #1

Is this the same Goldman Sachs that was pumping and dumping CDO's? denverbill Jan 2013 #2

What bet you ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #3

Goldman is long AND short pretty much everything. banned from Kos Jan 2013 #6

Five years out is a pretty long projection. mnhtnbb Jan 2013 #4

That would make me so happy frazzled Jan 2013 #5

Pssstt.. This is a hot, hot inside tip from the big money boys Fumesucker Jan 2013 #7

I have to say I own one individual stock AngryAmish Jan 2013 #8

Goldman is going to $175 this year. banned from Kos Jan 2013 #10

You ever notice all those late night ads that say your dollars are going to be worthless, Recursion Jan 2013 #9

And yet there's a "WE BUY GOLD" on damn near every street corner Fumesucker Jan 2013 #11

Why do those people who sell gold at those places have it, anyways? Recursion Jan 2013 #12

A class ring from the sixties can bring a fairly decent chunk of change these days. Fumesucker Jan 2013 #14

Oh, right, jewelry Recursion Jan 2013 #15

People have been saying gold is going down for years now. former9thward Jan 2013 #13

Here it is: moondust Jan 2013 #16

You want us to buy bank stocks? Cali_Democrat Jan 2013 #17