Actually, (no joke) last time I got my hair cut the stylist asked when I was getting the grays touched up again. I told her that they weren't gray - they were platinum blonde, just like my grandmother's. So now you know why I'm such a dingbat....I'm going blonde!

ahahahha

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they were both in the 700 range before they shot back up to the ridiculus amts they are at now...

gold 1200s

platinum 1500s

How about just a crap-shoot?

LOL

this is a poopy thread.

With all the advertising pushing people into buying gold, I'd consider it a decent investment. Not in and of itself, but because some people are putting the $ into convincing people to buy it. Might as well ride their wave for a bit.

Sounds kinda like a Ponzi Scheme.

Not so much a Ponzi scheme, since you can actually profit from it. They are just actively generating the demand for it that drives up the cost. In a way it is kind of like the Alpaca farms (or soemthing like that), where they advertised a huge demand for Alpacas so raising them could make you rich. Only thing is, the only demand for them was coming from people who were starting Alpaca farms, because they can get rich selling them, to people who are starting Alpaca farms, who can get rich selling them, to people starting Alpaca farms . . .

The price of gold rose dramatically during Carter's term. It plunged after Reagan took office.

People buy gold on the common beliefe that it is an inflation hedge, and will have more substantial worth than GDP-backed dollars. It is a panic purchase.

Then again, Idi Amin Jr. may get reelected, and you may be able to ride the wave for longer...