[bigdaddy45]

This clearly isn’t based on inside information. He invested in a broad segment (mining and gold) with the same information any of us would have access to.

[aruanan]

This clearly isn’t based on inside information. He invested in a broad segment (mining and gold) with the same information any of us would have access to.

Geez! Based on Julian Simon's correct bet with that freak (the guy who wrote the Population Bomb) in California (that basic raw materials would continue to increase in quantity and to decrease in inflation-adjusted price), it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that investing in the companies that produce them would (aside from something adversely affected by the EPA rather than market forces) be a money maker.