[nopardons]

My "beef" are with the goldbuggers; those who push gold bullion and/or coins. These people have no grasp on the markets, history, and many of them ( in the past ) have had some connection to the idiotic "news letters" they pushed.

I am neither "naive" nor "obtuse". OTOH, you are so tightly wrapped in tinfoil, that it's cut off the blood supply to your brain. There is no conspiracy, there is NO "Wall Street Machine", and saying so, only makes you sound like a KOOK. And unlike you, I am stating facts and not delusions based on your own hallucinations.

[TEEHEE]

I never said there was a conspiracy, dear! :) I'm pointing out that there are deep powerful pockets interested in maintaining the status quo. And the status quo is all (the "right") stocks, all the time.

What is your take on the following curiosity: for three (I think) of the past five years, gold stocks have been the leading sector out of all possible stock sectors. Those who are paying attention know that, StockTeeVee knows that - but there's little if any positive coverage of gold stocks, excepting the past couple of weeks when something clearly goosed the heck out of the metal. Why aren't mainstream and financial media discussing this insane rise in gold stocks the past few years? Can you imagine them ignoring a similar sector-wide launch in tech, pharm, home builders, etc? Of course not!