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THE
GOLD & URANIUM RUSH IS ON
by David N. Vaughn
Gold Letter,
Inc.
April 25, 2007
And what is ole’ King
Cole (Gold) up to these days? Just can’t seem to be held down, huh?
Have you noticed how
when gold is at a low people say it is finished and when it is rising
they say it is ready to crash. The important consideration is to look at
the overall average. And the overall average the gold price is
sustaining is doing quite well. And ole’ uranium continues to climb
higher still.
Well,
you should be happy if you are taking to heart what you read in these
articles and follow their advice. You should be profiting quite nicely
on gold and uranium and other resource stocks now as this bull market
builds in intensity. Probably the greatest concern now is for those who
are finding success battering their front door down and learning how to
adapt to that success without it destroying you or bringing out of
alignment your real priorities in life.
Sam
Kirtley - “It is my firm belief that this gold bull will see gold
prices go significantly higher than they did in 1980.” “Firstly for
the previously mentioned reasons of the effect of the
Internet on the market, which sends prices further in both directions.
Secondly there are the blue chip reasons while gold is looking very
bullish, a declining US Dollar and a weak economy. However the economy
is actually in a far worse state than it looks as credit is literally
out of control as people use their homes, as virtual ATM's to fuel the
recent economic and real estate bubble.” “But I am afraid that all of this is going to come crashing down in
the worst economic depression since 1929, in fact there are
some analysts predicting that this coming crash will make the great
depression “look like a walk in the park”. I sincerely hope that
this is not the case, although it would be extremely beneficial for gold
prices, nobody wants to see others suffer, especially when it is not
entirely their fault.” “Then there are the issues with Middle East
and oil supplies, which only add fuel to the fire that is powering gold
prices to the moon. I think that we are currently somewhere in the
middle of phase two in the gold bull market. Gold
prices still have a lot further to go and we maintain our target here at
gold-prices.biz of $3000-$5000.” Click
Maybe I am stretching
it a little but I look at success in these markets as equivalent to a
working happy marriage. Our goal in either is a perfect union and
harmony. We want our marriage to enhance our lives and we want our
financial success to enhance the lives of our family members. Success,
just as a marriage, will strip our soul down to its true values.
Marriage and/or success will reveal greed or mercy and act as a powerful
illumination on what we truly are inside.
“[Marriage]
is the merciless revealer, the great white searchlight turned on the
darkest places of human nature.” Katherine Anne Porter
While we talk a lot
about the road to wealth and success lets spend a little time discussing
how we act upon arrival. Anyway, what does successful investing in the
gold and uranium market have to do with marriage? Either represents the
greatest test of human character. Making a lot of money, if that is our
only goal, by it self can lead to personal dissatisfaction and lack of
true fulfillment. Just as a marriage with too many unreal expectations
can lead to a great deal of unhappiness.
“I
believe that much of the dissatisfaction we experience in marriage comes
from expecting too much from it.” Gary Thomas, SM
We can come to expect
too much from wealth when it starts arriving by the wheel barrow load
and we have no other worth while pursuits at hand. Don’t forget that
money is simply a tool for achieving other more worth while goals. It
can add to our lives or take away. What’s a strong contributing factor
to the strength and persistence in this powerful and growing bull
market?
“Mutual
fund officials say the two gold ETFs launched so far, the Benchmark ETF
and UTI Mutual Fund's ETF, have drawn enthusiastic response. About
41,000 investors have so far applied for the gold ETFs…”
“Investing in gold can now be as easy as calling your broker…”
“Benchmark's gold ETF listed on March 19, after its new fund offer
received 15,000 applications…” "Over the next two years, we expect gold to emerge as a strong asset
class and the gold ETF as an efficient manner to have the
asset class in your portfolio…" Click
Thad,
below, brings up an often repeated question. If the US dollar is tanking
why do we want to sell our stocks for this worthless currency?
David,
“I
agree that profits should be taken, but I don’t want to trade PM
stocks for USD’s that are dropping like a rock and at an ever
increasing rate.”
Thad
H.
Well, folks. I don’t
know about you, but when I pay my bills the power company and the water
company only accepts US dollars or the equivalent in a US checking
account. Sorry to break this news but we still must keep a portion of
our money in US currency for the purpose of paying our bills and
purchases in general in this country.
Dave,
“You state: The worst
mistake you can make is “liking” the company you have purchased a
stake in. Instead, we should like merely the concept of profiting from
that stock. Stocks exist to be traded. Shares don’t exist to be loved
or liked. We invest with the hope of selling the blasted thing down the
road for a profit.” “But
when? If I bought X company and have made 100% of the stock
and the gold price is going up when do I sell or how long do I continue
to hold it. How do you determine the amount of upside to a junior, mid
and large cap stock has in a gold bull market?”
Tim and Anna M.
Let me share here a
secret. No one, not even the biggest gold guru, can predict when a stock
has reached its ultimate peak. And for those analysts who provide their
subscribers with a sell price do you think anyone really pays attention
and sells the blasted thing? Greed kicks in convincing everyone to hold
on for an even higher price.
So how do you know when
to sell?
I believe that before
an individual buys the first share they should determine what type of
eventual gain they would be comfortable with. When I hear of folks who
have doubled their money and they still refuse to sell at least a
portion I smell greed. No one wants to call it that. We tell ourselves
we humbly merely want to ride the stock to its peak, but don’t fool
your self.
When you attempt to
guess an ultimate peak you are playing with both fire and greed big
time. Think about it. What kind of an idiot will refuse to be satisfied
when their money doubles? You should be jumping with joy and your good
fortune and at least sell a portion to capture part of your original
capital. The truth is investors attempt to use the principal of
“reason” as an excuse to hold a share for longer than it is safe to.
Hold on for the “long term” if you feel that confidant, but at least
sell a portion to recoup your original capital.
Is anyone out there
managing their personal finances well?
Greetings
David, “I
am a family man trying to do the right things. I saw the top of the
housing market and we sold our home in California in 11/05. We moved to
the Midwest to raise our family. We put 50% down toward our current
home, and I put the remaining 155K into PM's because I saw the
catastrophic effect of the twin deficits and the decline of the USD.”
Michael B.
The
following below is an interesting and thought provoking comment.
Dear
David:
“How
ironic it is that with precious metals it is honestly true that the
future is straight up forever because these metals are in finite supply
and will be used up one day.” “Should we not seek junior companies
shares with ounces, pounds and tonnes in the ground which are
trading at a discount to the metals worth and then hold onto these
shares forever, only selling little bits over time to fund our
retirements? Is buy and hold only bad for resource stocks? I for one
certainly hope not!”
Rob
P.
Hold
on to “any” share for ever? What happened to old fashioned
conservatism and prudence? If I hold on to anything “forever” I will
eventually be “forever” dead. Let me remind all who will listen that
the goal is to make a profit and we only do that when we sell.
And back to gold?
“Gold
rose in afternoon trade to breach the 692 usd barrier as the dollar
continued to slip against sterling and the euro…” “Gold remains a
dollar story,' said Jon Nadler, an analyst at Kitco.’ It is looking at
the pound and the euro and it
almost has no choice but to rise.” Click

©
2007 David N. Vaughn
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