tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post2710903019365596210..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Gold hits a five year low; a positive message?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-26328110564581196872015-07-21T17:54:53.408+01:002015-07-21T17:54:53.408+01:00BE, I wish that were true, I could do with some pi...BE, I wish that were true, I could do with some pin money. Meanwhile, being able to observe manipulation (eg: oil prices by Saudi; electricity prices by the UK government) does not make you a party to those manipulations, or to the timing of them.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-56599183512290879292015-07-21T17:16:50.606+01:002015-07-21T17:16:50.606+01:00And the price of physicalAnd the price of physicalSuffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-79395713100319024342015-07-21T13:02:43.535+01:002015-07-21T13:02:43.535+01:00Presumably all the C@W readers who know how the go...Presumably all the C@W readers who know how the gold market works made a killing shortly before the price crashed. Congratulations - get the drinks in!Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-18660518471279072742015-07-21T12:18:36.367+01:002015-07-21T12:18:36.367+01:00We do not seem to have free markets and free enter...We do not seem to have free markets and free enterprise any more. Instead we have manipulated markets and corporatism. It is everywhere you look, provided you are not stuck in the capitalism vs socialism (or right vs left) paradigms.<br /><br />Under state ownership it was clear that the state was responsible (even if you were put in the gulag for pointing it out). Now for example, in the UK at least, the electricity market, rather than being "free", is grossly manipulated by the UK government's obsession with CO2.Budgienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58713388975299715642015-07-21T11:00:27.105+01:002015-07-21T11:00:27.105+01:00James - Gold is opaque but its a huge market...the...James - Gold is opaque but its a huge market...the gold bug manipulation fantasies are just that. Try buying a ton of gold...see how much it costs!CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13301308620671280352015-07-21T05:03:27.804+01:002015-07-21T05:03:27.804+01:00The thing is that's so artificial that it can ...The thing is that's so artificial that it can be recovery or crash at call, according to where we are in the agenda. Markets are so manipulated that ebb and flow is an act of reassurance that the economic models studied still have some validity.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-56016972513568850442015-07-21T00:29:39.173+01:002015-07-21T00:29:39.173+01:00"if we are to believe market signals" - ..."if we are to believe market signals" - what a quaint ideahovisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32622768551169877322015-07-20T22:30:28.227+01:002015-07-20T22:30:28.227+01:00Can you live in a supermarket? Hmm?
Maybe when S...Can you live in a supermarket? Hmm? <br /><br />Maybe when Sunday trading comes in! :)Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-86622788730737366952015-07-20T21:07:25.265+01:002015-07-20T21:07:25.265+01:00yep Timbo, that was indeed a washout, thanks for r...yep Timbo, that was indeed a washout, thanks for reminding me )+:Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-72074205083921235582015-07-20T18:56:05.083+01:002015-07-20T18:56:05.083+01:00This also probably leaves NDs silver looking much ...This also probably leaves NDs silver looking much like my supermarkets? Er... you can omit the bloody super!<br />Timbo614https://www.blogger.com/profile/14671168026195402267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48809651694770268142015-07-20T14:05:02.423+01:002015-07-20T14:05:02.423+01:00Interesting to plot this against the rise in other...Interesting to plot this against the rise in other portable stores of value that are more mobile transnationally (alt-currencies)<br />You can have problems walking through an airport with a few pounds of gold on you. <br />Or you can email some numbers to yourself.andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-72791300151464741442015-07-20T13:02:31.041+01:002015-07-20T13:02:31.041+01:00Maybe the survivalists need to top up their suppli...Maybe the survivalists need to top up their supplies of tinned goodies.Blue Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556174219724957585noreply@blogger.com