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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1484839, member: 2972&quot;]Did I say always?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For every 6 months where it went down 10%, what happens if you look back 5 or 10 years and plot that against the t-bill?&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course gold will have its ups and downs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That doesn&#039;t change the underlying observation about the dollar against gold, or the ridiculous (IMO) premium that the US mint adds to their gold coins, or the fact that collector demand for US mint gold wanes when gold is $1500.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line:&nbsp; I can buy and sell bullion with between a 5% and 10% spread all day long.&nbsp; That&#039;s negligible compared to coin spreads by any estimation...MIke</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. gold is down about $30 today....</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://charts.kitco.com/KitcoCharts/index.jsp?Symbol=GOLD&amp;Currency=USD&amp;multiCurrency=true&amp;langId=EN&amp;utm_source=kitco&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_content=20110407_iCharts_gold_chart&amp;utm_campaign=iCharts" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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