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November 20, 2008 5:23:18 PM PST

	USD $	CAD $
Gold (AU):	744.90	966.14
Silver (AG):	8.94	11.60
Platinum (PT):	761.50	987.67
Palladium (PD):	175.00	226.98
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Is it Inflation or Deflation? by Peter Degraaf - November 4, 2008 - When the monetary authorities inflate the system it takes a while before the newly created funds filter down and before people catch on. They want you to believe that 'asset deflation' (lower prices for stocks and commodities) translates into monetary deflation. The two are quite different.

A Letter to Our Clients by Joseph Iorio - October 23, 2008 - We have had a great number of customers wanting to know why there is a huge difference between the spot silver and the current selling prices. I will try to explain it to the best of my understanding.

Anti-Money Laundering Law by Joseph Iorio - October 7, 2008 - We are presently dealing with an economic melt-down. Fiat money is not working and has failed now. With all the present currency controls it would be easy to control what could and could not be redeemed for a new currency. We are not far from martial law. Printing money is easy and cheap. Gold and silver are real and difficult to replace.

Smart Money is Moving to Tangible Assets by Joseph Iorio - October 2, 2008 - Who wouldn't want to own commodities when the U.S. banking system is failing, when the U.S. economy is unstable, when the printing of U.S. fiat money continues, and when the US dollar is in decline and losing its position as the world's reserve asset of preference? To be unprepared is to be vulnerable for some very serious lifestyle corrections.

$2,500 Gold by Peter Degraaf - September 18, 2008 - The action in gold and silver during the past few days is an indication of how rapid the price rise can be. Like a beach ball held under water, the deeper you push the ball the faster it rises once released. The commercial gold traders who were net short 247,000 contracts and have reduced this position to being net short 94,000 contracts as of last week. The commercial traders could tell that the beach ball was about to pop up.

A Tale of Two Silvers by Peter Degraaf - August 26, 2008 - Once-upon-a-time in 'never-never' land there were two competing silver prices. These two silver prices were at loggerheads with each other. Every time the 'real' silver price began to rise, a 'paper' silver price would show up in large quantities and scare some of the holders of real silver to dump and run.

The August Lows are Upon Us by Peter Degraaf - August 6, 2008 - Gold is amazingly cheap right now. People who have resisted the temptation to buy the June low will usually take advantage of this last opportunity before the start of the Christmas rally that seems to happen almost every year.

Breakout by Peter Degraaf - June 20, 2008 - Gold is breaking out on the upside today after having been contained in a bullish pennant formation for the past 93 days. Virtually every year we witness a Christmas rally in gold with the seasonal lows coming in the spring, following a correction towards the 200DMA.

The Fuse is Lit and the Rocket is Rising! by Peter Degraaf - May 17, 2008 - It's amazing how many people out there still do not understand the basic bullish fundamentals of the gold market. Even a large number of analysts are providing their clients with erroneous advice by telling them to 'wait for a bottom.' Many of these clients could well be facing the problem of looking back ruefully at the bottom, long after it is in place.

Gold and Silver - The Fuse is Lit! by Peter Degraaf - May 9, 2008 - Gold and silver are becoming more of a bargain on a daily basis. The reason is very simple: every day the central bank money spigots are spewing out at least ten times as much money as miners are able to produce gold and silver!

Gold and Silver - Preparing for the Next Launch to Greater Heights by Peter Degraaf - April 8, 2008 - Normally when a commodity rises in price, the supply increases, as producers put their product on the market to take advantage of the higher price. In the case of gold we see the opposite to that trend.

An Open Letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission by Bix Weir - March 26, 2008 - "Last week the price of silver was slammed down $4 in a matter of days out of the blue after nothing but bullish news about the silver market. The market COT structure was ripe for a collusive downward manipulation and the top commercial traders executed another manipulative slam ..."

Did Your Analyst Keep You Invested? by Peter Degraaf - February 27, 2008 - When prices rise exponentially, as they're doing now, the temptation is to take profits and wait for a pull-back. Especially when the analyst you happen to follow, tells you that gold and silver are 'overbought.'

GATA Gold Rally - How High is Up? by Peter Degraaf - January 29, 2008 - For the next few weeks or months analysts will likely refer to the latest rise in the gold price, which started today, as the 'GATA rally.'

Wall Street Journal to Run GATA Full Page Ad! by Sheldon England - January 24, 2008 - This month GATA (the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee) will place a full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal titled "Anybody Seen Our Gold?" and calling attention to the international central bank scheme to suppress the price of gold and to GATA's conference in Washington in April.

Gold and Silver - Green Flags! by Peter Degraaf - December 18, 2007 - When people see gold and silver shining brightly amidst the battered economic ruins, they will finally realize that the gold bugs were right all along.

Gold and Silver - Prepare to Back Up the Truck! by Peter Degraaf - November 29, 2007 - The pull-back we are seeing in gold and silver is nothing more than some high-volume backing and filling, within the major uptrend. The annual Christmas rally that started in August has a lot of life in it yet.

You Gotta Love It! by Greg Silberman - November 20, 2007 - A lot of very good newsletter writers advocate scaling back on gold and a large number of gold-bugs are calling for a large correction. So what does gold think of all of this? Not much!

Did Your Analyst Warn You? by Peter Degraaf - November 14, 2007 - While I agree that gold is going to go to $1,500/oz (and higher) I communicated to my subscribers that a pull-back had to come first.

How Low Can the Dollar Go? by Greg Silberman - October 18, 2007 - The US dollar has lost 65% of its value against the Euro over the last seven years. It's no coincidence that a massive hedge fund industry has risen in its wake.

Lose 5% or Double Your Money with Gold! by Peter Degraaf - October 5, 2007 - Gold issued a buy signal today with a number of different signs. We are faced with a choice now. By buying in at this point we could possibly lose 5% -- in the event that gold drops back to the $700 support level -- or we can double our money and more with gold going to $2,144.00.

Current Gold Prices Minus Current Oil Prices = Buy Gold by Greg Silberman - September 5, 2007 - The relative outperformance of gold versus its major cost components has caused gold to become more, not less profitable.

Why You Should Have Physical Assets Rather Than Paper Assets by Joseph Iorio - August 31, 2007 - In the old days, people would exchange physical goods for other physical goods and there was no doubt that you would receive something in exchange. Now we have paper money which is paper and ink and, even worse, electronic money that doesn't even physically exist.

It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn by Peter Degraaf - August 22, 2007 - With all the liquidation in silver that has gone on during the past few weeks, the COT report this Friday is expected to be very bullish. It was already bullish last Friday.

Current Gold Prices and Hedge Fund Stock Investing Games by Greg Silberman - August 21, 2007 - Central Bankers poured $500 Billion Dollars (that's Billion!) into the monetary system last week. The sheer quantity of intervention indicates an enormous monetary dislocation is taking place -- current gold prices remain firmly bid.

Everybody Wants It by Peter Degraaf - August 15, 2007 - The dictionary defines money as: "officially issued coins and paper currency that serve as a medium of exchange and a measure of value and may be used as payment for goods and services." Just what is it that gives a colored piece of paper with the picture of a deceased leader on it 'value'?

Today Gold Price and Gold Stock Price Ignore Bullish Fundamentals by Greg Silberman - August 13, 2007 - There is an old market adage which says every Bull market contains the seeds of the next Bear market.

Looking Back to the 'Crash of 1987' by Peter Degraaf - July 27, 2007 - A lot of traders and investors are asking the question: "Is it too early to buy, or should I expect more volatility like we saw during the past few days?" Sometimes, by looking at the past, we can find some clues as to what might happen during similar situations in the present.

Why Gold? Why Now? by Steve Merrill - July 25, 2007 - Ten Great Reasons to Own Physical Gold and Silver.

Agnico-Eagle: A Blue Chip Miner by Peter Degraaf - July 5, 2007 - If it's a winning gold company you're after, Agnico-Eagle is for you. This is a company making 'all the right moves' and belongs in the portfolio of every discriminating, long-term gold investor.

J&M Launches a New Bullion Website Service - July 1, 2007 - Now in their 40th year in business, Vancouver specialty coin and bullion dealer J&M launches a new site specifically for buying and selling bullion coins and bars.

Liftoff! by Peter Degraaf - June 28, 2007 - On Wednesday gold and silver selling exhausted at 640 and 12 There are a number of bells ringing this morning that tell us it's 'safe to get back in the water'.

Endeavour Silver Corp. by Peter Degraaf - June 26, 2007 - A Canadian based silver producer and explorer, with the focus on silver production, as well as the stated objective to increase resources and reserves in Mexico.

The World's First Million Dollar Gold Coin - May 3, 2007 - After a trial run in early 2005, the Royal Canadian Mint is preparing to issue their new .99999 pure gold maple leaf coins and is marking the occassion by issuing the world's highest denomination coin with a face value of one million dollars.