From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   >> it hit 1842+ yesterday, up nearly 40 on the week...   
      
   > gold is not gonna pay anything.   
   > same old song and dance with that metal.   
      
   ### - gold typically sits absolutely still while everything else moves   
   up/down around it, in that sense it's just a market indicator (one of   
   them) showing the 'value' (and thus viability) of other stock, that is   
   until everyone panics and starts buying it en-mass haha :)))   
      
   fear (of say a market collapse) makes traders move into gold because it   
   always holds its value come what may, they wont earn anything from it but   
   they wont lose anything either, so they don't do it easily or unless they   
   have to...   
      
   so if gold suddenly surges then ya know summat bad's going down somewhere   
   innit... in this instance peeps is maybe getting a bit nervous about war   
   so more & more of 'em are looking at gold, a slow rise of 40 in a week   
   meaning that only a few of the, perhaps more-nervous, heads & speculators   
   are watching/considering it, and/or are maybe just gambling a few early   
   bids in case it takes off etc...   
      
   either way, gold has warmed slightly huh... rising as opposed to falling   
   or sitting still?   
      
   and all one can really say/observe is that there's been a small move in   
   that direction...   
      
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