GROWL: Happy Monday!

What to say on this beautiful Monday morning here in New England? Well, first there are indications that there is a bit of Deja-Vu all over again happening out there in the land of the liquid – and we all know how that ended for us, eh?

Shiny metals are continuing their haircut from the end of last week and it looks like Au may soon again test 1200. For some, it’s an opportunity to get more at a “discount”, for others it’s business as usual. The market for PMs is notoriously volatile, not for any other than the stout of heart when it comes to investing. But as a wealth store? Well, that may be a horse of an entirely different color.

Chris Dodd (D-CountryWide) and Blanche Lincoln (D-AlmostCertainlyGoneInNovember) are trying to polish their badly tarnished populist cred by smacking around The Basksters.  That what they want to do has at least a tiny bit of merit doesn’t for an instant blot the knee-slapping hilarity of watching Senator “Friend of Angelo” try to “stick it to the Bankers”.  Oh well: Kabuki, popcorn, ready for the show!