I don't know what is the point you are trying to make Masion, but just to be sure we are in the same page: No, it is by no means as gloomy as the 60's or the 80's. I am not trying to be objective as you have seem to put it but you should also understand that relativitism is only relative to certain time frame. I don't care about what happened 20 odd years ago, I care about what happened 1 year, 1 month or 1 day ago and how it can affect me 1 day 1 month or 1 year hence. I am not trying to predict the gold price for 20 more years. I am just trying to do the same for next 6-12 months which you might have missed in my earlier post. Not trying to be offensive or anything but that post of your is way out of point