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You have a choice to make, and you better make it soon.



Eric,
When I guaranteed this would happen in 2005 I was laughed at by the Establishment Intelligencia. Gartman swings both way.
Jim


Central Bank Gold Holdings Expand at Fastest Pace Since 1964 CIGA Eric
Central banks added the most gold to their reserves since 1964 last year amid the longest rally in bullion prices in at least nine decades, data compiled by the World Gold Council show.
“Gold is quietly, at the edge, becoming the world’s second reservable currency, supplanting the euro and rivaling the dollar,” Dennis Gartman, a Suffolk, Virginia-based economist and hedge-fund manager, said in his Gartman Letter today. “The trend shall continue months, if not years, into the future.”
In terms of the message from the markets, I would hardly use the word quietly or second. Turn off the TV and follow the money. Global money has been moving into gold since 2001.
Source: bloomberg.com
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