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Silent Type

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1. Trump will pull/say something idiotic and it will shoot back up.

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:53 PM

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If I had money to invest, gold wouldn’t be it. I knew too many people back in late 1970s that lost their asses (these were not well to do people, just folks in their 30s that thought they’d get rich).

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Gold tumbles 6% in biggest sell-off since 2013 [View all] usonian Tuesday OP

Trump will pull/say something idiotic and it will shoot back up. Silent Type Tuesday #1

Probably similar people who bought Melanoma's "coin" at $12. Now worth less than ten cents. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #2

I'm glad I didn't listen here when so many told me not to buy gold. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #3

When the chart goes vertical, time to sell. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #4