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A bloodbath in the metals market

Posted by Rob | September 9, 2008 .

Just a quick mid-day update.  Gold and Silver are in a freefall yet again.  As I write this, silver is sitting at $11.74, down 32 cents.  Gold is at $780.10 – down $21.40.  Wow.  The US Government takes over Fannie Mae and Freddie mac, so precious metals take a nosedive.  How’s that for economic theory?

Who knows how the day will end up, but it’s an absolute bloodbath right now.  Platinum is down $75 bucks so far – sitting at $1248.  Palladium cruised downward through $250, and sits at $241.  Not so long ago Platinum’s cousin was a $450 metal all day long.

I’ll keep an eye on the charts throughout the day, and offer up my closing thoughts.  If you hold paper metals, I feel for you.  Unfortunately, I own just a bit.  The rest is in physical metal – and I don’t feel quite so bad about that.

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