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Old 04-30-2013, 03:22 PM
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They are probably shorting something. Student loans maybe. Or maybe even SPDR Gold.
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Old 04-30-2013, 04:32 PM
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More distillation on Bitcoin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfzHC7Pf2fk
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Old 04-30-2013, 04:36 PM
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I'll look at the YouTube later but in the meantime...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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Old 04-30-2013, 04:38 PM
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They are probably shorting something. Student loans maybe. Or maybe even SPDR Gold.
Whut's SPDR mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDR_Gold_Shares 1/10 tr.oz. shares. I guess my wedding band makes me a shareholder.
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Old 04-30-2013, 04:40 PM
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Whut's SPDR mean?
Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts, aka "paper gold".

http://www.spdrgoldshares.com/
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Standard & Poor's Depositary Receipts, aka "paper gold".

http://www.spdrgoldshares.com/
Ha, when Florence still had her personnel plscement business S&P showed up one day wanting all sorts of info. She told them they had 15 seconds to get out of her office.
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