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Any MSE-ers ramping gold at the moment?
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The Brown Bottom is when Gordon Brown hammered the price of gold by pre-announcing that he going to have a big sale, which he continued to handle badly and therefore blew away our reserves for not much return.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sale_of_UK_gold_reserves,_1999%E2%80%932002I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
it was after the brown bottom then. It was that drop that probably enticed me

And yes, he was a giant numpty to announce in advance lol.0 -
He didn't do it once, or even twice but 17 times
I'm pleased to say I bought at this time, my first krug was $260/£195
It's an ill wind etc etc0
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