silvercoin and gabrielHi, gents. Some funny stuff gabriel!! Insincere apology accepted, lol.
Silvercoin, as you stated, most people who call themselves investors are just speculators. I'd like to think(maybe fooling myself, lol) that if you do some dd and look at the geology of the companies you invest in, that you can narrow the odds and become an 'educated' speculator(or dare I say an investor) in the natural resource markets. We will see in time if my educated speculations(what most natural resource investments really are unless someone is feeding you info or you happen to be Carnac) work out. So far they have(thanks to the Lord).
You gents definitely bring up some points to be aware of....will be interesting to see how they play out. If we're fortunate, some of the more immediate things will die down before the September time frame unfolds.