Off Topic - 2008 Battle Scars
Interesting to read your history with B2, Ronnie. I wasn't investing/speculating in gold stocks at that time but have plenty of coulda/shouda stories. When Citigroup fell from the $50 neighbourhood to the buck level, I bought a fair amount. Bank of America, too. But being a reader of the Wall Street Journal, I got scared out of those positions. Most people have zero clue how close to the edge the financial system/civilization was. These stocks went up 30 X in the next 5 years, but that performance was nothing compared to the Las Vegas casino stocks. Las Vegas Sands and Mirage (or whatever Steve Wynn's venture was named at the time) went up 100 X and more. Of course, you can well imagine that casino stocks didn't have a strong bid when the topic-de-jour was whether Citi would open its doors tomorrow!!