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It’s one of the truly fashionable regions of the world nowadays, and in view of the beauty and the agreeable weather that surrounds you all year long, how can you say no! Realty in Spain is very rich in history and culture, this region has always been home to several indigenous civilizations. Just 25-30 years back there was merely a dribble of Britons looking for property in Spain. Ask just about anyone who has chosen to relocate to Spain and they’ll tell you the same thing. Plenty of people would tag it a fairly insignificant trend and others tag it a that’s more or less an infatuation… People that will transfer over here may range from young families in search of an exciting challenge in life to seniors who want to rest.

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As a precious metals investor, you may heard much about numismatic and “semi-numismatic” coins, particularly the St. Gaudens $20 double eagle gold coin. While coin collecting can be an interesting hobby, it is not necessarily related to metals investing. Coins of this type vary in value with the ebb and flow of the collector market and are not strictly tied to metal value. Also, these coins often go for much more over spot price than bullion coins.

One of the concepts that gets bandied about quite a bit is the idea of U.S. government confiscation. While it is true that the U.S. government did have a gold recall in 1933 by executive order of FDR, gold coins of a significant value over gold value were not subject to this recall. Many dealers use this to imply that in the event of another confiscation these older coins would fall in this category in order to sell these types of coins to the unsuspecting or newer metals investor. However, the confiscation issue is a red herring for several reasons:

• The dollar was backed by gold in 1933 and the recall was designed at least in part to stop the run on banks; the dollar no longer has any metal backing.
• St. Gaudens $20 coins in almost uncirculated to mint state conditions are still very common even considering their age due to decades of mass storage in European bank vaults.
• There is nothing that states that numismatic items could not be confiscated in the event of another recall; the original executive order no longer has any force of law.
• Gold is no longer used in regular-issue U.S. coinage (the American Eagle gold coin, although it has a face value, does not count) and is typically used only in jewelry and privately-held investment vehicles such as bars and bullion coins which would be harder to recall and account for. The majority of recalled gold coinage in 1933 was housed in bank vaults.
• As gold is no longer used as a monetary instrument by the U.S. government, confiscation is unlikely in any event.

Now, you may be wondering about silver in regards to this as well. Silver held sway as coinage for longer than gold, and some silver coins can still be found in circulation. However, silver has never been subject to confiscation, and its status as an important industrial metal gives good reason to believe that there will never be a silver recall.

90% and 40% silver U.S. coinage is still widely available, and although it sounds contrary to what I stated above, these coins are a good value - as long as they can be bought at near silver spot or less. This is an important distinction to make, as old silver coinage (often referred to as junk silver) often carries very little to no value as a collector item over the metal value. These coins, if anything, are semi-numismatic, but don’t bank on collector value.

In short, if you approach this from the perspective of a metals investor never look at a coin for collector value. Collector markets are often hard to get a pulse on, and numismatics are much more illiquid than their bullion counterparts. If you’re paying more than spot plus a modest premium, you’re paying too much.

Find more articles on gold and silver investing at Gold and Silver: The Future of Real Money.

A colleague of mine just returned from a scuba diving trip in
Cozumel, which just happens to be one of my favorite places to
dive. Anyway, she was telling me about an unexpected difficulty
she encountered while swimming around the corral reef down about
85 feet. It wasn’t anything serious but her story reminded me of
something my scuba instructor used to say over and over again.
“Plan your dive, and dive your plan”.

When you’re down about 90 or 100 feet the nitrogen acts on your
body in a way that’s not too dissimilar to having one dry
martini on an empty stomach. It’s called Nitrogen Narcosis,
Rapture of the Depths, or Martini’s Law. So the thing to do is
get your planning done while you have a clear head, (i.e. on the
surface). And then when you’re deep into it, and you’re feeling
a bit euphoric, or nervous, you don’t have to make any decisions
about ‘what’ to do. You just follow your plan.

This holds true for trading as well. When you’re feeling the
euphoria or nervousness set in, remember to follow your plan.
And, uhm yeah,, also have a plan to follow. Clear heads will
prevail.

Years ago I had the good fortune of talking with a trading guru
for several hours. This individual is world renowned for his
trading saavy and skill. What he elaborated in that
conversation had a tremendous impact on me. HE said that when
he learned how to trade that his family enforced only one rule
that he had to follow. KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO GET OUT
BEFORE YOU GET IN. He felt that the problem that most traders
had was that they felt that this simplicity did not apply to
them. I remember sitting and speaking with him and thinking
about my own mistakes, primarily letting hope take over in my
decision making.

Many traders think that crying “UNCLE” on a trade and taking a
loss is unacceptable. Since that conversation I have taken
numerous losses on trades but it’s funny how they don’t have the
STING that they used to because I PLAN MY DIVE and DIVED MY PLAN.

This is really simple and incredibly workable. Apply it to your
own trading and investing.

-Downjonesfully,

Harald Anderson
http://www.eOptionsTrader.com

Harald Anderson is the founder and Chief Analyst of eOptionsTrader.com a leading online resource of
Options Trading Information. He writes regularly for financial publications on Risk Management and Trading Strategies. His goal in life is to become the kind of person that his dog already thinks he is. http://www.eOptionsTrader.com.

On Friday, it was reported the Unemployment Rate fell to 4.7% last month. NAIRU, the Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment, is estimated to be 5%. Consequently, the stock market fell on Friday, since it became more uncertain about monetary policy. Also, last week, Productivity growth was reported to be negative for the fourth quarter and labor costs rose sharply in January, which are also inflationary. Economic reports should continue to have greater influence on the market, until the next FOMC meeting in late March. However, next week is a light economic data week with no inflation related reports.

The first chart is an SPX daily chart that shows a MACD indicator “bearish kiss” (see circle), which preceded the selling Thursday and Friday. With few economic reports next week, SPX may be in a volatile range, perhaps driven more by oil prices. SPX closed at 1,264 Friday, below the 50-day MA. Major support levels are 1,259 (January low) and 1,246 (previous support and resistance). There are several major resistance levels between 1,270 and 1,280. However, within two months, SPX may fall to around 1,225 or around 1,200 (explained in recent articles).

The second chart is an OEX (large caps) to Russell 2000 (small caps) ratio monthly chart that indicates large institutional investors (or “the crowd”) are bearish on the stock market, since institutions generally buy large cap stocks. The large cap to small cap ratio fell to a multi-decade low recently. The last time it fell below 0.80, in early 1994, SPX soon fell over 9%, had a flat and volatile year, and then began the bubble boom, in late 1994. There are many similarities and differences between the two periods. However, perhaps most importantly, the U.S. is in a structural bear market this time.

There may be opportunities to make gains on volatility within the trading ranges and within the downtrend over the next month or two. Also, quality large caps, including ETFs, e.g. SPY DIA and QQQQ, may be better long-term buys, within two months, than small caps in general. It may be a more volatile and basically flat year at best. However, the recent economic data, and the extended three-year cyclical bull market within the structural bear market, suggest either the end of the bull market or a major correction in 2006 or 2007.

Arthur Albert Eckart is the founder and owner of PeakTrader. Arthur has worked for commercial banks, e.g. Wells Fargo, Banc One, and First Commerce Technologies, during the 1980s and 1990s. He has also worked for Janus Funds from 1999-00. Arthur Eckart has a BA & MA in Economics from the University of Colorado. He has worked on options portfolio optimization since 1998.

Mr Eckart has developed a comprehensive trading methodology using economics, portfolio optimization, and technical analysis to maximize return and minimize risk at the same time and over time. This methodology has resulted in excellent returns with low risk over the past four years.