like I said, see how much food you can buy with gold. fed mentions rise in rates because they know they have to even if its now the wrong time. too bad so sad. up goes the dollar down goes gold/silver. hey next time you go fill up your gas tank, try using gold coin or silver coin. gold is hedge against inflation---no inflation and none coming anytime soon. fiat fiat fiat currency--that's life, deal with it. and i still see dow going below 15000, sp back to 1600-1700 so if gold makes you money great, i don't care