auy and slw are bouncing back. i think they are solid. who knows. its true that the gold has been on a slide. but i really do not think that buying gold now is a bad investment, wuite the contrary. its a good time to get into everything right now. but the only way out of the credit mess is to urge inflation higher, and a 1 % fed rate is just the beginning of such deliberate efforts. gold can be suppressed only so long, now is the time to buy gold, without a doubt. i think gold will go to 1500 an ounce in 2009.