Americano good to hear you :-) - well, you are welcome to use them - but please, the red gov. has in the past - confiscated precious metals - the ETF's holdings will be the first one to be taken - if they need to back up the fiat$$ as in the past - its Peoples money which will be lost - just liked it was robbed in the MF Global - BEWARE: www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/zombie-ETFs.jpg BEWARE: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=72648880 God Bless