Yep.....These look promising curves........if you took them at their beginning...Congrats, Francois.... Anyway, debt last Thursday 4 April was 5,949.975 B against 5,950B debt ceiling at only 25M behind ..... (http://www.fms.treas.gov/dts/02040400.txt) Do you think US government, who is meanwhile raiding the G-funds of the federal employees retirement funds, can extend the deadline of raising the debt ceiling until summer? Don't you think that kind of measure will create a suspicion about the dollar itself or the US investments for the foreigners holdings the US debt? I would say, without remembering the exact numbers, that foreigners control now more than 40% of the US debt.....Japan right now is rushing towards gold on any form, gold stocks just exploding, and me.....just buying some gold a day before..... Instead of mining for it, (you were right, my back hurts, now....) I prefer invest a portion of my portfolio in it... Well, I would need a good back massage...with a Mouette...and some gold sparklings around...and some fun with my stocks and the rest... Good luck and good night...