"Before long, when gold makes its move, a person's wedding ring will be worth more than his/her stock and mutual fund accounts." -- Anonymous HTLetter subscriber

"While the crooks have a party on the Titanic's A deck, control of all the lifeboats has been taken from them. Two large hedge funds have quietly bought up vast amounts of gold & silver contracts and will demand physical delivery from COMEX. This will be the end of COMEX, a mercy kill." -- a subscriber with ties to the London Bullion Market Assn

"The banks are f***ed, we're f***ed, the country's f***ed." -- British Cabinet Minister