Yes Ecu is really taken a nose dive, but there are great amount of things that can change its direction drasticly. First a rate cut will lower the dollar. If no one saw the China Europe convention this weekend believe me they are not going to let wall street control the world much longer. Oil has dropped to make costs more effective when ECU decides to seriously pull great amounts of tonnage out of the mines. There logic seems to be wait till it is more lucrative for both the company and there shareholders. The holidays are coming up and unless there is some miracle way to get the public to spend money they just don't have ,the dollar still will see less purchasing power. Then there is what does the next president do. {I personally believe a lot of prayer is needed for him and americans alike]. The realignment of Americas future will be forced to make major changes. Technology, health care, other countries needing commodities to enrich ther own lifestyles. People in general around the world are seeing this coming. How many countries are having gold and silver bought up like never before. And every one of the peoples in these nations see the same thing. Hence the gold standard and quite possibly even more the silver aspects will skyrocket. WE are not the only ones seeing a decline in stocks, but we do see that we have the goods to carry on in the future. Maybe we all need to talk to management on a weekly basis, but ECU as far as I know still has the operating costs and the most important thing the goods. Worrying about it to much could kill us before our day comes. Keep the faith and have a great day.