I am in agreement with you Rico. As I mentioned in discussing this, the vast majority of futures contracts are not delivered upon, as they are simply a hedge or bet. I think that if someone is convinced that there is a huge bullion shortage, they would be wise to buy a contract and take the delivery (I assume it is the same with gold as Ag commodities) of the gold.

Re mngment news releases. More news would be nice but I am patient. I would rather them spend their time at other things than putting together more NR's. Good news may not create a short term pop in SP in these markets, but I think it would help lift the stock when confidence returns to the market. A good deed (or NR) is not soon forgotten... is it?