When you see the price of Gold down $14.00 on the day, you have to give B.O. a lot of credit. That must of been one heck of a speach he delivered today. My guess is he must have delivered it in Mandarin, so as to practice up for when China is finished converting all of their US debt instuments into a nice stockpile of strategic reserves. Until the interest rates in the US match the true inflation rate of Food, Clothing, Energy and yes taxes I will not believe that they are serious about a stong dollar policy.