Mining share buyers and sellers are displaying bipolar personality disorder. Shares are up very strongly today. Kinross, a mid-tier gold producer, is up nearly 16 percent at the moment.

Meanwhile, here's story about a "run" on bullion in Germany. See my previous post about inflation, and Germany's experience in 1923 when the rate hit 29,500 percent.

http://www.goldreporter.de/german-precious-metal-dealers-report-huge-run-on-silver-coins/gold/46086/