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Thursday
Sep292011

Sell Your Gold, It's Not Backed By Anything!

Do we have it all wrong?  Maybe this woman is right!

Maybe gold doesn't have value because it isn't "backed" by anything!  And, maybe we should buy dollars because they are backed by something...  They are backed by the large criminal organization known as the US Government!

And she makes a good point.  It is also backed by The Federal Reserve.  And they'll definitely be here a few years from now (except if Ron Paul has anything to say about it - and he's getting pretty popular nowadays).

Gold?  Who knows.  It could all just disappear!

**NOTE: CTV has tried to get YouTube to take down every instance of this video.  If the video doesn't work it means they found this one.  

Hoo boy, just another reason to sell your television.

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Reader Comments (19)

Oh goodness... I've had it all wrong... Gold and silver spot bid prices collapsing had nothing to do with COMEX, margin hikes or anything else of that nature... It's because gold is backed by nothing and the dollar is backed by the U.S. Gov't and Fed... Can't say I don't feel like a dolt right now... What ever am I going to do with the useless metal I have?

Gotta love MSM keeping us well informed and up to date with what's really going on...
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBrian
Yes! Sell it!!! So i can buy it cheap :D
Oh well.... btw, does anyone knows were can i buy Gold in Portugal ? (coins or bullion)
Here, banks no longer sell gold because they want ppl to deposit and invest in their banks...

Any help ?
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterClaymore
Interesting observation. But check this video out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSlb7GITP8
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterChristian
@Claymore... Try the Cambios... When I lived in Uruguay, they would typically have 5 gram coins, but you'd have to ask as they were typically hidden away...
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterBrian
Nice one, Jeff!

So, this is how the us government hates its own people. Instead of helping them to prepare for the coming collapse, wars, object poverty, crime, lack of investment, etc., it is trying to con the Americans into buying dollars?

Is this not a treason?

That brunette is dumber than my dog. My dog doesn't think that gold is anymore valuable than dollars, not any less.
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterWang
So I wonder how long they let her out of the facility unsupervised. I bet she rides a short, yellow bus on the way to do these reports.
Another reason I don't watch TV anymore.
Give 'em hell, Jeff.
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJohn Dains
Either she is really dumb and has no clue what she is talking about or she is reading the script given to her, either way she is just plain ignorant.
Notice how she says “Todd Hersh says that something else is happening here too, some investors aren’t......”
First she mentions “Todd Hersh” who is this guy? And how “some investors” who are these investors, maybe they have some gold to sell me?
Typical media BS, no facts, referencing people that don’t exist as experts and providing no real proof, just hear say.
But, I am sure she is getting paid well for looking good on TV and cheerleading the US Dollar and the Fedi.
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterVin M
@Brian - Tell me the website please. i Could not find it on google...
How do their transactions with countries in Europe works ? Is it a global company ?
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterClaymore
@Claymore

Try this store...Mundial Agencia de Cambios in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal.
Here is a good article about the place...
http://www.blanchardonline.com/investing-news-blog/econ.php?article=3028

"People are nervous about the banking system and the euro and believe that investing in gold will help them protect their savings," said Lola, who manages coin sales at the shop near the Rua do Ouro, once a center for goldsmiths working with metal brought back from Brazil in the 18th and 19th centuries
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterEric
@Eric - Thanks! I actually didn't knew that agency. Thanks a lot! :)
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterClaymore
That's absolutely amazing! "Bridget" talks like a valley girl, is backed by the public school system and a debased, dumbed down culture. She may have been told to say that but I think she believes it herself. The boyz are having a good laugh.
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterParis Texas Jim
Just to look a bit further ahead. The time will come when people truly will be afraid of the dollar, because it is backed by the US government and the Fed. Obviously those on this site already know such fear, but it WILL become widespread. In fact, that in brief is why we are holding gold today (it is NOT backed by anything as scary as the US government or the Fed).

The fear we here acknowledge today will multiply and become known by all....
September 29, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLaurence Hunt
Oh yeah, sure, gold is backed by nothing but the dollar is? The dollar’s value is inversely proportional to the number of trees waiting to be cut down to print dollars. Idiot reporters.
September 30, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterrob
I just love it when people use numbers to give an unbalanced view. Bubbly Bridget mentions that gold has lost over $100 in 2 days which is the biggest fall in 28 years.

Let’s take a different view. If gold had peaked at near $1900 then dropped by $100 in two days, this represents a percentage drop of 5.26%. In this day and age of derivatives and leverage, I don’t think that is too dramatic. Had she have mentioned the drop of 5.26%, that would have had less impact on the audience than a drop of over $100, though both are fact. Heck, stock markets round the world have gained and lost 5% in a day, but she forgot to mention that!

About 28 years ago, in Jan 1983, gold had a temporary peak of just under $500 (source goldprice.org). I’ll be nice to Bridget and use the highest number rounded up that year. If gold had fallen by $100 in two days 28 years ago, that would have represented a percentage drop of 20%.

So to all the viewers of that broadcast, including Bridget, I ask, which do you think is more dramatic event, a 5.26% drop ($1900 down to $1800) drop or a 20% drop ($500 down to $400). Answers on a post card to …

She also mentioned that the Federal Reserve / US Government will be around in a year from now. So I’m supposed to feel good with that statement; only one year! And then? I feel much better knowing that for thousands of years, gold has been a store of wealth.
September 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJohnny noble
She's talking about PAPER gold, and everything she said is right!
September 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJEH
JEH you beat me to the punch. If she is not talking about 'paper gold' then it is a good thing she is attractive.
September 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterHarold Crews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL8vGbhpbEs

save with keepvid.com en reupload to other channels such as vimeo, since youtube is pulling it
September 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterPeter
Thanks Peter, we will put the link you put up live on the blog now!
September 30, 2011 | Registered CommenterJeff Berwick
lol, when I read the headline from the archives I was like "WHAT!?"
October 14, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterPacoup

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