Gold Is Now "Unobtanium"

Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/gold-now-unobtanium
Published: Mar 29, 2020
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2020-03-29 18:20:32 by Horse
Views: 889

"...worth it's weight in Purell..."

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$20 U.S. Liberty Gold Coins. $1,818.95 at Apmex.

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#1: Esso    To: Horse, 4um (#0)

$20 U.S. Liberty Gold Coins. $1,818.95 at Apmex.

You'd be an idiot to sell at that price right now, but these dealers have to keep the cash flowing.

Esso posted on 2020-03-29 18:24:24   Reply   Private Reply

#2: Horse    To: Esso, Lod (#1)

There is something called a Minsky Moment. Very famous. It is 'when you sell the Good Stuff to pay for the Bad Stuff.' Translation: A man took out a lot of margin on a stock that just tanked so he is now forced to sell gold coins.

Horse posted on 2020-03-29 18:31:59   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Lod    To: Horse, Esso, 4um (#2)

au futures right now $1633

I'm not feeling the need to pay $200/oz premium to anyone.

Lod posted on 2020-03-29 21:43:38   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Pinguinite    To: Horse (#0)

Mike Maloney has been calling precious metals "unobtainium" and "unaffordium".

Unobtainium was of course lifted from the "Avatar" movie.

Pinguinite posted on 2020-03-29 21:47:57   Reply   Private Reply

#5: StraitGate    To: Pinguinite (#4)

Unobtainium was of course lifted from the "Avatar" movie.

Are you sure about that? I seem to recall that word being used in engineering design circles long before 2009.

StraitGate posted on 2020-03-29 21:54:01   Reply   Private Reply

#6: Lod    To: StraitGate, Penguinite, 4um (#5)

You're both correct, but it was used first in engineering according to the wiki.

Lod posted on 2020-03-29 21:59:20   Reply   Private Reply

#7: Pinguinite    To: Lod, StraitGate (#6)

but it was used first in engineering according to the wiki.

I didn't know that. It was my opinion upon hearing it Avatar that it was the cheesiest name they could have chosen for stuff.

Pinguinite posted on 2020-03-29 22:37:30   Reply   Private Reply

#8: Lod    To: Pinguinite (#7)

I don't know; I'd never seen nor heard it in any context, but it is rather self-explanatory.

Lod posted on 2020-03-29 22:44:54   Reply   Private Reply

#9: Pinguinite    To: Lod (#8)

In the movie Avatar, Earth's military forces were tasked with securing access to the extremely unobtainable "unobtainium", minable sources of which were located in the very sacred land controlled by the, well, Avatarians or whatever they were called.

Numerous political parallels aside, it is a good movie IMO.

Pinguinite posted on 2020-03-29 23:01:23   Reply   Private Reply