This Baltimore article sums it all up extremely well.

However, the question remains whether the broader public and financial community are ready to read this and take it serious. I am afraid it is still too early, but I'll go for a test and send it to a friend/ex-fundmanager in Madrid. Normally he doesn't react to my mailings, though he has been acknowledging that my (read: JS's) detailed warnings of 3-5 years ago have come true.

It's a strange experience to receive and understand the analyses of visionaries. They can only be shared with a few insiders, but are strongly rejected by all outsiders.

I have "helped" different friends to invest in PM-mining shares (including ECU) years ago. So far they have made a massive loss, but I have been able to keep their spirits above the point of no return. It seems they still understand the long term vison behind it, though today my brother turned down my last attempt to get him in again. So I will give up on him, which is unfortunate because I had him on-board 2-3 years ago, but he fell victim to the Cartel.

My conclusion is that it is very hard to be early on the scene (in my case 2002). The patience required is almost inhuman and the offenses received (not the least from my wife) hard to digest.

Let this summer be our time of rehabilitation, making the years after our times of glory that we deserve so much.