Can't say I can agree with the following part of you post: "There is no money to be had, the banks are keeping the purse strings closed."

Where do you think all the Cash taken out of a great many Hedge Funds is presently? Why is the US Fed blocked to the rafters with Short Term Treasury purchases? And how about all then hundreds of Billions many of the Venture Capital bunch took out of the markets a few years ago?

Think some of that money is being used to keep the SP of the Best of the Best down and under control while much more of it is flushing IN and OUT of the Major Markets and Money Markets causing the rather accentuated Volitility being observed over the past 6-15 months?

There is plenty of Money around! Some of it is sitting out the MESS and likely much more is working to accentuate the intensity of the MESS Effect.I know I read about many, a couple of years ago, who planed to do just as what we are seeing happen RIGHT NOW!

How about all the Cash the US (and others including here in Canada) Mortgage Lenders, Banks, S&L's, and Venture Capital companies/individuals, etc. took out of the Sub Prime scam via their handy "Slice & Dice & Dispatch" maneuvers as well as all the FEES the Credit/Bond Ratings companies and Investment Bankers received for facilitating, pushing, and promoting the entire OPERATION?

What is going to happen when more of these cleaver characters tire of MILKING the Major Stock and Money Markets. Will they just decide to let the heavily supressed Junior "Best of the Best" Explorers run free.? MAYBE, once they have taken just about as much of the Shears they could SQUEEZE out of the hands of any real Investors. their only worry is "What happens if any of the currently price controled Junior "Best of the Best" Explorers can get REAL Institutional INVESTORS to move in and do Real Deals on the "Best of the Best" Properties presently held by the Junior Explorer "Best of the Best" run companies who own thoes "Best of the Best" Properties?

Old Joe