Baires,

Your point is well-taken, but it is logical, rational, straightforward, three things the markets do not seem to be right now.

My concern, then, is whether we might be in for a long ride before your average investor and the markets see things in any kind of a straightforward way, especially with all the monkey wrenches being thrown in by those who may be manipulating the markets. We are simply going to have to wait until they run out of wrenches!

I have been following in the FSN/tyhee vein since 2005, and what I think I am learning is that "certainties" can certainly take a long time; granted, this does not mean they will not happen, but perhaps "the year of the juniors" will have to be put off again.

Thanks, as always, for your input.

stone