Economic Krakatoa! That's a new one! Thanks for posting the article, Nemo. It does a good job of explaining 'the Truth' about the mess in Europe.
Did you catch Eddie Hobbs' statement, about 5 minutes in? "The safest place is gold."
I was going to post about the bizarre "Good Day - Bad Day - Good Day - Bad Day" pattern in the markets. Today, the talk is of Euro Banks hitting the U.S. and resurrection the term "Apocalypse." But Marketwatch is posting that story right alongside Friday's market results, Dow +260!
This sort of yo-yoing won't go on for too much longer. It looks like Germany and Italy will be the catalysts for a great collapse.

Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months