The Comrades at the glorious “Soviet Central Bank”, wait, wait, I mean the “Federal Reserve” have decided that what we all need is to keep interest rates flat. What a glorious display of cowardice. Meanwhile add Washington Mutual S&L to the list of potential corpses, alongside Lehman Brothers, AIG, and Merrill Lynch.

Very slow delivery and shortages still rule the physical silver and gold markets. Call me crazy, but I’m swapping my gold for silver since the financial crisis has driven down silver against gold.