There will be some pinball fire sales for sure in 2012. Wait till gas goes to $6-7+. Looks as though the Straight of Hormuz will be closing soon/ Iran is not exporting Brent Crude to Europe/ all transactions are now in other currencies/ or gold not the US dollar (bye bye Bucky). Ppl that are livin' paycheck to payday loan are going to be liquidating anything they can for pennies on the dollar so that they can buy the essentials like food, energy as they try and keep up their payments on their 6 fig student loan debt that cannot be defaulted on. Perhaps selling a tiny amount of physical Ag in the future in exchange for some cheap(er) silver-ball will be the way to go??

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/29/us-iran-oil-price-idUSTRE80S0A220120129

I have a feeling that most on this site are not flipping pins or even consider them an investment. The mkt is not liquid enough and shipping/ transportation can be a major pain with added costs. It is a hobby and a fun one at that ) If the spit really does hit the fan & things go tits up... well Free Play and a cold beer sounds good to me!!

Carpe diem