| To: long-gone who wrote (75732) | 8/31/2001 10:13:17 AM | | From: Horgad | | | | Bonded composite fillings are the way of the future. I go do a dentist that only does these. Almost all of my mercury fillings have been replaced with bonded composites. They have advantage over gold and silver fillings because they bond to the tooth and can be color matched. However, I think gold and silver is probably a bit stronger. Bonded composite fillings are a bit more expensive to get than silver.
As for crowns ceramic is far more popular than gold these days as the tooth color can be matched. Ceramic crowns contain a post or posts for strength. The posts are made of platinum and gold I believe, but there is far less metal in them then an old fashioned gold crown. Gold crowns are significantly stronger and will out last a ceramic crown which can be cracked, but most people want natural looking teeth. The price is the same... |
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| To: Square_Dealings who wrote (75727) | 8/31/2001 10:52:10 AM | | From: IngotWeTrust | | | | You're a little new around here, ain'tcha<g> You should go back and read some of my earlier Clinton/BillyRubin/Greenspan toasts. They are part of the SI archives. Some of my best commentary!!! Have fun.
Of course the price of gold is manipulated. Smurf is just not going to live to see it unravel due to his efforts. Smurf's just a "loudmouth market timer"...it's all related to getting the EURO launched, and I was one of the first on here or on the Old Prodigy XAU board to nail it and label it. Ever heard of the "greater good" rug that a great many sins of the wealthy (including wealthy nations) get swept under?
If you believe Smurf will change the game one iota, I've got some swampland in the Artic.
Has anyone on here ever asked themselves just what a WIN would look like if Smurf won?
Now I bet THAT would be an interesting discussion point.
HOW DO GPM'ers define Smurf winning---what will change and how will it affect YOU, your family, your nation?
HOW DOES SMURF define a Win?
Later...Have a safe weekend...Canucks and USA types alike.
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| To: Abner Hosmer who started this subject | 8/31/2001 1:47:14 PM | | From: E. Charters | | | | I se gld prs iz dn a bt tdai, dspte beng up shrply ystrdy. wndr wy? vry tme t gts to tkoff t gts hmrd bk dn agn. my werd splng? o! jst trd ov al thse kystrks nd fgrd u cld ndrstnd ths abwt z wl. dn wth ibm. ths al. i dmit thr r prblms wth wrds tht r almst th sme. wrd wrd n wrd fr xmple.
is tht wired weird word etc? gz u hve 2 mke sme dstnctn smhw. I thnk dgak wld hve th nsr as he dz the sme thng wth grmr nd weur supsd 2 ndrstnd.
z n asde i wld lke 2 sy tht i hve mde n obsrvtn tht pple hu cnt jggle, du mme, wlk n a ttrpe, spke 3 frgn lngwgs, sng hi nts, fld rgmi, fre hndrds f pple, or scrw dzns v chks, r ttly uslss n tdys sshl strctr. yzat? Hz the brn bcme a uslss rgn? 1 wld thnk so. bt thnkng z otmdd. so the cnclsn z void.
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| To: IngotWeTrust who wrote (75737) | 8/31/2001 1:58:37 PM | | From: E. Charters | | | | r...Have a safe weekend...Canucks and USA types alike.
Whew! gld u rmndd uz! wz abwt 2 go owt n crsh th cr n jst cot mslf n tme!
wt bwt th rst v th wrld? shld thy be sfe 2?
be chrtble!
ltr.
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| To: E. Charters who wrote (75738) | 8/31/2001 2:10:27 PM | | From: long-gone | | | | Thursday August 30 1:44 PM ET
More Americans Behind on Credit Cards
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans fell behind in their credit card payments in July, reflecting the tough economic climate and a spike in bankruptcy filings, bond rating service Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday.
Credit card delinquency rate, on account balance 30 days past due, rose to 5.06 percent last month, up from 4.41 percent in June, which was the eighth straight month in which the delinquency rate rose from a year ago, Moody's said.
The rising delinquency rate coincided with a slowdown in consumer spending, which has kept the economy afloat as Corporate America has been struggling.
The government reported early Thursday that U.S. consumer spending grew at its slowest pace in nine months in July, edging up 0.1 percent to a $7.085 trillion annual rate.
This hiccup among American consumers, along with a spike in bankruptcy filings, has forced credit card issuers to write off more bad card loans in July.
Moody's credit card chargeoff index rose for a sixth consecutive month to 6.47 percent from 5.16 percent for a year earlier. This 25-percent year-to-year increase was the biggest since July 1997.
Americans filed for bankruptcy protection in record numbers in the first half of this year, many probably trying to file before the government could enact bankruptcy reforms that would make it harder for them to wipe out their bad debt.
The total number of new bankruptcy filings in the second quarter was 400,394, an increase of 24.5 percent over the same quarter in 2000 and up 9 percent from 366,841 bankruptcies filed in the first quarter of this year, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said last week.
The jump in bankruptcies and late payments would translate into more loan losses for card issuers, said William Black, a senior Moody's analyst.
``The combination of relatively high personal bankruptcy filings and accelerating deterioration in the delinquency rate suggests that the chargeoff rate will continue to rise for several months,'' Black said in a statement.
YIELD REMAINS STABLE
Credit card issuers have been able to protect their bottomlines from rising losses and falling interest rates.
Their yield, or the annualized percentage of income collected during the month, in July was 19.39 percent, up marginally from 19.34 percent a year earlier.
``The recent cuts in short term interest rates have not had much impact on credit card average revenues, but it may be a bit early to tell,'' said Moody's analyst Christophe Germain.
Moody's credit card indexes for July tracked the credit performance in roughly $335 billion of U.S. bank credit card loans backing securities rated by Moody's.
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| To: long-gone who wrote (75740) | 8/31/2001 2:24:32 PM | | From: Ahda | | | | i just received Business Week front cover states
Fire sale Wall Streets vulture investors are risking billions to buy wreckage fo the economic bust.
I deplore vultures, here is hoping the risk to this segment does not fracture the investors but the vultures. The risk base in this particular environment is too high even for them. All this money being put into the economy sure is going in weird directions as to what is considered growth. |
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| To: Abner Hosmer who started this subject | 8/31/2001 8:42:48 PM | | From: baystock | | | | The fundamental case for gold:
< In our recent article "Manipulation Versus Natural Market Forces" we made the
argument that market forces were gradually getting the upper hand over the on-going
attempts of governments and bullion banks to manipulate the gold price lower. In the
article we described what we consider to be the three most important natural influences
on the gold price - the US Dollar's exchange rate versus the European currencies, the
yield spread, and the inflation-adjusted (real) interest rate. The trend in each of these
influencing factors turned positive for gold during the final quarter of last year and
remains so to this day.>
gold-eagle.com
And the technicians case for gold:
gold-eagle.com |
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