Re: Handwavium
In article <HDvuRnUVk3yHFwHw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jacey Bedford <lookinsig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Interesting that price in $ per pound rose to 220 in 2000 but dropped
back to around 30 in subsequent years, showing what kind of effect on
world markets speculation can have. (In this case the dot com boom
apparently.)
I found an article at:
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=33992
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The above facts add up to an impending major imbalance in supply and
demand starting in 2008 and quite possibly a major escalation in the
price per pound of tantalum in the years ahead.
Note that if the major escalation was predictable at this point, it
would have already occurred--due to speculation. Price goes up when
people who are willing to bet money on their predictions expect that
it's going to go up.
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