<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d9ce8749-ccbf-471e-ab2e-551f36a780e5/1C909461-4C74-4A6A-83F9-91B9EFAE7C4F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html" href="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.stuartwilde.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><P><SPAN class="headline">Gold and Investments </SPAN>Stuart Wilde</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><P>I was talking to a gold trader friend about the markets, as the Euro looks vulnerable, as does Sterling. He told me that the Swiss franc will be very strong, as part of it (25%) is backed by gold, and the other currencies aren't really backed by anything, just paper.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.stuartwilde.com/img/98869E7D-28F2-4530-8AB1-764675D3CECD" alt="Stuart Wilde Euro Banknotes" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><P>X is Germany. N is Austria, and S is Italy, meaning the central banks of those countries issued the note backed by say Government bonds which are just bits of paper.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><B>European Letter Codes Country-by-Country</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>Z</B></TD><TD>Belgium</TD><TD>België/Belgique/Belgien</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>Y</B></TD><TD>Greece</TD><TD>Elláda</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>X</B></TD><TD>Germany</TD><TD>Deutschland</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center">(W)</TD><TD>(Denmark)</TD><TD>Danmark</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>V</B></TD><TD>Spain</TD><TD>España</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>U</B></TD><TD>France</TD><TD>France</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>T</B></TD><TD>Ireland</TD><TD>Éire/Ireland</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>S</B></TD><TD>Italy</TD><TD>Italia</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center">(O)</TD><TD>Not used</TD><TD></TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>N</B></TD><TD>Austria</TD><TD>Österreich</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>M</B></TD><TD>Portugal</TD><TD>Portugal</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center"><B>L</B></TD><TD>Finland</TD><TD>Suomi/Finland</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.stuartwilde.com/articles/a_list/gold_and_investments.html"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><TR><TD align="center">(K)</TD><TD>(Sweden)</TD><TD>Sverige</TD></TR></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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