In other news overnight, well-known, bow-tie-wearing commodity trader Jimmy Rogers reportedly said Tuesday that world currencies being debased will allow raw commodity markets, including the precious metals, to extend their long-term price uptrends for the next eight to 10 years.

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It is also well known that long-run price stability was achieved under commodity standards but never under pure fiat money.

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