Woke up this morning feeling pretty chipper, perhaps encouraged by very positive feedback and some really constructive additional comment on yesterday’s big $GOLD (Barrick Gold) note. Took a look at the computer, and found myself three hours later, something of a jibbering wreck. Why the mental deterioration? I listened to four successive podcasts featuring Scott Bessant, the new Treasury Secretary nominee. He is known to have been canvassing in a competitive field to be Treasury