Are we that feeble minded?
While the guy is trying to sell his products, what he says is mostly true, as far as my limited knowledge of world finances goes. There is no doubt that Obama wants our country lowered in the world's eyes in every metric. The freaking mint is printing money af fast as it can. Our government is borrowing something like $50,000 every minute. Let that sink in. It's not just the end of the world alarmists that are saying to be prepared.
Mac & others,
When I stayed at the Venetian-Sands in Vegas as part of a package deal for almost a week back in the summer of 2007 there was an incredible miniaturized physical model of a new Venetian Style Complex that was under development in China. Not that I begrudge China at all for improving their lot but it does give us some understanding that Larry Edelson's statements about China's development & position has like you say a lot of truth to it.
Like I said before ... I tend to be just as worried about white collar "at their mercy" situations as blue collar "at their mercy" situations. There is such a thing as unwittingly setting ourselves up for being snookered even worse than we already are.
I am not sure about the potential bubble that would be created if everyone rushed to those stocks Larry referred to. I do know that bonds were also not immune to the severe loss of value that occurred during the fall of 2007.
I did see & hear the Federal Reserve chairman Bernanke on a broadcast very recently while professing to not be recommending anything was implying that stocks currently could make sense. Could it be ... that he thinks he knows something that we are too feeble minded to figure out for ourselves? I know as an absolute fact from first hand experience of giving out the gold colored dollar
coins since the year 2000 that people actually like them for commerce use when they are properly made available & shown & informed properly. The Administration people are all saying & continue to say that people do not like them ... so my mindset is that if you can't trust them to handle smaller but intertwined issues properly ... there is a good chance you
especially can't trust them with the larger issues.
Mike