How old are you? I enjoy the clarity with which you write your column. It seems you are enjoying your life on that small ranch …
Indeed, my life mission has been and is to enjoy life. As to my age … I am old enough to understand that life is one big “carney” ride and young enough to enjoy the good vibrations of decent folks coming together to hear rich music, eat community-created food, and play like it’s the last weekend of summer before school begins again. Thank you for the compliment …
At the moment, almost all the trading sites I visit have confusion written all over them and are giving opposite views. The two most prominent are that the American dollar and economy are at a dangerous point in history. The other forecast is that gold will hit a record $2,500 value within one year. Other trading sites claim silver is a better investment than gold and yet other sites say gold values will fall within a year. What is your view of all this? My own devised indicators show that the markets are at a dangerous level and are due for a dramatic downtrend.
As you might suspect, I do have a view on “all of this.” I represent that view just about every day I sit down to write this column. For me, understanding the global economic picture and its influence on the market is an absolute where my money is concerned. Never again will the rattlesnake that was 2008 slither up and bite me. This time, I am watching and ready to get out of the way, if need be.
For you, then, understand that this is my agenda behind writing this column – I write about what I know and believe might happen economically (and in the market) because it helps me better understand the complexities of “all of this,” and, as a public voice, I feel obligated to help you protect yourself. Evidence for this is the theme and content of many an article since the November election – Be vigilant and be prepared to move quickly. Right now, the greatest threat to my money and yours is the ignorance and foolishness of those elected officials who see no economic danger in their child-like ideological stance on economic issues. To me, it is as unpatriotic as it gets to threaten, or use as leverage, that which is the very foundation of the global economic structure, the U.S. economy, the lifeblood of our way of life in the USA.
The above is the context for a longer answer to your question to me, an answer I will spread out over a few columns starting on Monday. You see, your question sparked a small fire in a somewhat dampened space in me, that generative place that creates wide thinking, wider than what has been my frame recently. Specifically, the tinder for this ignition is your words “have confusion written all over them” and “dangerous point in history.” I agree there is building confusion “out there,” and I agree, we are at a dangerous point in history, but not, perhaps, for the reasons you might think. Yes, starting Monday, my goal is to bring some clarity to the confusion, and I hope my endeavor will live up to the compliment from the reader who I opened with today. I will give it my best shot …
Trade in the day – Invest in your life …
