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RE: Forget education - LEARN TO SURF!
Nice post @k0d3g3ar I enjoyed it. Based on your other posts it sounds like you think the next wave will he a debt crisis in the United States.
Nice post @k0d3g3ar I enjoyed it. Based on your other posts it sounds like you think the next wave will he a debt crisis in the United States.
It is hard to really know what will come in the next 12-18 months. I think it is clear that the equities markets are over-valued, and that precious metals such as Gold & Silver are undervalued. To me that signals where to put money right now. But like all waves, you have to position just prior to the wave having enough kinetic energy that it is willing to give it up and let you have some. That's where detailed timing comes in. Sitting out there on a board, waiting for the "big one" could be a long wait. And the opportunity costs of doing that means you must have faith that the wait is worthwhile. For me, it is. But I don't have a lot of day to day gearing issues that stops me from being willing to wait. Everyone's mileage will vary there.
I hate to think that we have entered a time where everything is boom & bust. But clearly money is not what it used to be. It is now just an electronic form of IOU that isn't backed by anything, and banks have become more casinos than stalwart holders of our capital. Unless we see some rational movement towards a more stable and backed representation of wealth, we are probably going to see booms & busts for the foreseeable future.
The next one? My suspicion is that the emerging markets, particularly India, China & Brazil, will likely trigger a severe economic change. The biggest driver in my mind is population growth. We are unsustainable at best right now, and that will trigger a run on resources in regions that have high population density. Unless those regions are willing spread out a bit, it will drive up real estate pricing to levels that are unrealistic, and result in a collapse if people cannot afford to put a roof over their heads.
It is one thing to focus solely on artificial marketplaces like the stock market, but they don't represent real human lives. They represent speculation on what corporations are doing and it's all like playing a game of poker where you don't know what the future hand is going to be, but you have to bet on something. To me, when markets became less about people coming together to buy & sell products, food, etc. and they became a bunch of rich folk in suits buying quantity of some ticker symbol without really knowing anything about the fundamentals of what the organization is doing, that we started the downward spiral.
The reality is that the future will be about mechanization and machines doing the work human labor used to do. I don't have a problem with that - smart should win out. But the displacement of labor as a result will be a challenge that society has to find answers for. Hopefully there will be emerging opportunities that open up new industries that can provide safe haven for the dispelled labor force. I just also hope that people realize that they don't have to live in a big urban city in order to thrive; if opportunities are digital, then you are blessed with the ability to work, communicate and make money anywhere on this planet, and that can only help spread the burden of resource consumption on our planet.
Thank you @k0d3g3ar I find your posts and comments refreshing. You remind me of some of my educated friends, the ones that know more about the economy and investments than me.
What are your thoughts about hyper-inflation?
Do you think the currency crises that hit Venuezala and Turkey will spread to other countries.
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My general sense is that the western world that has reserve banking systems and well equipped economists, will use interest rates to manage economic response to inflation before hyper-inflation can set in. I mean it is a fear of any western economist to not go down the same path as other countries have with their currencies. The US is the "Petro Dollar" and is effectively the world currency when it comes to inter-country banking, etc. so there are many, many more stakeholders in the success of the USD. That doesn't mean hyper-inflation cannot happen, but the more stakeholders typically means the more careful management that takes place. I still believe that unless a currency is backed by something rare and limited, that it will have a hard time avoiding being played like a chip in a casino. However there are too many with too much to lose resting on the USD so I'd be inclined to see it as "stable" at this point.
Venezuela and Turkey have currencies that are typically limited to their geographic region. You don't buy goods & services with those currencies from outside of the country for the most part. They are far more exposed to manipulation and mismanagement, and that is reflecting on the local economies in those regions.
All of this typically provides more validity and weight behind a universally accepted currency that shares limitation in issuance and scarcity that is not currently part of our economic system. I'm a firm believer that Bitcoin resolves most of these issues, however until it has wider adoption, the price is subject to wide fluctation. If we see $10T of valuation for it, we might then see some stabilization but at this time it is too early to tell if it will prevail.