Frank --
The Skeptical Investor takes facts and presents them in a way that appeals to his readers' emotions. For some it works. They sit up and listen, fully alert, asking for more. For me, I remember as a child seeing my elderly grandmother listening to a radio commentator expound on the Red Threat and what she feared would lead to the end of the world. Now, even though I'm reading words on a screen, I can hear the high-pitched drone, sense the play on emotions, and feel my mind shut off. Speak to me in measured tones, give reasoned arguments from both sides of each issue, draw conclusions with extreme caution, and I'll listen, I want to say.
This is not to say I don't think there's a financial crisis in Asia, only to say I don't think anyone can know how each event will play out.
I guess this makes me more skeptical than the Skeptical Investor.
Always cautious ---
Pat |
