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Strategies & Market Trends : The coming US dollar crisis -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ggersh who wrote (56510)	11/30/2014 4:07:10 AM
From: elmatador	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Respond to of 71475

oil has been its closest replacement as a store of value. “oil standard”, with Opec adjusting supply to limit oil’s volatility, has cohered ever since. The dollar depreciated significantly in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, and its nadir overlapped closely with a speculative bubble in oil. Now, it is strengthening significantly. That correlation with the dollar leads to a second clear correlation, with emerging market equities. They tend to outperform when the dollar is weakening (as in the years leading up to 2008), and to underperform when the dollar grows stronger Message 29830018 Correlation: Dollar Oil Gold Chart macrotrends.net

To: ggersh who wrote (56510)	11/30/2014 10:32:01 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	1 Recommendation Recommended By 3bar Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71475

SI own Eric Charters Nails It: "democracy means you have your own choice of liars, crooks and incompetents. a kingdom means that you get a liar, crook or incompetent by inbreeding. military rule means that the liars crooks and incompetents are well trained. socialism tells you that you you get a liar, crook and incompetent by the will of the people. if you live in a tribe, the liars crooks and incompetents are all your relatives. if you live by yourself on a deserted island, you are the liar, crook and incompetent." E Charters