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To: JimisJim who wrote (186871)	12/3/2014 4:27:57 PM
From: isopatch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206326

Thanks for such a thoughtful reply, Jim. Going to reflect, a bit, on what you've said in the hope that will help me decide how best to respond. Needless to say its a huge topic. Iso

To: JimisJim who wrote (186871)	12/3/2014 4:54:17 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 206326

If you've been to Europe recently you know the US Dollar is still significantly undervalued to the Euro, even though at $1.23 it's down 10% from $1.35 last year. It seems people have forgotten how much value the US Dollar lost when it collapsed in 2002. The value of the US Dollar is so far below where it was in the late 1990s, that it's painful to look at. This is the first 20 year chart of that time period shown on Google images.

To: JimisJim who wrote (186871)	12/3/2014 10:25:37 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Respond to of 206326

I have a few Japanese connections. They've told me straight up in japan the younger generations believe this: "Why buy real estate? It only goes down." And it has been going down since their bubble burst over 20 years ago. Witt the US economy essentially based on buying useless retail crap, a deflationary spiral here would get ugly really fast. Just look at the outlier towns across the country. A Walmart goes in Grand Junction and 20 Mom n Pop stores go out of business within 80 miles of GJ in a year. 5 years later and every town within 80 miles has seen it's business district boarded up. The US economy is nothing if not very, very fragile.