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To: golfer72 who wrote (110436)2/6/2015 2:40:45 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 219578
 
the rag bag is in trouble. The 2000's easy money supported a "revolutionary" largesse whose effects we are seeing today-

The rag bag got bold.

From Caribbean countries dependent on Venezuelan oil largesse.

Brazil's Lula playing world power for the Africans

OPEC countries acting a financiers of Moslem businesses

Not to mention money financing war bands: Boko Haram, South Sudan, ISIS and Al Shebbab

The easy money is drying up quickly as oil money is no longer available to finance war bands or Moslem businesses.

Nor prop the shirtless in Africa.

Countries that have lived hand to mouth, one they see money they get an instant sense of omnipotence. That is why Angola and Nigeria are screwed as they are.

LARGESSE
generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others.



To: golfer72 who wrote (110436)2/6/2015 3:23:17 AM
From: bruwin  Respond to of 219578
 
Well, .... there's often been rather negative comments about the relevance of holding physical gold as part of one's asset holding. Even Buffett has never been a fan of gold.

However, if one considers the performance of the Kruger Rand versus the S&P500 it seems that gold hasn't done too badly over the past decade ....