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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Yang who wrote (17013)	4/21/1998 8:30:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

Peter; The trigger will be , a "surprise" of some sort..and the nature of surprises is that very few people see them coming. I think it likely best to consider what I will do if and when it comes as a surprise. Say I wake up tomorrow and the whole system is shut down, and we are informed it's not just broke but completely bust, the dollar has lost 50% of it's value over night..and the Government can not service its interest on the national debt , then what do I do if not a stock I own is worth the paper it's written on, and no one wants the American dollar as payment for anything. If you can live with that then don't be to concerned about the surprise, it will come some day..no one knows when. You and I may be dead and gone by then. A ponzi scam can't run forever, it will spin out of control someday and most of the elite will flee the country to where they have stashed some reserves. And say it serves us right. To predict it is a little nuts but to think it can't happen is even more nuts. That leaves me with what will I do if. No one is ever any more secure than their closest friend, and your best investment is in yourself and your family. Jim