World War 2 was a direct result of serious world economic problems (high inflation) and this war killed 72 million to 80 million people worldwide. No other war has killed so many people. So world war 2 is the most important war in human history (till today).
The Fed undertakes QE2 Initiative â States goal to raise asset prices Assets trade as a group: Equities, Silver, Gold, Oil, Gas, Corn, Soybeans The US Dollar is used as a carry trade with such low fed funds rate (0-.25%) The Fed encourages investors to take more risk: Go out of safe assets like bonds, and go into riskier assets like commodities and stocks. When traders take on more risk, they use more leverage-This means shorting the dollar, as part of the carry trade like a funding bank, to use these additional funds (leverage) to invest in risk assets like Gold, Silver, Oil and Dow Stocks. The trade starts to work, reinvest profits to buy more risk assets. Strong Trends emerge, attracting other traders looking to capitalize on trending markets. Technical Analysis confirms the validity of the trade âThe trade becomes self-reinforcing . The dollar is shorted more for leverage, other currencies strengthen against the dollar Dovish Fed talk serves to reinforce the trade further, dollar weakens more. OH NO! The US Dollar is falling apart, fear spreads: Investors really buy Commodities as an inflation hedge. Other countries like China start worrying about a falling US Dollar: They hedge by investing in Commodities. Higher Commodities = Higher Input Costs for Businesses and Consumers. Results in Lower Business Margins and Less Consumer Discretionary Income . Higher costs, lower profits, less consumption, less goods being sold and produced . Lower GDP Growth Rate as a result of QE2 once the US Dollar reaches critical level where commodity prices rise to the breaking point where businesses and consumers pull back. QE2 Actually damaging the economy right now. Currency Crisis Looming. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enough said, oh well, who is John Galt?
Aren't you a little late to the party? Plenty of posters (not going to bother to use Search) have posted about inflation. Inflation is an invisible tax that is used to spend more than gov't takes in. Inflation of fiat money is easy when there are no hard assets backing the money. Inflation robs people of Purchasing Power (same as a tax). Inflation transfers productivity and assets of workers to those who sit in chairs and create the fiat money (or loan it out). Did I miss anything? Use the "Search" feature....
God's earlier attempt to get Obama's attention. Man Walks Away From Lightning Strike. This man was struck by lightning 2 times in 3 minutes. <object width="464" height="376" id="2050919" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" classid="clsid27CDB6E-Videos"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/MjA1MDkxOQ=="></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://embed.break.com/MjA1MDkxOQ==" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess=always width="464" height="376"></embed></object><br><font size=1><a href="http://www.break.com/index/man-walks-away-from-lightning-strike-2050919" target="_blank">Man Walks Away From Lightning Strike</a>