RE: THE BIG PICTUREI agree but the recession we will get will be of the inflationary type, the fed will be in panick mode by october and will orchestrate a worldwide reflation and off we go, but it will be the beginning of the end for the US $,ALL the world be be making plans on how they will divest themselves of the dollars, as foreigners eventually walk away from the us $ the fed will buy up ALL the debt and keep the system working but hyperinflation will set in and run its course for a couple years,I'm an american and its amazing how totally clueless most people are when it comes down to $, gold , oil, inflation, history, less than 1 in 100 us investors have ANY exposure to the metals, very costly lesson coming, got gold ?