RE: OIL FOR GOLD BY ALEX WALLENWEIN@Naamkat
Your comments are true if you look in the rear-window.
To be a successful investors you have to be able to anticipate future events. Like the Roman Empire, the USA will soon be going down the tube. The reasons for this are:
The large number of IOU that the USA has issued to foreigners in the form of their fiat currency will make them dependant on their bankers. Since the US authorities are doing nothing to protect the US$, the Japanese and Chinese who are holding the bag will soon decide to put their money elsewhere. When this happens, the US$ will tank and all the poor retire will be wiped out. The French Revolution will look pale to the angers of the newly poor Americans who will use the freedom to hold arms to good use. (ie: Millionnaire Hunting)
After the USA becomes another Argentina, they have no more printing press to pay for their military ambition, their budget will shrink to the same level as the Russian. After the removal of these overseas base, all third world countries will start demanding to be paid in a real currency (ie: gold and silver) for their natural and human resources.
The free lunch that the US has been receiving for the past 30 years will have to be paid.