Who is fixing their interest rate?, page-74

Glass half full , glass half empty .

Sure unemployment is up a bit ( for context see attached chart ) , manufacturing is disappearing , mining is slowly down . It's called a cycle . We've had them before and we'll have them again . Remember , we're coming out of the greatest financial crisis the world has ever seen .
We have a government who is absolutely determined to address the deficit . They may not have it all their own way unfortunately but it is incredibly likely that we will be back to a surplus in 5 years time , miles in front of most other countries in the world .

The US economy is picking up . It will drag the rest of the world along with albeit slowly . That means that our dollar will fall and ultimately commodities will pick up . We are currently seeing good prices in our agricultural products and we are actively promoting them into Asia. By 2020 it is predicted we will be the biggest LNG exporter in the world .

I wouldn't recommend that anyone take huge risks with their finances but I also wouldn't recommend they hide under the bed either .

You're investing in agriculture . If things are so bad and we have " no basket to put our eggs into " then why haven't you gone to gold ?