Great Post FMF and great post
@Desktop
Desktop please post more often here.......
No doubt during these uncertain times where America ("&*k yeah") and N.Korea are posturing.....and world politics take center stage...people look to STT for answers.....
Sure, buy some physical if you don't own...perhaps get a few profitable gold producers if you don't own (just that peace of mind I guess)
And then what to do with surplus cash?
Stay in cash?
Keep playing the markets?
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The markets will only play with you if some else also wants to play....I have seen lately a bit of wind come out of specs due to this recent event......Well to the pullers....I ask this question...
Are they speculative where you are pulling? Or genuine well run fundamentally sound business, with good assets/project/intellectual property ect ect etc etc?
People need to be rational. Because when irrational creeps in....the rational swoop.
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And if it came to war which is very unlikely.....I'm with desktop here...perhaps more a jawboning of USD .....but if it did occur.....what are the consequences?
It is ironic that, from a certain perspective, war can be beneficial for an economy.
War leads to higher government spending, higher employment and can, therefore, provide a boost to domestic demand, economic growth and help reduce unemployment. For example, both the Korean War and the escalation of the Vietnam War provided a boost to domestic US demand, leading to periods of high economic growth. Companies involved in the manufacture of arms saw a rise in demand and profit.
But, war is often a very good excuse for the government to borrow much more than it could do in peace time
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/2180/economics/economic-impact-of-war/
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And that now brings us to another point.........the debt ceiling......
Under current estimates, the Bipartisan Policy Center figures the debt ceiling won't become a problem again until October or November, while the Congressional Budget Office similarly estimates problems won't happen until sometime in autumn.
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/27/there-is-no-debt-ceiling-crisis-at-least-for-now.html
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So perhaps besides being a exercise by the US in muscle flex ......it also to gets attention away from the debt ceiling and allow necessary changes to be made.....
Trump could possibly be the smartest thing the US has had in ages
Total U.S. debt currently stands at $19.8 trillion, of which $14.3 trillion is owed by the public.
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So in my humble opinion......we greedy when others are fearful
Play hard........
And don't change .......
Business as usual..............even if a war came (unlikely).........F#$*k em..................and have fun in the process punting on specs.....sound businesses.....whatever your desire.....
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