Originally Posted by химик
Right idea, but you won't get much for your stocks if you wait till 2011. The time to convert them to gold is now, or even better 3 years ago
I just finished reading a book about it, "America's bubble economy - profit when it pops" (americasbubbleeconomy.com). He predicts multiple bubbles popping (real estate, dollar devaluation, DOW down to 8000) and suggests getting out of dollar so that you'll have liquid assets to buy for pennies on a dollar when prices are depressed. He recommends gold, euro, and yen, in that order. He says that capital goods and discretional spending will be hit the hardest. I remember former FRB Chairman Volcker making a prediction in 2005 that there is 75% chance of dollar collapse within 5 years, I started diversifying away from dollar around that time. These may be distressing times for many (especially "would-be real estate investors"), but also during Great Depression and, to some degree, reccession of 1970s there were people who made a fortune waiting on the sidelines and then buying cheap stocks, other assets, or real estate from struggling or bankrupt owners.


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