jepsd – did I meet you at the meet-up the other day? Thanks for the information. What do you think about the commodities and oil pricing, and where it could head? My brother told me that China will keep producing even if the US stops buying altogether, because they are NOT getting paid now anyway! He is right! China is getting dollars, which they are recycling back into the US, so they are not getting paid at all! I think one reason they have bank problems is because of all the money they print to convert the dollars to yuan, so the yuan does not appreciate. Then the dollars go back to the US, and you have so much more yuan in circulation.
rseiser – thanks so much too. What do you think about long term prospects yourself? Do you agree with the writer?