Not necessarily. Each person has his/her perspective. In the gathering of information by, for example, the CIA, thousands of bits of information are gathered by employees of "The Company" and a central processing center then sorts/evaluates/etc. that information and many times, suddenly, they have a picture of an event that is going to happen. The "aggregate" of the information gives one a true understanding of what is happening.
It takes lots of bits of information in the financial world to finally figure out what is going on. Any one person will not be able to see the big picture. We're getting some of that information this thread right now when people answer in a mature manner. That is why this is Free Republic and the rest, to use the common vernacular, "suck".
Free Republic is good for the “odd” stories that are plucked from the back pages. The very, very early reports of the “new flu” in China was a great example. Of course, it’s all noise now.
But every once in a while there is a gem out here in the rough.
“Asking” for information on any of these threads is an exercise in futility.