Posted on 11/09/2008 10:01:03 AM PST by misterrob
Okay, so we are looking at a few years of outright democrat control of the WH, Senate and House. The prospects for Americans is rather dour on the whole but there are ways to prosper and build "something" for the future. I fully expect people to jump on and complain about outright government confiscation of wealth and compensation and whatever else they need to say but there are other places to rant about that.
What I would like to start a discussion on is how people can make money for themselves, their families and the causes that they choose to donate to over the next few years.
Inflation is more than likely to appear in 2 years with the low interest rates and borrowing of money.
Carbon rules are likely to be implemented so expect costs to increase across the board.
More subsidies for alt. fuels is a pretty sure thing.
Oil is a wild card right now. Oil drilling is going to be on hold while prices fall. The democrats said that drilling would be on the table. Can we expect them to take it off? (Consider that gas prices are going to spike again. That alone could cost them a general election and "Hey man you smell" is pretty shrewd in amassing power. He put candidates up in 2006 that would never stand a chance in winning in liberal districts but they won in more conservative areas so the bottom line is he's about winning, not adherence to a pure liberal dogma.)
Bio fuels means more artificial demand which portends for higher prices and bubble creation. But, there is also derivative product potential that I was just clued into.
Involvement in the auto industry means that the domestic manufacturers are going to have to build cars that they wouldn't otherwise. The supply chain is going to be impacted in a major way.
So, with some of those thoughts in mind, can we talk about sectors, technologies, commodity markets or companies that might be worth looking at? The proviso is, of course, that this discussion is for informative purposes only. If you want to just rant then please go somewhere else. Don't ruin the discussion for other people might want to hear about opportunities.
While on the surface may seem Obama Administration friendly, the key component will be “how much black involvement in the enterprise”. This will be the principal gate to pass through. It’s called “gettin’ paid” in Obama’s community.
darn good idea! *lol* ...you devil.
Any ideas on using other search engines? Google will become a big spy for the O Admin. I thought some ex-google left and started a new and better search engine.
The Internet will probably be used to spy on us. I am probably telling Direct TV bye bye. When Fox News and the rest are Obama propaganda arms - the less TV I see the better.
We need a Obama business blacklist. ABC News is owned by Disney. ABC actually ran a report with Brian Ross that was critical of O recently. How do we get ABC to not be a stooge for O? Fox News sold us out.
And soon we get that pesky number that no one without one can by or sell.
What was that called???????????????
Oh that’s right the Mark of the Beast and here is wisdom...........
It seems that if you’re a slum-lord, you could be in for some very lucrative contracts, if you know Obama...
Mark
I am still maintaining a larger cash position but have started buying for a 25 year horizon as well. With the indexes down 35-40% it's good value.
Edit: You can buy one mobile home, and get someone to manage the park for you in exchange for a place to live, which means you don’t have to put any of your time into it.
Alternative energy will get a boost but it will remain sspeculative--look at the charts for FSLR SPWR ENER and others. They may recover sooner than most if the congress passes the expected subsidization of their industries. The counter to that though is that with the soft economy demand for energy over all will remain slow to grow.
jmo
If you’re a small business owner consider bartering. If you primarily provide a product you may want to look for another’s product offerings, but also don’t forget service oriented businesses and what value they bring to the table. This will serve to conserve cash and facilitate inventory turnover(esp hard to move items due to $$$ in a cash poor economy).
Great idea, only put subliminal negative imagery in them. Every little bit helps, and they will pay to wear it!
That’s pretty good!
If you use cash for some of your basic purchases now, then there should be no difference in the profile if you spend cash income in the future.
I asked my advisor to dig up any reports on what investments were profitable during the Carter years.
I’ll ping back here when I get some info.
High capacity magazines, any caliber.
Buy now, sell later.....
and btw, what happened to all that peak oil b.s.?
I am looking to buy commodities long. The logic is that inflation will be reappearing in 2 years, bio fuels will create more demand and once the run starts the funds explode. I’d rather be investing regularly into those areas over 12-18 months and then have some position when it turns up.
Specialty chem is a mixed bag and depending on what sectors they rely on. If they are electronics heavy then expect nothing. If they are into healthcare and derivative products then I would think they would do better.
I am trading advertising and opening channels for selling my products (content) as well as getting stuff donated in terms of articles in exchange for promotion.
We will have an affiliate marketing program operational in a few weeks and I am actively looking to version off the stuff we create for new markets.
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