2013 Trends
As we approach a new year, we wonder what it will bring, particularly the risks. A few thoughts include the following…
No doubt that the Federal Reserve will continue dumping more money into the system, even though they no longer call it Quantitative Easing.
The Fed will do their best to keep interest rates at all time lows, discouraging savings while encouraging more borrowing and spending into the marketplace to keep the scheme afloat.
The Fed will continue to debase the currency, meaning your purchasing power will continue to diminish.
Some countries race to devalue their own currency so they can export more products to foreign countries as their effective costs will be less. It’s a race to the bottom, a currency war.
The bond bubble will continue, and it will be huge whenever it finally bursts. At some point, interest rates are going to have to go up.
The search for tangible assets which will hold real value, continues.
Geopolitical struggle for finite and dwindling resources which are under pressure in a world with an insatiable appetite for energy.
Cyber wars. More of it.
Further moves towards socialism as the mindset of the population here continues beyond the apparent halfway point of more dependent versus independent minded and those who believe that government is the answer to our problems.
More encroachment on freedoms and liberties as the spy / police state continues to grow unabated (camouflaged “for our own safety”) while a majority of people either remain unaware or are unconcerned.
The food crisis looks to worsen worldwide as the effects of drought continue to raise food prices. Poor nations and people will have even more difficulty feeding themselves in this world of 7 billion.
More focus on safe foods as we continue to question GMO and other ‘fill’ that are in our processed foods.
Overseas… as revolutions continue, massive demonstrations from the people who are paying more for food and survival, who are disenchanted with their leaders, have lost much of what they had and who feel they have have nothing left to lose.
The next world war continues to develop, the one that has already begun…
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Don’t forget about extreme weather; here in the Midwest we had floods for a couple of years, and then the drought and heat in 2012. Everyone’s water supplies are running very low, wells are dry, and, speaking personally, my community tap water tastes awful – like chemicals. If this drought continues, water resources are going to be extremely valuable.
Ok, let us get real. many of points are possibilities.
IF the drought continues, more “jumps” in food prices and shortages.
More instability in global trade, global finances, and domestic employment.
Best suggestions:
-plan on making (i.e. growing, raising, buying) more food.
-Add more organic matter to buildup your soil-yes, even do it to your “lawn”-you never know if you will have to tear it up to raise MORE food.
-Learn -read-STUDY-PRACTICE-how to store food from your harvests or any thing you can obtain (check out Pick your own farms for example).
-Learn how to harvest to sotck up on your own fuels-as in firewood.
-Learn how to barter and trade.
Yes, economies and nations may crumble; cities will riot and burn….but you need to know how to raise or grow what you eat to survive….and other things such as power, water, medical/first aid, and fuel (as well as weapons and defenses) may be necessary.
best wishes for 2013.
Lawrence