Quote Originally Posted by Echonova View Post
The old way the market worked, I would agree. But now that the government picks the winners and losers... Nothing the stock market does makes sense to me anymore. I truly believe they are doing nothing but preparing to steal your wealth in order to pad their pockets when it all comes tumbling down. Look at the debt America and the European countries have racked up... There is not enough money in the world to pay that off. I do not however, subscribe to the Chinese ending up owning everything. I think they are in just as bad shape as we are, but since they are a Communist dictatorship their books are not open like ours are.

LOL, not too far from the truth. And I'm OK with that.
It doesn't make a difference who is in power. The transactions are just a movement of power from one individual or group to another, and the power is just the ability to get others to do what you wish. The transactions still exist, and you have to look for ways to take advantage of them. The debt of countries does not matter in this case, as you can look for way to take advantage of transactions anywhere in the world. Even if the entire world's economy partially collapsed, that is just an opportunity to get investments under their normal value. Look for any transaction, in or out of the market, that you can gain something that is currently undervalued, but is unlikely to stay undervalued long-term.