• It has been quiet on the investment front lately.  
  • Sure the markets in North America and … come to think of it elsewhere in the world, have been dropping and dropping recently, BUT this is just the expected reaction to the continual outpouring of bad news by nearly every media outlet in the world.  So really what are people to do but believe that this is the end of the world as we know it!

  • Well forget it, humans are nothing if not adaptive and forward-moving.  We have always prevailed in the face of adversity and will continue to do so.  These recent market events are nothing more than a soft reset of a financial structure which has evolved around the world whilst seeking the greatest rewards possible.  
  • How else were the collective we to do it?    The only way we know how - new and innovative approaches.  In this particular case the innovations were complex derivative products which likely very few people actually understood.  And they did work for a while, just look at the latest bull market run from 2003 - 2007!  
  • Severe bear markets will happen again as it is an inevitable outcome of the unrelenting human foot-race across the world.  Bigger, better and faster. 
  • Just as the cycle will continue to repeat itself so shall we emerge from this bear market and experience another bull run.  Besides, it in our nature.

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