Comments on: Biggest Foreign Buyers of U.S. Debt

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:18:14 +0000

Yes, it’s not exactly optimistic, but realistic, perhaps. I find optimism in knowing what I can about current factors and influences so I can better position myself and make better choices going forward. There’s never perfect information, of course, but if you can learn something you didn’t previously know about – I guess it’s a kind of pragmatic optimism!

By: Ryan @ Planting Dollars

Ryan @ Planting Dollars — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:03:40 +0000

Sounds like we should enjoy our current tiny recession! Not exactly an optimistic outlook, but hopefully the American spirit will prevail and adapt as necessary to the new challenges.

By: Credit Card Chaser

Credit Card Chaser — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:09:27 +0000

A lot of the statistics are pretty sobering. Thanks for the write up! – Joel

By: MoneyEnergy

MoneyEnergy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:39:11 +0000

2012 is also the year the front end of the baby boomers will start to retire en masse… causing large gaps of funding on the incoming end for social security, etc. This is going to be a big problem, and no one is talking much about it yet.

By: Financial Cents

Financial Cents — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:04:51 +0000

I don’t think Allen is correct in his predictions, his timeline, but he is right that the US needs to be a bigger “producer” than “consumer”, otherwise, its a long road downhill.