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The capital markets are moved by two principal forces; 1) greed, and 2) fear. Economists tend to substitute words like "risk" and "reward"...but then again, economists are usually salaried, highly academic in their orientation, disclaim any prediction about the future and love to discuss why the markets do what they do after the fact. Most economists like to write a great deal more than they like to invest, also. yet these folks get involved in regulating and de-regulating markets within which they have little "street level" experience. A bit frightening, isn't it? Not unlike the prospect of Dr. Phil selling a hairstyling book. And yes, I was educated as an economist, myself (ulp!). But,
Back on point:
- These two forces, greed and fear, are consistently the principal underlying factors for every financial decision except for philanthropic giving, which has its own set of special motivations. Put in the form of a question, every investor silently mouths these words: "What can I gain at a certain acceptable level of risk?"
- When fear of catastrophic loss overshadows the prospect of any opportunistic gain, markets react, sometimes violently. Ultimately, a market is made up of individuals and institutions who make buying and selling decisions. The capital markets in the United States and throughout the various countries of the world which have securities and currency exchanges are in a state of enormous volatility and flux as of ther date of this writing. Investors are scared. Retirement portfolios have been wiped out. Pensions will go unfunded and unpaid. Jobs are being lost. All of the bedrock institutions that held the economy together, either by rumor or by function, are either collapsing, merging (i.e., packing more fertilizer in one bag), or negotiating bailout agreements with government agencies which, themselves have been frighteningly mismanaged or abused.
- Investment monies have begun moving more consistently into several markets, and appear to be staying invested in those markets on a longer-term basis:
- 1..... *The precious metals, certificates of ownership of precious metals, and financial instruments backed by precious metals or precious metals markets;
- 2..... *Euros, and Euro-denominated securities;
- 3..... *Non-precious metals, and mining and mineral rights. This latter category is expanding because A) the liquid market trading value of these elements or minerals is becoming increasingly well-established through various informal exchanges which are trading in them all over the world, and B) each of these elements or minerals actually has industrial utility. This is to say that these materials can be mined and sold, and their value will generally, speaking be the greater of the informal market trading value, or the price which is determined directly by supply and demand.
Additionally, more countries, including India, Canada, China, UAE, Dubai, Bahrain, and even the United States are no longer speaking of thorium as a "possible fuel" -- they are all investing increasing efforts, energies and money in perfecting reactor design to optimize the use of thorium as the principal fuel in producing clean atomic power. It is only getting better for thorium's position on the periodic table of the elements. We are beyond theory and into the realm of practical application.
While you are here, there is an article and two blogs which you might well find to be of interest. They are not directly on the subject of thorium, and some of them are a bit dated, but they have one thing in common -- fascinating implications. Just click on each, and enjoy your reading experience:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/business/11lehman.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2225627/god-machine-green
http://martinmeenagh.blogspot.com/2008/09/large-hadron-collider-future-fuel.html
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Think thorium.
Faithfully,
--THORIUM ENERGY, INC.
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