How? Where does one invest? Saving is a joke.The market is run by anti- middleclass.?

Question

Short of stocking it under my mattress what the F____k do I do? Invest in Europe- they are the only ones who have any common sense. I no longer trust the American Capitalist system-it is rife for some kind of weird over-throw. I mean let's face it if you can't trust the Administration of our government who the F____k can you trust? Some,clever SOB scams millions and gets 3 years in a softy prison. What protections does the American Investor have?

Answer 1

Okay here is my advice to you... First I don't think our government is going to get over thrown... If you feel foreign investment is the way to go then maybe you should invest in a low expense fee, no load mutual fund that consists of over seas investments, or an ETF, or an Index fund that has overseas investments or bonds. You can open a brokerage account through scottrade it has no annual fee and if you want to trade individual stocks it is only $7. And since you're concerned about protection scottrade or any other financial institute (not banks) are backed up by SIPC up to 500,000. But just remember historically the US has been the safest place to put your money and offered decent returns.

Answer 2

well, if you like europe so much more than the US, why haven't you moved yet?

if capitalism is about to fail here, then why not get out while you still can?

Answer 3

Have you looked into trading foreign currencies?

If you think the US economy is going down the drain, then short the USDollar. Consequently, if you think the guys in europe are doing a great job with their economy, then you can open a long position on any european currency, such as the british pound, euro, DKK, etc.

- Jim http://jsforex.blogspot.com

Answer 4

Let me guess...you invested in CROX ?

Don't try to make a " killing" in the market...make long-term investments...energy, alternative energy, ag/chemicals...these things will be growing for years...WITH LOTS OF UPS AND DOWNS.... buy into REAL products..not loans and gimmicks...

...and as far as prison time...I remember two or three guys who are serving 25/30 year sentences for messing with money....and gang-bangers get 7 years for MURDER !!

( Weird priorities... gonna get weirder yet...when the " change" comes)

Answer 5

If you think that the US economy is being mismanaged and it's going downhill.  Then a good way to profit from this assessment is to short the stock market.  This way you will make money when the stock market declines.

Europe has higher ineterest rates.  And that's why Euro is a lot higher than the US dollar.  But a lot of european economies are also mismanaged.  And some european countries are now having worse economic problems than USA is having.

In a global economy, all economies are interrelated.  And if there is going to be a recession in USA.  Then there is going to be a recession in Europe too.

Answer 6

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