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GOLD and your portfolio

walt — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:25:17 +0000

When I was growing up it seemed we where always hearing news of Fort Knox and all the gold inside its vaults. Have you heard anything lately? Oh I know I could Google it right now. But No one seems to talk about the old standard except maybe Ron Paul. I wonder why especially since the dollar is deflating and Gold is Sky rocketing. Oh in a past life I was in the Market and in the Offshore Oil Business. Sometimes I find myself dreaming about it at night, then I wake up the next day (like this morning) and wonder about this world and its illusions. If the Financial world was a piece of art I can see it is unbalanced and has too weak a armature.

So it seems to me all the financial advisers are in the dark ages when they tell you Gold Should only be 5% of your investment portfolio. Remember when Gold was $340 an ounce? Da! I say minimum investment in Gold should be between 8-15% of your investment. We never should have gotten off the Gold and Silver Standard.

Reminds me of Peter Sellers as Chance the Gardner you know the movie with Shirley McClain? Can’t remember the movie title though. Any way if you have not seen it get it. Very Funny!

OK I am going to the Studio now enough of this balancing of my check book stuff. Thanks for helping me purge all that before I go.

Veterans Day

walt — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:20:31 +0000

Sacred Ground

I started to write Happy Veterans Day but deleted it. I am not in the mood to say happy on veterans day at least not this year.

I am more melancholy than happy today, over the years of Veterans days I have had many different moods from Angry to Happy and everything in between. I am trying to figure out whether Iam just feeling sorry for myself or just feeling period. You see I have been working with Veteran’s coming home from Iraq , Afghanistan and other combat veterans from Beirut to Panama and Central America. Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome they call it. You know when a veteran comes home from Iraq and and pulls somebody over for driving wreck-less wraps the seat belt around the drivers head while screaming at him in poor Arabic slang. We ask why? Well his rules of engagement in country where to shoot any car driving wreck less near him or near anyone else for that matter, for months on end……. and then two more tours. One Vet could not cry anymore he was frozen and may not ever be able to have a intimidate relationship again, ever.

It’s not that I am against supporting our troops I am just against supporting War of any kind right now. Maybe it was the report on increased Veterans suicide I watched last night on PBS. I know I am being naieve and unrealistic but give me a day off here I am a veteran and its Veteran’s Day. God Bless All the veterans of all the conflicts, take a day off. And Special prayer for Those who gave all.

Congradulations America

walt — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:02:43 +0000

Thank you everyone for getting out and voting. I am so proud to have heard that we broke records for the number of people who Voted. One hundred thirty million 54%, the largest ever and votes are still being tallied. My depression and anger has moved on, because we exercsed or right to be, for the people and by the people, everyone see’s we walk the walk of a democratic republic. The majority has chosen Obama, I send prayers to him and to John Mcain, may our leaders have the strenth and Principles to lead us forward toward a peaceful world.

Photo of Veterans Flag Ceramony at Nakai Breen’s-Medicine Wheel.

Election Day

walt — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:19:18 +0000

Salute to American Heros 911-Fireman sculptures

Hello everyone, Be sure and get to the polls today to execute our biggest freedom, the right to vote. Hopefully we will know by tomorrow who will be our next president and not have to wait a month for the results. i personally think this should be a national holiday to give it the importance it deserves. No matter who wins we all do because we have a peaceful elections and changing of the guard. God Bless America and the whole wide World.

Walt