Doom, Gloom & Apocalypse

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I'm a regular poster in the MTT forum, but often come down here for some light relief, however, this is my first post.

I've lived in Japan for 15 years, but have a good friend in USA who is forever sending me stuff warning of an impending USA-centric economic apocalypse. Housing bubble, balance of payments deficit, budget deficit, get all your money into gold etc. When I read this forum the outlook is generally up-beat and positive; spread your money around in US equities etc.

Does anyone else here ascribe to the meltdown theory?