I mentioned this before--but I knew with a lot of confidence that the dollar was going to dip prior to 9/11--but I had no money to invest--so I missed the gold train.
No--of course I didn't know 9/11 was going to happen to way it did. It just made sense the dollar was going to dip. The stock boom was over. The bubble burst, we were going into recession, there was no reason to see another economic boom for some time.
Then after 9/11, there was much stronger reason to see it dip even more. War--a looming deficit which was once thought to not come back for decades, then Iraq--even bigger deficits and the economy was still offtrack.
Darnit--if I just bought some foreign currency back then--the dollar back then was like 1.6 Euros. Now a dollar will get you about 0.7 Euros!
ETF mentioned this: investing in Indian currency. Seems to make sense to me. The Indian economy is supposed to be growing tremendously, while our own is on shaky ground.
LADOC--not to get too dramatic about it--but I've read several similar sources of info that you posted, and by guys I trust. I'm not trying to create some type of rivalry with those that disagree with you. I think you got solid reasons for wanting to invest in metals. I also think that several people that don't accept the the instability of the dollar don't see the thin ice we're on with our economy now.
In addition to metals--being that other countries aren't projected to have weaker economies as ours possibly will in the future--I've considered foreign currency exchange. I'm still studying it myself.
Another area I considered investing in is alternative energies--given the energy price increases we've had. Supposedly markets for solar & wind have increased quite a bit. Problem I have is I can't find any 1 particular company which seems to be a good stock buy. Several of the bigger companies from what I understand such as GE are now investing a lot into alternative energies--and those corporations are giants compared to the pure alternative energy companies.
Last thing I'm considering is real estate. The market is slowing down, but I'm also in a position where I would like to live in a place on my own for now, that I own. Another thing (and this is a local thing, not something that'd concern people here) is that I'm in a market where there is possible room to go up, despite the national real estate cool down.