Steve Berryman: The “what-ifs” of 2012

Steve Berryman  The “what-ifs” of 2012  Originally published December 16, 2011 http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_columnist.htm?StoryID=129561

Are you in stocks, bonds, gold, or real estate? Or, what if life is just paycheck-to-paycheck, and choices made daily contain immediate consequences? With a record number of imponderables hanging over our heads like Damocles’ sword, how does one function financially, or as a business, in our new world of “never seen that one before”?

Being able to see just over the horizon has been necessary for planning and investment decisions since the beginning of time. Watching trends and monitoring indicators had been useful tools.

A predictability of risk had made choices and investment easier, and trends more trustable. With the consequences of the Great Recession still upon us — no matter the political definition — we must consider the sheer number of “what-ifs” surrounding us carefully... http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/opinion/display_columnist.htm?StoryID=129561

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