Blogging, Clients, and the Impending European Implosion

In the first week of October, it became obvious that what needed to be done in Europe to avoid a financial crisis which will become a global financial crisis will not only not be done -- it is being ignored and economic history denied in immoveable Orwellian terms.  The EU Summit was a colossal failure and, despite media reports to the contrary, nine countries, other than the UK which opposes the Treaty changes, must consult their parliaments and Ireland may need to seek public approval.  Since the euro has never survived a public vote, it will be interesting to see to what extent the EU will go to suppress any public vote in Ireland or elsewhere as it did in Greece prior to staging its coup d'etat and deposing the democratically elected government of Greece.

To hear more of my analysis, including my concern that the euro has become an enemy of democracy, of the European economic crisis, listen to my most recent radio interview here.

It became my duty to serve my consulting and advisory clients to get them to position themselves appropriately consistent with their business model and to rebalance individual portfolios defensively.   Anyone who has not taken by advice or implemented my advice: Good Luck.  Desired results require decisive and informed action.

Consequently, I have not been blogging despite have several large articles researched which I have not had the time to write.  I would like to write everyday.  However, I do not like to write just to write but when I have something substantive to say.  What little advertising is on this blog site is obvious and minimal.  The links --- all links --- within my blogs are substantive sources and often offer different views.  No links within my blogs are advertising, which I find a repugnant practice.  Blogging is not about making money; it is about ideas and communication and discussion.  Other bloggers, not all, have found my practice of link referencing sources, much as academic papers would be referenced, and providing extended reading material through those links as impediments to cross publication.  On the other hand, individual opinions without substantiation seldom rise to Proustian levels. It also means I do not close my mind to different viewpoints and attempt to remain true to the data and the developing macroeconomic environment.  I have never been a joiner of cliques and have been schooled in critical thinking in which no one's opinions, including my own, are sacrosanct.  If this offends others, so be it.


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