Once again the Chicken Littles of the U.S. mainstream media are “warning us” that the sky could fall, because of “bubbles in China”. Somehow, all of the U.S.’s gigantic/precarious bubbles are completely invisible to these Chicken Littles. Whose bubbles are bigger? Whose bubbles are worse? The answer could not be more obvious.

On one side, we have the Specs. On the other, the Banks. Which side will win? With open interest near record levels in both gold and silver, we're likely not going to have to wait much longer to find out.

Those who internationalize are like a surfer who is surfing several beaches at the same time, picking the best waves to try to ride, then backing out of each prior to its inevitable crash. This diversification offers considerably greater opportunity for the investor than he could ever achieve in any one jurisdiction.