The coming era will lead us to lose the certainties we thought we had in life. We will realise that housing prices don't always go up, that banks cannot always guarantee that your money is safe, that our pensions may not be safe and that fiat money is not by definition reliable. In fact, I think currencies are going to collapse in the era to come, maybe not today or tomorrow, but they are likely to collapse. This is why I own physical gold. It is God's way (or nature's way if you like) of saying that iPads, Ferraris, designer clothing and working 75 hours a week while hardly spending time with your family are not right. This is not a bad time, this is a really good time. Things are changing and we are lucky to be a part of it. That's just my tuppence.

Koetjeboe,, thanks for the wealth of information you have supplied. TA stuff was fantastic, I have been buying on this weakness since the PP's are to close soon and the selling pressure "should" subside. Yes it is interesting times we live in. Recognition, acceptance, and reaction. Sounds like a divorce. LOL.

I have grandchildren, and today's kids are much smarter and more adaptable to changes in culture, religion, technology and even politics. They are our future. Humanity is moving in the cerebrial path and eventually power struggles will dissipate and the world will be a much friendly place. Global villages are popping up all over the developed world and it will be the children of these people who will lead our world in to a kinder more tolerant and acceptable society. I have faith in our children and their children, they will lead us from Hell.