" I wouldn't worrry about the US$, its still much safer than any other currency, so everyone still loves it."

Wow! Do a little reading on this, you'd be surprised about the expectations, or should I say non-expectations for the USD. Heard about the new "world bank" arising, consisting of most of the powerful unhappy-with-the-US countries. And you bet, China is in there. Countries are already trading outside of the US currency, Russia, China, South America, etc.. Anyone heard of the new US currency being anticipated? It's a brave new world folks and the US position looks increasingly rocky. We wait to see.