It is sad to say, but it seems to me that investors trust corporations more than the US government.  Given the choice would you rather invest in politicians by buying bonds that yield next to nothing in return for your investment or invest in Procter and Gamble, GE, Microsoft or even Google?  I know that the government will certainly spend the money on something that may or may not benefit the country.  Financially, we are so overleveraged it is a joke with China owning the majority of our trillion plus dollar debt?  We would certainly be bankrupt if we were a corporation.  Market competition demands that companies hire the best minds to earmark investment for something that will benefit the Company giving it a competitive advantage.  The Company has to make money or its debt load will eventually sink it below the minimum listing requirements of an exchange resulting in bankruptcy.  Not a good investing opportunity.  Investors are looking for hot stocks. Stock market analysis points many directions when looking at the current market in respect to other periods of enormous default on notes.  It’s certain banks will fail, companies will fail and the government will falter.  However, large corporations and agile corporations that have good access to capital in conjunction with a unique business model will flourish. Defensive sectors and the DOW in general as a defensive market for world investments leads me to like the US markets and the Swiss market cause they are above the law with caves full of gold.

So 12,000-15,000 on the DOW between 2011 and 2013 is greatly possible and remember that trading futures is extremely risky.  It should only be attempted by very experienced investors who have filled out the necessary FINRA compliance paper work with their broker dealer in addition to consulting a FINRA Registered Representative before making any investment decision.

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Traversing the EU landscape is quite difficult and looking for penny stocks in Europe as it is full of quicksand, xenophobia, far right nationalism, far left radical cells, centrist mouthpieces, landmines, and far worse. How would anyone ever think that a group of countries that have invaded one another, fought against, alongside, hated each other, made peace, only to begin again, committed war crimes/atrocities in the last decade, then take into consideration all the unique cultures mashed together and you have a powder keg for disaster. Surprisingly, didn’t the EU see that the real trade enemy was not the “Chinese at the Gates” dumping product? In fact, the undoing of the EU may come at its own hand. Hot stocks can still be found.

While traveling through Europe in September and October, I couldn’t help but notice some interesting things that were going on. Well, Switzerland doesn’t belong to the rest. I have to say that I always say the Swiss run everything the same way the second hand of a ROLEX ticks perfectly on your wrist. Switzerland is always a step ahead of the game already knowing all possible outcomes and what it risks in every scenario. Well, France and Italy, I discovered, were nothing close to Switzerland. It’s a given that there will be groups of French, who enjoy getting the best of Jenson under their breath while enjoying the safety in numbers principle. And I say bless them, they were so kind to give us Champagne, Croissants, Universal Surrender Techniques, and 101 ways to prove to yourself that philandering is okay. I’m sure you can find a lot of stock picks with popular products derived from France. There was a deeper need to be upset with me for having had the audacity to be AMERICAN, so I had to look deeper into this. The fact is that beyond Societe General the bank, I am not that excited about France’s economy as they suffer the same affliction many of their Socialist counterparts… Labor Unions and the retirement packages they have secured. I guess when you have entire parties in these countries driven into office by unions the lobbyists have some power. However, in a country quickly losing its ability to remain competitive compared with emerging competition from countries where forming unions is punishable by firing squad, there is very little light. You can’t have an aging population, full pay and benefits for life, and generally poor standards until your 800 pound gorilla is standing on your head relieving itself. Keep looking for hot stock picks.