Everybody lies. I never heard of a restaurant, car dealership, manufacturer that didn't fudge the books a little down to pay less taxes or up to get a loan. Anyway in the US housing speculation caused a glut of houses and sunk our economy, in China they have whole cities nobody lives in yet there is no implosion (population isn't growing either to need the extra housing).

China - Population growth rate - Historical Data Graphs per Year

News channels just hype up what is going on at the moment, there is no research going on to support any of it. If gold goes up they say it will keep climbing, if gold drops they are doom and gloom.



When the **** hits the fan (basically everyone notices that all the profits out there are debt that cannot be repaid) there isn't anything you can invest in to keep you safe (especially if you are one of the few super rich when the poor find out you stole their lives working for nothing).