We are in one of the ugliest periods in history. The economy is incredibly weak. The government is going to print money to fund enormous deficits for the next three to five years, and after a period of deflation we'll have severe inflation around 2015.rnTo survive as an investor in such a volatile environment, you need to have a very flexible thought process. In a low-growth economy, you are not likely to have a high-growth investment world. If you buy and hold U.S. equities and bonds for the next decade, you'll probably get a 6 percent return on equities and maybe 2 percent on bonds. This is where alternative investments come in.
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