On Assignment: Surviving a Global Meltdown

For every 100 guys that loses a buck there’s always one who scoops up a sack full of the stuff. An investment guru once told me to make sure that I was always on the positive side of financial imbalance. “If the petrol price skyrockets, make sure you’re selling the stuff. Not buying it,” he said moments before I slapped him with the flap of my empty wallet. It’s a crap example, I know. But he is right, in theory, of course. His type always is - even when their banks go belly up. Take a look at the oil men. Their can of the best is always in demand. Sure global gluttony of their product has declined. But who cares? They’re simply producing a little less. They stuck a bung in the old oil well and are resting their resource after mopping up the highest oil revenues in history. While the West is cutting back, shutting down and shitting themselves the oil men are happily snuggled under king-sized duvets stuffed with dollars waiting for it all to turn… the right side of economic imbalance. When angst is everywhere opportunity is easily missed. We’ve just got to dance around the ring for bit. Stay lose, flexible, ready to strike. So who is ready to rumble? One in a hundred. That’s all.

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