The article mentioned how a booming China and India are increasing food prices, because as China and India become wealthy they can afford to eat and live like we do.

China and India are partly the reason for the commodities sharp rise.

If he can make toys, why cant he print and sell treasurys to China?

pid=20601213&sid=a7lAsPVUwcu0&refer=homeJim Rogers Says Worried About Dollar, Favors China By Chua Kong Ho and Nipa PiboontanasawatJan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Jim Rogers, chairman of Singapore- based Rogers Holdings, said investors should be “worried†about the U.S. dollar, and recommended selling government bonds and buying raw materials, China stocks and the yen. “If I were you, I would be worried about the U.S. dollar,†said Rogers, 66, in a speech at the Asia Financial Forum in Hong Kong today. “The Americans are printing U.S. dollars.

Amusing to see Russia and China move away from socialism toward capitalism while we move in the other direction."

:-) Dollar store(s) in China?

With QE3 all but guaranteed, investors will continue to run to gold as they have been.The demand for the metal will not go down in the manufacturing sector as China is cranking up to full capacity again and India will always buy; the 'safe haven' status will only get strengthened by the further debasement of currency.SLW, SVM, GG, GORO are especially strong right now due to the consolidation in January.

It will be interesting to see how Canada responds to this compared to the US, given that they US has put itself in an "awkward" position with having to continue trade with China.

China is flexing its muscle.

. - one concern was the supply chain, which Steve Jobs once mentioned that U.S. would have a difficult time investing with that sort of infrastructure that China has to support the product: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesleadershipforum...Anyway, a long discussion perhaps enough to jog conversation!