I'm thinking of investing more into the 8% fund but PPR has experienced massive growth as well as a few acquisitions and its tough to tell if they have the same corporate structure and culture as when I initially invested.

Not to mention Chinese money is flowing into the San Gabriel Valley (LA) where they are buying whole blocks sight unseen.

The tech culture can be a bit frenzied and Im not into that anymore but if I was 25 years old and starting out, there is probably no better place to start a career.

But there are major cultural differences between what is acceptable.

Foreigners can own homes in the US, in LA Chinese money is really driving up prices.

I didn’t mind the cold showers, eating Chinese food 7 days a week, and sleeping on dusty plywood with spiders everywhere lol.

Some cultural community centers also have people on hand who are qualified to help bridge the language and cultural gap.

We are debasing the value of the debt we owe to our creditors, slowing the Chinese economy (detering imports), promoting exprots and our manufacturing sector - which we desperately need and encouraging investment rather than saving.It also makes foreign direct investment in the US more attractive to overseas investors rahter than buying our debt.The dollar will likely decrease further and remain low for sometime but it will come back.

Calkin (Culture of Corruption) and Beck( Arguing with Idiots) have written books that have THOUSANDS of footnotes to back up the message.

I work as a commidities broker and deal with companies globally and now have many friends and associates from all cultures.