Time To Head Out of Dollar Dodge?

Time To Head Out of Dollar Dodge?

I
think I have read in five different places that Jimmy Rogers is moving
all of his assets out of US dollars. He is said to favor Chinese yuan,
Japanese yen and Swiss francs.

No doubt you are also aware he favors a whole myriad of commodities too.

The argument that says the US is doomed is very popular is some circles and always sounds smart and plausible.

I think this theory is correct directionally, but not correct in terms of magnitude.

I think the dollar will get weaker but not collapse in such a manner that life as we know it changes.

I think interest rates will be generally higher but not high like in
1981. Most of the current rates across the curve are very low by
historical standards. I believe they will just head back up to normal
or maybe a touch higher. This would crowd some people out of getting a
mortgage and slow things down but again would not be ruinous.

I think US equities will return less than the average 10% we all
read about. If the US market averages 6% per year, a US based investor
will either need to save more, invest abroad or both. This necessitates
more research/learning - not waiting in line at a soup kitchen.

I do believe the "US is doomed" argument is worth studying and
understanding. First of all, it could turn out to be right. If it turns
out to be correct directionally, regardless of magnitude, I think it
will be people like Jim Rogers who we can learn from about what the
problems are and how to mitigate them.

I have tried to explore other countries and asset classes in my
writing and utilize some of these locations/investment products in
accounts that I manage. I would expect to go further down this road for
clients as this decade starts to wind down. My weighting to foreign has
been in the mid-thirties for several years now, I have mentioned
several times that I expect to get closer to 50% in the next few years.

A lot can happen between here and there, but the idea is to look
down the road and think a little bit about how the US markets might
evolve, how that impacts you and what you might do if things
deteriorate by some amount in the US.