Osprey Newsletter Oct. 2011

During this time of economic turbulence–high unemployment, rising costs, no clear direction, no one listening to each other–we are failing to look at the obvious–this is temporary.

When we experience hard times we ‘feel’ like it will go on endlessly. It never does. Things continue to change. It is against all natural forces to become completely stagnant, frozen and remaining unchangeable into the future.

The course of commerce continues to flow, waxing and waning. It seeks a balance between buying price and selling price, supplying and manufacturing, and marketing and consumption. Obviously this can get out of balance causing a temporary excess in one direction.

But it will eventually return itself back to balance.

The “recovery” will come and most people will be taken by surprise.

There are so many books out now, predicting a dire future, economic collapse, global disarray and re-alignment of powers; the rise of precious metals as the only meaningful value for trade, and loss of our present standard of living.

I’ve heard and seen this sentiment several times over the years. This time, it is different due to wide-spread belief that this heralds an end of the world scenario or the end of democracy, etc.

Imagine their surprise when people slowly wake up to the reality that companies still make great products and services and sell them and people still buy them. Companies will begin to expand and hire again. And this will sweep us into the next era, bruised, but more appreciative of our wonderful system of supply and demand.

And of course the markets will respond positively too.

This entry was posted on Monday, October 17th, 2011 at 12:08 pm and is filed under Newsletters.