economic BOOM ?????? I think you have been drinking your own Kool Aid, Old Timer. LOL...Lmao...heh heh... What do you think? HMMMMM!!!! :) Huge debt bubble will burst just like all bubbles burst. Global liquidity already drying up. Assets being unloaded worldwide. Money created out of thin air is disappearing into thin air. Perma bulls are a dime a dozen. Just listen to the business channels through any day. It is always easy to be a bull. Look at the Perma Bulls at the tops of 2000 and 2007. (You are a great example) They could not believe it. Secular bear markets always sneak up on the perma bulls. They also last longer than Perma Bulls expect. This secular bear is not over. Please turn out the lights on your way out.