2012 Expectations

The EU circus

I expect that Europe finds a stable solution and this crises ends or at least we can see that changes are truly happening and confidence starts to rise in the markets. Politicians have the means to solve this situation if they just find the backbone to truly do what is needed. Nobody is going to be kicked out of EU, leaving voluntarily would also be very unexpected. Although some countries would be stronger by creating so called Nordic Union, leaving these southern spenders out, our politicians prefer holding on to our current system and try to avoid embarrassment of admitting their failed euro adventure.

Here's a question: have you ever heard of not putting all of your eggs in one basket?!  Diversify!!
With proper diversification not a single bank or nation had reason to worry about themselves. Greedy  f*cks.

USA

Well this is the big question. Electing a new president is scary. Will we see a new monkey president (I mean Bush kinda useless idiots) or someone with some true guts and will to go after changes. Obama has seem to be a good leader but he has been forced to use his energy to battle his own people. Even if the president is a good character there is still the huge risk of idiotic rivaling political parties who do what ever they can to stop the other from making any true and meaningful changes. 

World economy

Blurp* Sorry, feels like I tried to swallow a mountain. At worst the EU nations will experience a time of quietness when trust to financial stability of all nations and their banks and businesses is build back up. The USA could have a much bigger impact on the whole world if they are unsuccessful at making real changes this year. Asia keeps growing and evolving at some rate no matter what we westerners do here. Also Africa is more likely to experience some sort of growth no matter what. South-America is the one I´m having hard to understand at the moment. I seriously must learn to speak Spanish and start to follow that area more closely because local media is giving us shit.

Where to invest?
 If times get more dangerous instead of peaceful do not hesitate with your investing. Do your research to find those quality companies that are strong and profitable. Right now Europe is filled with companies that will give you good returns just because their stock has been hit so low. With proper research you can find the really good ones and sleep your nights with a smile. It doesn't matter where you invest, always do your best to decide whether or not it is a stock worth buying.

Price of gold

If we see that this period of uncertainty is behind us then these small investors that bought gold in fear or because of speculation will sell. Price will take a noticeable dip but if big holders do no start to sell then decline of prices will stop before $1350. So if the price stabilizes to still a high level, by time it will continue to rise as investors will continue to believe in gold as an investment and major investors are still holding their own. We will continue to see steady growth in the price of gold as we have seen for the past years till June 2011. Gold bubble will burst some day but I think it wont be during 2012.

                                                  Finland

I live here so I should say something about it. This Euro circus makes things on the ground level to feel quite unsure at the moment. Finnish government is raising taxes and cutting funding so small communities are having a much more problematic futures if  they aren't able to survive on their own. Finding new start-up companies will be at least a bit harder and it is already way too hard and in need of political will to support our start-ups more. Finland largely depends of exporting goods, so especially how the EU changes in the future will strongly affect how our government feels financially. No matter what happens in the financial world Finland can survive it and wait for stronger times to come.

Lastly

End of Days!!

It will be hilarious to follow how everybody will react to the prediction that the world will end during 2012. Enjoy! ;)