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The Stock Market plunged today over 300 points for the third time this year! Oil hit an all-time Record High, and the Dollar hit an all-time Record Low. All on the dame day!

And yet the media talking heads continue to blather about a reported loss from AIG, a string of bleak economic data, worries about bond insurers, blah, blah, blah.

Are they stupid, ignorant, brainwashed, or afraid to tell the truth?

Why is our economy tanking?

The reason is really quite simple, but we won’t hear it on CNN or Fox.

On Sunday, February 17th, Iran opened the Iranian International Petroleum Exchange (IIPE). Also called the Iranian Oil Bourse, or locally as the Kish Bourse.

The bourse is competing directly against the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) as well as the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), both American companies that trade exclusively in US dollars. This will directly challenge US corporate banking domination of the international oil trade by accepting other currencies instead of the US dollar.

How does this effect our oil prices and our dollar value?

In 1971, the Federal Reserve cut its final ties to the Gold Standard. Realizing that a currency with nothing backing it would eventually become worthless, US bankers and authorities struck a deal with OPEC making the US dollar the primary currency for purchasing oil. Since then, the only reason our dollar has had any kind of value is because any country, before buying oil, needed to first buy US dollars. But US dollar dominance of the oil markets is fast becoming history, leaving the dollar without even a hint of a foundation.

The increases in oil and decreases in the US dollar over the last year are directly related to several companies and countries jumping ship and paying for oil with other currencies, mainly Euros and Yen. The Iranian Oil Bourse is the largest threat to dollar value yet.

Why did we invade Iraq?

Again, very simple. And, surprise, it had nothing to do with WMDs. In December, 2000, Iraq, with the world’s second largest oil reserves, stopped accepting US dollars for its oil. It was a direct threat to the value of our dollar, and the precise reason why invaded.

The Iranian Oil Bourse is why we have been threatening Iran.

So the next time you see some economic analyst blaming the high price of oil on supply, or demand, or a refinery fire; or the next time you see the drop of the US Dollar blamed on the price of tea in China, you can call “bullshit” and know exactly why.

Still the downturn in prices and building of inventories is starting to attract second home buyers from Florida looking for cool temperatures in our mountains. Also the dramatic decline in the dollar combined with weakness in American real estate markets are beginning to interest some bargain hunting European investors.

Ron Holland, Broker/Realtor with Wolf’s Crossing Realty. See http://www.ronaldholland.com Ron markets resale mountain and ski resort properties in Wolf Laurel and The Preserve at Wolf Laurel.

Work in the entrepreneurial arena requires strong, positive thinking. It takes a powerful, optimistic attitude to bulldoze those mountains of negative thoughts and nay-saying advice into the asset column of a new venture. We all love clean, fresh ideas. They inspire and challenge us; but there’s almost nothing as sad as a great, life-changing inspiration deflating like a punctured balloon.

So why do we hold up our ideas to criticism? We do it because there is only one thing sadder than a great idea being shot down. It’s the crisis of a life torn apart from chasing after a poorly conceived and improperly planned venture. As a friend once said about an empty flea market he was trying to sell, “The movie says ‘If you build it they will come’. I built it and nobody came.”

His idea so great no business plan was required. He didn’t need a business plan to sell his family home he had mortgaged to build the flea market either.

Why be negative? Be negative because the negatives are everywhere in the marketplace. We usually refer to them as reality. You can’t ignore them any more than you can ignore gravity when you jump off a bridge. No matter how positive your beliefs you’re going to fall and you’re probably going to get soaked.

Your business plan holds your idea up to all the lights of reality. It figures out what knowledge and how many dollars and how much time it will take to reach your goal.

It not only gives you a path to follow and packages your concept so that strangers can decide to give you money; it tells you if you have the resources and capabilities to pull it off. Most of us want to throw ourselves into new ideas, but often times the honeymoon is short and the consequences of our commitments are long and painful.

There’s an old baseball executives’ adage that says often the best trades are the ones you didn’t make. The same is true in business. The best deal you may ever make might be saying no to an idea that requires unique skills or more money than you can raise. Your business plan can save you that jump off the bridge. Think of the people who rely on you for support. Be smart; be careful.

There is a free report that can answer your questions about funding your venture.
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