Stock market trader fear not whether the economy is going up or down, or going super up or super down.

Credit crunch?
Stock sell-down?

If credit crunch, then normal.
If stock sell-down, then your friend must be super rich and super high status (to have the privilege to receive such news, provided it is real news and not fake).

Weak ringgit is because of weak economy, not that the weak ringgit will help the already-weakened economy.
Only a strong ringgit is favorable.
Ask yourself which is better, walking with a clutch or without one?
Only if you're a handicap will you need a clutch.
Similarly only an already-weakened economy will require a weak ringgit.
If the economy is already weak, it will still not serve you any way positively with weaker ringgit.
A weaker ringgit can only lessen the pain, and not there to help the economy.

If the global economy is already weak, people will still cut down on spending despite weaker ringgit.
Don't fool yourself that with weaker ringgit means your order book will fatten up.

It is because of R&D (technology), not currency.
By right you should also know this too.

Someone has pointed out before that the yen is actually more valued than the ringgit. It was because of some accounting that the yen is in multiple digit.

Ask yourself why would foreigners buy Malaysian goods?
Just because of cheap RM?
Really? I mean, really?

A currency is in demand because the country can provide what is needed by foreign demand, not because of cheap stuff unless you're talking about commodities.
Hi-tech stuff like those provided by Japan and European countries like Germany make their currencies stronger.
Euro is still strong because Germany is backing up the currency.
If German leaves the EU, the Euro will collapse into worthlessness.

You're looking from a very short-term and narrow perspective.

This post has been edited by Dorky: Jul 3 2013, 10:15 PM

Wealth does not last 3 generations.
Destiny can change within 1 generation.

I also share such vision, but originally from my own insight.
Last time when I shared such vision I was labeled as some communist/socialist.

I think the Zeitgeist movement works because it sounded scientifically/technologically efficient, although the main driving force is about sharing/equality.

As long as you really understand my message is already good enough.
I can be 200% original if I wanted to but so what?

Yes, such vision can only work perfectly IF everyone (100% of everyone) is effective and effective or at least have the initiative to be as effective and efficient as possible PLUS with a caring heart.
Such vision/system would not work if the population remain lazy, couldn't care less, don't give a damn, parasitic, selfish, etc.
It's too bad that human nature is like this, and thus needs to have hell and chaos as forced evolution.

If human nature is selfish and evil, all system will be abused and corrupted. No system no matter how good will be save.
If human nature is selfless, caring and kind, no system whatsoever is needed.

That is why there is a very beautiful Christian parable about a person being taken on a tour to hell and heaven by an angel and he was shown people in hell suffer because they are all lacking but only think of helping themselves but in heaven everyone enjoy despite equally lacking but because they think of helping each others. Simple parable and simple lesson. But nobody give a hoot to understand and reflect on it. A hamsap lou (lewd guy) will brush such thing aside and continue with his hamsap activity. An unscrupulous bizmen will brush such thing aside and continue with his unscrupulous biz cheating activity. So when you have hamsap lou continue to be hamsap, unscrupulous bizmen continue to be unscrupulous, and corrupt politician continue to be corrupt, and ultimately find no peace and everyone suffers, who is actually qualified (sin-free) to do the blame game?

If being selfish is truly valid, then it would be very easy for me.
I would kill you and then use selfishness as justification.
And if I have power, I will enforce such justification.
But of course if you're the victim, you will say I am wrong and evil.
That's obvious, because selfishness is never valid.

In reality, everyone is foolish and deluded.
In reality, everyone would see himself as above average.
In reality, everyone would see himself as "I am more right/better than you."
In reality, a valid solution will be provided but no one will take it and instead go for "intoxication" to intensify the problem.

In reality, I will kill you or rob you blind and say I am right and I will continue doing so until I either get killed or robbed by you in return or die by natural death.
In reality, you will kill me and say you yourself is right and you will continue doing so until you either get killed or robbed by me or die by natural death.
In reality, I will say I am always right and you will also do the same.
In reality, we are both idiots.

By your own, you should already have the answer.
Being selfish, you will have an answer.
Being selfless, you will have another answer.
Being wise, you will have yet another answer.

Who cares?

Then tell me how can you and your mom got onto a boat with a total stranger in the first place?

Or maybe structure the question differently.
Your mom is a murderer and a good samaritan are drowning, who will you save? Your murderer mom or the good samaritan stranger?