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Is this guy just a doomer porn guy?

http://pro.moneymappress.com/MMRBSSH39/ ... 778&h=true

Whenever I see him "interviewed", it's just some guy lobbing softballs up to the plate. This link is an elaborate book pitch, but does anyone take him seriously or even half-way so?
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He is definitely a doomer porn guy.  Eventually one of these guys may be right, but I feel like when you get too conspiratorial or sensational, you lose a lot of credibility.  He's been talking about a dollar implosion for years now, but when I look at a 20 year monthly chart, it looks like the dollar has put in a nice base since 2008 and is getting ready for a break out to the upside. 
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barrett wrote: Is this guy just a doomer porn guy?
Yes.
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Here's the message you get if you start watching the aforelinked video and you actually lose interest and try to close out that window:

Are you sure you want to leave this page?

********************
URGENT MESSAGE: WHAT IF I'M RIGHT?

My colleagues at the CIA are already beginning to prepare for the aftermath of this $100 trillion meltdown.  And I want to make sure you are too.

To help you stay safe I want to rush you a 100% FREE copy of my book The Death of Money, with the controversial unpublished chapter. But that's not all.

I'm also going to send you, FREE OF CHARGE, a comprehensive series of investment resources I have prepared that will protect your wealth including my 6-part Digital Debriefing video series, and three market intelligence briefings.

I want to make sure you do not fall victim to this unavoidable catastrophe.

Click the "Stay on Page" to claim this FREE package.

- Jim Rickards
********************


Kinda creepy to see him talk about his "colleagues at the CIA." The funny thing for me is that I read Currency Wars about a year ago which started me on a search for a more diversified approach to investing. Rickards often seems to recommend holding 20% of your assets in gold. Ha! Only 20%? Time to rebalance. Can't believe you guys are dissing him. Have you seen the CHARTS?  :)
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I hate that kind of hard sell crap. Makes me want to run away as fast as possible. And it makes you seem like a common hustler.
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The website has a pop up that asks you if you are sure you want to navigate away.
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