Quote Originally Posted by InsaneApache View Post
If the US goes tits up it;s nucular.
Think it through. Suddenly the world's reserve currency is worthless. Why trust the Euro, pound or yen? Best keep liquid assets... erm. What exactly? And who is going to sell it?

If one relatively small institution can cause market paralysis, the biggst one in the world going belly up with uterly destroy the world as we know it.