Financially Forward: Gerald Harris

Think about Asian tigers, and countries like China, Japan, and South Korea come to mind.  Vietnam is not one of them – at least not yet.  But that could change soon enough, as it is expanding ties with economic partners around the world, developing relationships with others, and has implemented economic policies and reforms favorable to business.  Even as we are watching, it is becoming a regional economic power to be reckoned with and flexing its muscles. 

Considering how weird and unpredictable the world has become, is it time to start prepping?  Maybe the question should be rephrased: Isn’t it long overdue to prep?   

We’re hearing a lot more about prepping these days than we used to.  If you’re not familiar with the term, preppers essentially believe in Murphy’s Law: Anything that can wrong will go wrong – well, in any case, it might.  Prepping “is a way of anticipating and adapting to impending conditions of calamity by preparing homes, rooms, and bunkers to survive,” theconversation.com explains.  Preparing includes many things – many more than what comes to mind at first glance.

Disney made its reputation early in Hollywood’s history by producing animated films, cartoons, and the like.  Even decades later, they still have plenty of appeal and charm, but the company’s long-term ambitions went far beyond the silver screen.  And as the company grew, the Disney brand became famous, trusted, highly-regarded, and brought in streams of revenues and profits. 

While the media is focusing on the war, other news has been pushed to the back burner.  But gradually we are beginning to learn more about these stories, and many of them are truly shocking.  

What happens when the bills come in faster than they can be paid?  Millions of Americans are trying to figure out an answer to this question, but so far no one has.  In the interim the problem has only been getting worse.  

Some people are afraid to watch Frankenstein and Dracula movies, films about monsters attacking cities, and invasions of space creatures in UFOs.  But these pale compared to attacks we are now seeing that are much scarier.  They can be very lethal. And they don’t leave any fingerprints.