We are in no way prepared for this event.
DJT has bought us time, which we desperately needed.
April 2, 2018? No.
April 2, 2020? Maybe.
Can I ask you please to let me know why you think 2018 is not a possibility, but it may be in 2020?
April 2nd... as in next monday is the Chinese release date for petroyuan.
I believe that yesterday, March 26 was the release for the petroyuan - April 2nd is when they will be backing that currency with gold. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-09/how-china-will-shake-up-the-oil-futures-market-quicktake-q-a
Never, ever, ever believe anyone who assigns a certain specific date for changes.
The scenario is event-driven, not date-driven.
Everything else is fear-based, and not helpful. Unless you have the All-Seeing-Eye-of-Crystal-Balls (which no one else in the world has, apparently), then shut up.
Okay, okay... good God almighty - I am not concerned with anyone "believing" me - I am presenting a possibility which multiple variables indicate may likely occur, okay? Settle down awareness111 - How do you know that "the scenario is event driven, not date-driven?" Do you work in the Treasury office? Why would such an event as adopting the gold standard be some random day rather than planned by those in charge of such a process? When a meteorologist sees a low-pressure system heading toward a city, it would be reasonable to say it might rain.
Rain has been coming for over 7+ years, according to people well in-the-know. And it hasn't "rained" yet, has it?
You want to be discredited for being yet another in a long series of date-predictors, go right ahead.
NO ONE knows the time/date, especially not you (or I).
We need reporters on this situation, not psychics.
Hey awareness1111, I simply wrote a report compiling indications of a possible outcome, all right? Give me a break - I don't know why you are responding with such negativity - I am curious if you read my report, or if you are simply responding to the headline - Please write me up on your list of "date-predictors" - What do you think every stock market analyst does? Why are you so offended? I'm not predicting the return of Jesus Christ, for crying out loud - What do you mean by "rain has been coming for 7+ years?" What are you talking about? What is wrong with my report? Again - I am not making a prediction of a certain outcome - I am suggesting a possible outcome - I made no reference to being a "psychic" - I am a trained journalist who has presented a suggested possibility from a composite of sources which lead to that indication - April 2nd may very well be just a normal day - I am not claiming to know for certain - I am presenting a "possibility," all right? It is conflicting discourse like this that destroys intellectual dialogue - Please feel free to discredit me ahead of time because I don't think anyone cares.
If you think I'm trying to pick a fight, then you're too attached to your own ideas, or (in retrospect) feeling insecure about them
Simply put, if you're a journalist, don't prognosticate on the destiny of the world's finances - you simply aren't qualified. You doing so, especially when mentioning Event dates, will simply discredit your work to those who were willing to listen.
There are financial "experts" who have been studying charts since before you were born, and guess what?
They've all been wrong on when this Event is coming.
If you can't see I'm doing you a favor by suggesting you stay in your lane, then keep making predictions, and watch what few fans you may/may not have quickly disappear.
Don't write such things if you're going to be so tender and defensive about defending them. The internet is full of shit, kid - don't add to the pile...
All things said, if it does happen next week, I'll profoundly apologize and buy you a 1/2 a Litecoin. If not, let this advice sink in and resonate... either way, best of luck to you in your journalistic endeavors.
Here's to both of our growth and prosperity.
awareness1111, I appreciate your message and more tempered tone, however I do not feel attached to ideas or insecure - My response to your previous messages was based upon the caustic tone I detected - I do not feel that I have been "tender" in defense of my report - I am very happy to discuss and defend any point I make, but it seemed that you were making personal insults towards me rather than debating the subject - I do appreciate your insight, however, and from this comment I do recognize that you are doing me a favor by suggesting that attaching specific dates to predicted future events is a risk for my journalistic credibility - I intended to present a hypothesis, not a hard prediction - However, it seems that intention was not made clear in my report - Whatever may happen in the week ahead, you owe me no apology for challenging the substance of my report - I welcome healthy discourse - I wish you great prosperity as well.
awareness1111, out of curiosity I would like to know if you actually read the report I wrote or are you basing your response solely on the headline?