That is politically impossible, unless you want to see the US in Civil War or something like that.
Furthermore you need to adjust those 1966 - 1982 values with inflation.
I am sorry but that scenario is not realistic. Even going below 10000 will be difficult to explain for the economical and political powers. It will truly need to be a Great Depression 2.
And don't worry about be short on it. By the time it happens the derivative market would have imploded and with it the margin you put with this call. So if it truly happens you are going to be on the negative side either way.
Very reasonable points, Sir.
Civil war? That's a walk in the park. We be talking here about a full blown REVOLUTION
Adjust numbers? Why bother? DEFLATION will do all the adjusting, like the total drying up of DEMAND, Prices in freefall, wallets tightening up to such a degree that SELLING/CLOSING (my profession) truly becomes an ARTFORM (which it already is, by the way)
Derivatives markets crashing? Do you think yours truly is going to wait around for that? No Sir, I'll have pulled out all MARKET SHORTS but my dollllllllars will be soaring in purchasing power as the MENTAL SHORT THE WORLD sets off the most defamed instrument in HISTORY, the US Dollar on an afterburner near vertical surge.
He, the US Dollar be BEAR's #1 beneficiary, the #2 having been the Yen. That's why the dead and broke one calls them the Twin Towers.
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A few years ago, bank officials were very irritated by me ordering Yen in large denominations (in a southeast Asian country) - you see they had to order these specially made by Toyota
Do they understand NOW? You bet they do!!!! Look at that gorgeous downtrend in ALL currencies versus YEN.
In essence, while THEY (all lowly currencies, even butlers, janitors and assholes) were hammering one Twin Tower ($), the other was hammering them all.
God, do I love it so.