This has been keeping me up late at night. Too late, for too long.

I don't have a pathological need to win at investing, I just want to preserve savings and grow in proportion with my slice of the pie. For various technical reasons, I don't think cryptocurrencies are viable. I don't think actually owning gold is viable - security, trust, and storage problems never go away regardless how indirect the investment is.

I don't like the idea of maintaining forex balances, though I've been kicking myself from USD:EUR of .93 as it free falls (.85 as of this message).

It feels like companies and countries may find a way to reach equilibrium. I've bought small amounts of the UK property companies mentioned in Non-US stocks, and wish I'd bought more. I have a feeling that at some point, I would regret having excessive foreign holdings for the same reason you want to avoid US holdings. My sense is to expect a worse variant of Japan/JPY following the 1980s, as experienced as a Japanese citizen. Your thoughts and suggestions for investments have been very appreciated, though.

It seems like we are approaching the logical conclusion of electing a dishonest person who serially filed for bankruptcy to the chief executive position the country and maybe the consequences are inescapable. After all, money is just a high level representation of trust.