Monday, May 7, 2007

France to roll back socialism?

Hell froze over yesterday, which is another way of saying that the conservative candidate in France's presidential elections beat the rear end of the socialist candidate, and one of the first things he says is that France is going to be a friend of the United States from now on.

Plus he's going to make some much needed economic reforms to rollback socialism in France. All of which will be good for investing, since the more financial freedom people have anywhere in the world, the greater the wealth creation within the world. That's good for investors all over the world, whether they invest in stocks, bonds or even money market funds.

We saved Eastern Europe from communism, only to see Western Europe fall to socialism. Hopefully this is a sign that the continent is not totally and hopelessly lost.