Keep an eye on the Dollar value.

[Nec_V20]

The main thing which could easily come out of the entire government shutdown/default lunacy is that the dollar value could drop and this will immediately impact the prices.

So I would advise you to keep an eye open to the exchange value for the dollar and if it starts going up (i.e. having to pay more dollars for a foreign currency) then you should consider buying before the prices rise to match.

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-ViRGE

 

[Blain]

So I would advise you to keep an eye open to the exchange value for the dollar and if it starts going up (i.e. having to pay more dollars for a foreign currency) then you should consider buying before the prices rise to match.

Don't you mean the value of the dollar starts "dropping"?

The US Government doesn't have a policy of strengthening the dollar... QE1, QE2, QE3, QE forever.