Axel Merk, the president of the Merk Mutual funds, is a well-known advocate of keeping your money in hard currencies as a hedge against inflation and rampant government spending and borrowing. His two funds, the Hard Currency fund and the Asian Currency fund, have held up well in the current financial meltdown. In this interview Mr. Merk explains how the economy got to where it is and what his outlook is for how the financial meltdown will proceed. Then he will offer his recommendations for what investors should do to weather the coming storm through the use of hard currencies.
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