Where to Invest $5000 in Today's Climate

Proponents of cyclic investing follow the bulls and theafter the flocking to cash in the 80's because inflation
big money. It is true there is a certain pattern that themeant interest rates were raised to unprecedented
market leaders follow during various phases of thelevels of 20% and more, in a bid to try and reduce
economic cycle. These people are fund managers andconsumer spending, was a new commodity was
high net worth individuals that take the lead and followadded to the economic mix.
the line of least resistance.Whether the dot com economy will again roar back to
If you look back to the oil crisis of the 70's it directlylife is anybody's guess. But if you have $5000 dollars
preceded the real estate boom, which is not unliketo invest, history, although not a perfect indicator can
what is happening now. When oil prices sky rocket, thetell you a lot about where the smart money is going
commodities sector takes off too, like copper, tin, goldnext. I personally believe, despite the doom and gloom,
and silver. The mining sector always comes to life andwe are headed for another spike in consumer
many a fortune has been made buying speculativeconfidence and as per the patterns of the past,
mining stocks for 10 cents a share and seeing it go tointerest rates will soar, meaning putting your money into
$10,00 a share in a short amount of time. Nearlycash by simply depositing it in a bank will be the next
anything mining gets a free ride to its highs.big thing. However, I would also be looking at the
These market leaders follow the same similar path ininternet and getting some foot hold in the virtual real
the economic climate and what happened last time,estate that is so cheap right now.