Nobody wants the dollar to collapse, but inevitably it is going to lose substantial value and it's not really a fact that can be altered. We're really living in a phony economy built on spending and excess credit, and government debt is far too high that it can ever be serviced for 100% on the dollar. As soon as the world realizes that the U.S. will not be able to make good on its debts, the party is over. The question is when will this happen. If you look back at the dot-com or housing bubble, there was a catalyst event that caused investors to look more closely at the realities of the situation. The Dot-com catalyst was the anti-trust ruling against Microsoft, and the catalyst for the housing crash was the failure of Lehman Brothers. I bet the U.S. catalyst will be either runaway inflation or a persistently high unemployment rate.