Ted Allrich is the founder of The Online Investor and author of the book: Comfort Zone Investing: Build Wealth and Sleep Well at Night. In this weekly column, he'll offer advice to investors who are just getting started.

Several responses to my columns on 2009 expectations and how to invest for the year have been totally negative. They claim I'm too optimistic. The only way to survive is to buy gold. America is finished. The new administration is socialism. The American capitalist system is done. These readers are not students of history.

America is built on hopes and dreams, fueled by Darwinian survivors of other countries with enough energy and nerve to come to a land of freedom where their dreams can become real. We have been peopled by brave and strong immigrants who gave up everything to have the chance for a better life for themselves and their children.

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