Today's comment is by Chuck Dolce, senior writer for The Sovereign Society, former broker and member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for nearly 17 years, where he specialized in stock index and short-term interest rate futures. He's been on location in Panama, reporting from our 2008 Total Wealth Symposium.

It's Saturday in Panama and the last day of the Sovereign Society's Total Wealth Symposium. Markets are closed and other than some weekend oil posturing, there's not too much in the news. So while most of the conference has been focused on making and protecting money - I haven't said much about the country of Panama itself. So if you'll indulge me...