The world is changing frighteningly fast. House prices go up and then down again, petrol prices go up and then even further up, and all the time the glaciers and rain forests are disappearing. Through all this uncertainty, I have always taken comfort in one solid, unchanging fact. The team I support, Chelsea, are the world's richest football club and have more spending power than then most medium-sized nation states.
Therefore, it was with shock and dismay that I woke up last week to the news that Chelsea had been outbid for star Brazilian forward Robinho... by, of all clubs, Manchester City.
Seemingly only hours after being taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group, City were spending money like, well, like Roman Abramovich. Clearly for Man City fans this was fantastic news, As City-supporting rock star Noel Gallagher commented after hearing of the takeover, every litre of petrol purchased by Manchester United fans would now be contributing to City's transfer fund. The money at the disposal of City manager Mark Hughes should catapult the club into the elite of the Premiership and breathe new life into the Manchester derby.
If this clash between Manchester's two great clubs needed a little extra spice (which in truth it doesn't) there is now the intriguing fact that it is not merely Reds v Sky Blues but also Arab v Jew. Manchester United is owned by Jewish businessman Malcolm Glaser and Manchester City's proprietors are from the United Arab Emirates. Over the next few years the Premiership could turn into a mini Middle East conflict. Already there is a Jew v Arab derby in West London where Abramovich's Jewish-owned Chelsea take on Mohammed Al Fayed's Egyptian-owned Fulham, although due to Chelsea's pre-eminence in recent years this fixture lacks the hostility and impact of other Egyptian/Jewish struggles like, for example, the Yom Kippur War.
The Arab count in the Premiership could rise further - there are strong rumours that a Dubai consortium is poised to take over at Liverpool, meaning that, like Israel, Manchester United will be surrounded by unfriendly Arabs.
Other Jewish-owned clubs include Aston Villa, Spurs (obviously) Portsmouth and some of Arsenal. So does the ethnicity of your club's owner matter or is it the size of his cheque book? Tricky one this, because, as any supporter will tell you, the football club you follow is wedged deep in your psyche. Unlike in love, infidelity practically never happens. A Newcastle United fan may become disillusioned with how his club is being run, but you will not catch him playing away at Sunderland.
If Osama Bin laden took over as chairman of Chelsea, I would obviously have to think hard about renewing my membership. I would almost certainly attend fewer Carling Cup fixtures and I might buy the programme less often. But would I go over to Spurs? It's about as likely as an Al Qaeda new-year greeting in the JC. Anyway, all this is hypothetical. Everyone knows that Bin Laden is an Arsenal fan.
A much more pertinent question is whether there is too much money in football. Is the raw beauty of the game being submerged in the takeovers and dividends? My gut instinct is that there is not too much money in football per se - it's just that a greater proportion than is strictly necessary is invested in Man City. And rest assured, I would think the same even if the Chief Rabbi were installed as chairman.