Posted on 12/06/2006 7:08:36 PM PST by 1066AD
The SKY IS FALLING, THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!
Not likely. Liberal economists ALWAYS talk about collapse, conservative economists talk about adjustments.
Basically the message should be , stay out of the international stock and commodities market unless you know what you are doing.
whatever his motives they are directly linked to whomever he is writing for.
I don't know much about stock and bonds but I think he is writing for the National Enquirer...ha ha. I sure wish I would have tried and figure out investing in stocks and bonds years ago. A little would be a lot more now.
I can buy more shares at less cost in a down market,
because I 'dollar cost average',
I welcome not buying into high markets.
Now if one had a 10 or less year horizon,
one should invest conservatively.
Also, the 4th quarter of each year,
Oct to Dec,
is when earnings are going to be judged,
it always goes down a little in the beginning of a new year,
and if you miss out on an up-turn,
because of short term advice,
it gets more expensive trying to get back in.
This is such interesting analysis coming from someone in a country and a continent which would love to have the "problems" that America suffers, i.e., unemployment under 5%, inflation under control, economy riding high, gas at $2.20 per gallon, etc. Compare this with Europe, unemployment 8% - 20% depending on the country, inflation healthy and growing, economies stagnant, gas about $7 - $8 per gallon even though those countries' importers pay the same amount on the global market that we in the U.S. pay. Where does the missing money go? Taxes to make big governments bigger.
I love it when writers from lousy economies analyze our economy and give their suggestions on how to fix the U.S. economy! Sorta like Mankato, MN giving NYC suggestions on how to improve its postal service.
Seems to me he's been projecting a crash for about 20 years or so.
Anything and everything bad that occurs on the Dem's watch could be referred to as "The Pelosi Curse". (No more it's Bush's fault.) Think about it, she does have "witchy woman" eyes.
Nothing will stop the American idea. Innovators & capital seek the highest returns commensurate with risk - places where private property & the rule of law exist.
All you need to know about investing is to focus on countries which protect these ideals. Through up/down cycles, they will always thrive. But it's not the country itself, it's the idea that is the crucial point.
If these principles are abandoned, talent & capital will once again seek the safest harbors where ever it may exist.
It appears here in the Northeast that the "housing slump" is over already.
Well, mostly. For now.
No, it will be the "Bush Recession. Bet your booties. Let's just hope it's not the Bush Depression and does for the Republicans, and the Democrats for that matter, what Hoover's Depression did.
I think a Democrat in 08 is an inevitibility unless Ronald Redux rides out of the West to save the day.
What was the lumber market on 9-10-01? Upward swing? Sometimes I'm amazed at how strong our economy is when gov't stops taxing/regulating us to death.
My 401k just recorded its biggest one month gain in the past 25 years. Gimme some more of that pain.
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I have been averaging about four percentage points gain every DAY for the past few weeks. Obviously that cannot continue forever, in two more years Bill Gates and Warren Buffett would be asking me for financial advice. I am just hoping for a couple more months before I have to go to all cash.
Oh please ... I'm trying to keep my late lunch down.
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