Global Economic Recession
evawhite on July 8th, 2008
You must have heard of the stock market’s crash, you certainly would be aware of rising commodity prices and surely still sore about the last fuel price hike. So is the worst over?
The world thought the worst was over 3 months ago. Which is why stock market participants bought in to the falling market assuming it can only go up from there. Gosh…. they were wrong. This global fall has happened in three waves. First fall in January (after scaling life-time highs in November and December), the second fall during March and the third in June. All this while the price of oil kept moving north. Money from one asset moving into another quite simply. In this case, from securities to oil.
Are we heading towards a recession? Yes. We are in one already. Things need to get worse before you believe. The way things are going it looks very much like things are going to get worse. The magnitude of how much money has been lost is beyond the scope of this article to explain. I’ll give you this however, historically whenever the stock markets have been beaten down into the sand, economic depression has followed. Expect the effect to ripple into everything you know.
Advice from an economic expert ”Citizens are best advised to hold on to cash. Which ever
investments/assets can be liquidated should be liquidated. Even at a marginal loss.” When a fall is expected then any property sold at par or at marginal loss one can expect to buy the same back at a lower cost. Stock markets, property prices have gone up continuously over the past few years. Due correction was expected and underway now.





























July 8th, 2008 at 2:52
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July 8th, 2008 at 2:52
Yeah, my stocks have tanked, and I didn’t sell them off yet. I figure I’ll hold them for another 20-50 years and take another look at them again then…sigh
July 9th, 2008 at 2:52
Wayne : The stock market is in a horrible condition. I hope it comes up in the next 5 years….have lots of money stuck there.
July 20th, 2008 at 2:52
Charline…
Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens….
August 4th, 2008 at 2:52
Some still doubt that a global recession exists or will occur. Among those casting optimistic doubts are Michael Mandel of Business Week and Felix Salmon of PortFolio.com. Both Mandel and Salmon have a difficult time believing a global recession can exist with 3.7 global economic growth predicted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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