Why the next US downturn could be a shocker
Is the next US downturn years away, or just around the corner? Either way, leading US economist, Professor Jeffrey Frankel, says it will be severe. And the reason, he says, is the Trump administration’s relentless pursuit of fiscal expansion and financial deregulation.
Roger Montgomery is the Founder and Chairman of Montgomery Investment Management. Roger has over three decades of experience in funds management and related activities, including equities analysis, equity and derivatives strategy, trading and stockbroking. Prior to establishing Montgomery, Roger held positions at Ord Minnett Jardine Fleming, BT (Australia) Limited and Merrill Lynch.
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andrew ronan
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It’s the monetary system that’s the problem here and it hardly matters if it’s the right or the left that is in power, the voting public demands its sugar fix and politicians must comply or be quickly shown the door, conservative and sustainable monetary policy is a political death sentence in today’s world where money can be simply created to satisfy any need . Evidence of this fact is the massive annual deficits the US is running in an apparent boom period, a deficit level only reserved for war times and not seen since the Vietnam war. And if the Fed can’t do much because they are trapped by their own policy which is to forever increase money supply, as all reserve banks are. Maybe it’s a currency war by stealth which is why the next crisis may be one of currency and that could be unfolding right now in emerging market currency volatility.
Chris
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Was the stock ticker LTEA a coincidence or deliberate ?! (*laughs*)
Joe
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Many financial commentators have been predicting a turn around over the last few years (much like the property market).
I think all major indices (household equity allocation, market cap to GDP, Q ratio, CAPE, and even ave P/E) are showing a worse than average return over the coming 10 years.
The the more important questions are:
(i) who will be smart/lucky enough to predict the crash just before it happens
(ii) who will have enough cash floating around to take advantage of the crash
Regards,
Joe
Chris
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You can’t easily prepare for the first option, but you can for the second one. Now is the time to get the house in order, not when the correction arrives.