Re: Financial topics
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:55 pm
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I agree with you, V, the general prediction from so many parts of the globe is that somewhere around 7 out of 10 people will likely be infected eventually unless there is a cure or vaccine. This stay at home not working business will lead to the New Great Depression.vincecate wrote:Another interesting point someone made. So imagine the government puts your country in lockdown (we have had all passenger traffic with the outside world cut off, even for citizens wanting to come home). This can for a time prevent infection. However, if people ever want to get back to work and have an economy again, the infection can start up again. Only if they get a vaccine or cure in the meantime does it really solve the problem. The politicians are not going to want to risk letting people go back to work and dying, so probably they will keep the lockdowns till it is very clear it has been way too long.
China has very few new infections, but it does not seem they have really gone back to work. So while it sort of seams over, it is not really over. If they all went back to work and there were still few infections, then it could be over. People in the USA think it was only a very short time for China so it will only be a short time for the USA. One, it is not short for China since it is not really over yet. Two, the USA is not the same as China.
I am less and less expecting this to end quickly and certainly don't see the economy recovering quickly.
A good chance people are overreacting but probably will continue to do so:
A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-f ... able-data/
The bond bubble is next. With the interest rates on bonds now and the rate they are printing money it is stupid to hold bonds. Now is the time to sell as the central banks are buying. But as they buy bonds faster and faster and print money faster and faster it will become clear to more and more that things are spiraling out of control. Then the dollar and other currencies go down. If the Fed balance sheet grows faster and faster then inflation is coming for sure. With the economy in trouble, taxes will be down, and governments all over were already spending way beyond their taxes. So central banks will be buying government bonds with new money. If we simplify that a bit, they will be printing and spending money as in "foolish banana republic".richard5za wrote:Nothing is long term anymore. All is uncertain.
The next bubble is the US dollar - have you seen how fast it is appreciating against other currencies? The bubble is soon but maybe goes on for the medium term!
With all the massive financial 'hand outs' and money printing, in due course gold will go through the roof and also bubble. May be this year?
The US dollar and global financial system, and gold, will not survive the bubbles and a new system will take its place. Will bitcoin play a role?
Will all this plus massive global debt create a world war?
This has interesting knockon effects.vincecate wrote:Another interesting point someone made. So imagine the government puts your country in lockdown (we have had all passenger traffic with the outside world cut off, even for citizens wanting to come home). This can for a time prevent infection. However, if people ever want to get back to work and have an economy again, the infection can start up again. Only if they get a vaccine or cure in the meantime does it really solve the problem. The politicians are not going to want to risk letting people go back to work and dying, so probably they will keep the lockdowns till it is very clear it has been way too long.
China has very few new infections, but it does not seem they have really gone back to work. So while it sort of seams over, it is not really over. If they all went back to work and there were still few infections, then it could be over. People in the USA think it was only a very short time for China so it will only be a short time for the USA. One, it is not short for China since it is not really over yet. Two, the USA is not the same as China.
I am less and less expecting this to end quickly and certainly don't see the economy recovering quickly.
A good chance people are overreacting but probably will continue to do so:
A fiasco in the making? As the coronavirus pandemic takes hold, we are making decisions without reliable data
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/17/a-f ... able-data/