The next recession will be deeper, longer and far more painful to many more people than your average recession, and could persist as long as the last one.
That is because the next recession in all likelihood will be truly global.
If you sailed through 2007–2009 without your lifestyle changing, I wouldn’t assume it will happen that way again.
Investors once again “learned” that if you simply stay the course, the market will get you back to where you were and more.
The Bernanke Fed’s answer was quantitative easing. It had an effect but not the intended one.
Instead of going to productive use, the new stimulus helped banks deleverage and public companies leverage up and repurchase their own shares
John Mauldin 5 April 2019
If you sailed through 2007–2009 without your lifestyle changing, I wouldn’t assume it will happen that way again.
Investors once again “learned” that if you simply stay the course, the market will get you back to where you were and more.
The Bernanke Fed’s answer was quantitative easing. It had an effect but not the intended one.
Instead of going to productive use, the new stimulus helped banks deleverage and public companies leverage up and repurchase their own shares
John Mauldin 5 April 2019
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