America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.
America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.
Investors should invest on what they know. The biggest mistake is to invest on what they don't know.
Because in the New Normal you are more worried about the return of your capital, not return on your capital.
There seems to be no limit to the exciting possibilities that come from combining technical innovations, the Internet, and social media.
Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?
Because in the New Normal you are more worried about the return of your capital, not return on your capital.
For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through default.
Investors have to ask themselves two questions. How much can we grow our investments? And, can we afford our mistakes?
The best and most sustainable love story for markets is one based on a healthy and dynamic real economy that creates jobs and opportunities for many more people.
The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.
After many decades of Disney movies, we have been conditioned to expect princesses to fall in love quickly with their charming princes and 'live happily ever after.'
Investors have few spare tires left. Think of the image of a car on a bumpy road to an uncertain destination that has already used up its spare tire. The cash reserves of people have been eaten up by the recent market volatility.
Falling entry barriers and lower access costs have significantly democratised participation, whether in production or consumption.
America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.
It is hard to imagine that, having downgraded the US, S & P will not follow suit on at least one of the other members of the dwindling club of sovereign AAAs. If this were to materialise and involve a country like France, for example, it could complicate the already fragile efforts by Europe to rescue countries in its periphery.