America's Economic Future – A Discussion By Ted Kavadas
I would like to provide an overall update as to my thoughts on our current economic situation. My blog post of September 1, 2009 summarizes my current thoughts well. It can be found here: https://www.economicgreenfield.com/2009/09/01/are-we-going-into-a-depression/ Many of my concerns and reasons for such an outlook have been expressed in this blog. Of course, over the last …
Please note – some might find this post disturbing I would like to provide an overall update as to my thoughts on our current economic situation. First, however, a brief recap of what others think of our current economic situation (details of which can be found under the “Economic Forecasts” and “Stock Market” categories on the right-hand …
Please note; some will find this post disturbing I would like to call your attention to the article titled “A S&P500 Target of 100?” which is found under the “Investor” heading here: https://www.economicgreenfield.com/prosperitybypencom-directory/ With the S&P500 currently at 893.72, I am sure that many will find the mere notion of the 100 level to be highly …
As previously indicated, in this post: https://www.economicgreenfield.com/2009/06/19/current-economic-forecasts/ most mainstream economic forecasters as well as many other financial professionals believe that “the worst is behind us” as far as economic damage. It certainly would be nice if this were the case. However, for a variety of reasons, I continue to believe that while it is possible that …
Perhaps the most common refrain heard with regard to our current economic situation, and why it won’t become a Depression, is that we as a nation have been proactive and aggressive in “managing” this period of economic weakness. This theory, more or less, has the following generalized (and summarized) structure: There has been rigorous research conducted on the …
One of the questions that seems to be popular since the economic events of 2008 is whether we are in a Depression. As such, for the next few posts I will be commenting on the topic. Here are two links that indicate that we are not in a Depression: http://seekingalpha.com/article/142831-great-depression-ii-it-s-not-even-close?source=email http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/06/update-what-is-depression.html Yet, as indicated in this …