Thursday, February 4, 2016

Recession and Negative Interest Rates








US recession risk haunts markets

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Recession and Negative Interest Rates


Somebody, perhaps google will know,

said a Recession is when you lose your job

but a Depression is when I lose mine. 


Quote by Ronald Reagan: “Recession is when your ...

www.goodreads.com/.../59923-recession-is-when-your-neigh...
Goodreads
Ronald Reagan — 'Recession is when your neighbor loses his jobDepression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.'

it's a depression when you lose yours. - BrainyQuote

www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/harrystrum132381.html
"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you loseyours." - Harry S Truman quotes from BrainyQuote.com

But what happens when you're retired?

Then you can't be fired

but you may get Depressed

Nevertheless.


Retirement Increases Your Risk of Depression by 40 Percent

articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/30/retirement.aspx
May 30, 2013 - Retirement increases your risk of clinical depression by 40 percent while ... She told me she had the best time of her life during this period, and  ...




And if, after a while, that feeling abates

what do you do about negative interest rates---

even if you've  tried hard not to be  rash

and  managed to keep on hand a fair amount of cash?


Governments now seem determined  to show old guys like me (and  you ?)

 no matter what they may  try to do --

or intelligently choose---

they're  going to lose. 

HzL
2/4/16

The Effect of Negative Interest Rates - CFA Institute Blogs

https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/.../how-will-negative-interest-ra...
CFA Institute
Sep 7, 2015 - One obvious side effect of negative interest rates is that they compel retirees, pension funds, and others who need positive cash flow to move  ...



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