Money and Finance
The global economy still isn't back on its own feet as central banks are continuing to prop up the economy by printing more money. It seems like for the past few years all you've heard on the financial news is how the economy could slip into another recession. Based on historical cycles, recessions come around every 5-7 years on average. We're currently about 4.5 years removed from the "Great Recession" that dragged down the global economy and massive layoffs on a global scale. There's still plenty of people around the world that haven't found meaningful work since the last recession. If the economy stumbles and heads into another recession, will you be prepared?
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- Hoisington Q3 2012 Letter
Growth Recession Entering the final quarter of the year, domestic and global economic conditions are extremely fragile. Across the globe, countries are in outright recession, and in some instances where aggregate growth is holding above the zero line,...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Leap Of Faith
Economists know that there are three ways to deleverage an economy: austerity – where debt growth is held below the rate of economic growth; restructuring – where bad debts are written down or renegotiated; and monetization – where money is printed...
- Hussman Funds 2012 Annual Report
In recent months, our measures of leading economic pressures have indicated the likelihood of an oncoming U.S. recession. Our view is based on the analysis of leading/coincident/lagging indicators, as well as more statistical methods that extract “unobserved...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Have We Avoided A Recession?
In our view, it is very difficult to obtain useful views about economic direction using the standard "flow of anecdotes" approach that is the bread-and-butter of many analysts. The economic data reported daily are a mix of leading, coincident and lagging...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Recession Warning, And The Proper Policy Response
As of Friday, the S&P 500 was below its level of early November 2010, when the Federal Reserve initiated its second round of quantitative easing. Aside from a brief bump in demand that kicked the recession can down the road a bit, the U.S. economy...
Money and Finance
Protecting your income
The global economy still isn't back on its own feet as central banks are continuing to prop up the economy by printing more money. It seems like for the past few years all you've heard on the financial news is how the economy could slip into another recession. Based on historical cycles, recessions come around every 5-7 years on average. We're currently about 4.5 years removed from the "Great Recession" that dragged down the global economy and massive layoffs on a global scale. There's still plenty of people around the world that haven't found meaningful work since the last recession. If the economy stumbles and heads into another recession, will you be prepared?
Read more »
- Hoisington Q3 2012 Letter
Growth Recession Entering the final quarter of the year, domestic and global economic conditions are extremely fragile. Across the globe, countries are in outright recession, and in some instances where aggregate growth is holding above the zero line,...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Leap Of Faith
Economists know that there are three ways to deleverage an economy: austerity – where debt growth is held below the rate of economic growth; restructuring – where bad debts are written down or renegotiated; and monetization – where money is printed...
- Hussman Funds 2012 Annual Report
In recent months, our measures of leading economic pressures have indicated the likelihood of an oncoming U.S. recession. Our view is based on the analysis of leading/coincident/lagging indicators, as well as more statistical methods that extract “unobserved...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Have We Avoided A Recession?
In our view, it is very difficult to obtain useful views about economic direction using the standard "flow of anecdotes" approach that is the bread-and-butter of many analysts. The economic data reported daily are a mix of leading, coincident and lagging...
- Hussman Weekly Market Comment: Recession Warning, And The Proper Policy Response
As of Friday, the S&P 500 was below its level of early November 2010, when the Federal Reserve initiated its second round of quantitative easing. Aside from a brief bump in demand that kicked the recession can down the road a bit, the U.S. economy...