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Investing in a Recession Depression

Investing in a recession is quite different than investing in a depression. To be honest, we do not know which way it will be going. Investing in a recession requires an eye toward future recovery. Indeed recession investing presupposes inflation or reflation down the line, and requires that a person consider gold, or stocks that may benefit from a pickup in business.

However, investing in a depression is very different. In a depression, cash is king, because the value of your dollar will skyrocket as fewer dollars circulate. There is some lack of circulation because of the credit crisis even now. If it gets worse we could come back to the cash is king scenario.

Investing is pretty simple. I am not a certified planner and I do not expect you to take my advice, as I am not offering advice. However, since we don't have a crystal ball, investing becomes quite difficult. How about a few examples.

Buying a house in an environment of low interest rates in the middle of a credit crisis is a bad idea. On the surface it seems to be a good idea. However that is true only if you know you can stay in the house for years and years. As deflation continues, the price could go down. If you buy and the economy is artificially stimulated, and an inflation occurs, you may have to sell into higher interest rates (caused by the need to fight inflation) and your house price could go down then as well!!

With the currency being put at risk by Bush's recklessness and by Obama's need to jumpstart the economy, buying a long term project becomes very risky.

Another example is the purchase of corporate bonds and stocks. If we have a depression, and the economy really declines, and even the best businesses are over leveraged, they may not be able to meet their financial obligations to bondholders. Of course we have already seen fear grip the stock market and 40 percent declines in stocks.

I have tried to put a list of the best hubs together on personal finance. I hope you find them helpful. Please note that I may not agree with all the views put forth, but bookmark this site as a study guide that could prove valuable to you.

I don't agree that our greatest risk is hyperinflation. It is a risk, and I have a hub dealing with that. But deflation is the greatest risk, now, in my opinion.

Table of Contents:

Investing in a Recession Depression

Banking, Wall Street and Solvency Issues

What if the Banking System Fails?

Investing in Gold

Cash is King in the Credit Crunch

Investing Recession Depression in the News

Hyper Inflation

Real Estate Investing

How Easy Is It to Buy Gold and Silver

Credit Crisis Timeline


Will Your Investments Look Like This?

Coalinga, Ca USA earthquake. 1983.
Coalinga, Ca USA earthquake. 1983.


What If The Banking System Fails?

Many fringe economists do not want the banks to succeed because they believe that the credit system is ever more thirsty and more destructive of the free market system. While I greatly sympathize with them, I don't know what the world would look like with precious little credit available to people. I don't mean short term as is happening now, but long term when it would be even worse.

The good things that would happen would be that things could be accurately priced. As it is now, nothing is accurately priced because easy credit has pushed up values to artificial levels. That includes houses, cars, and many other products, though not all products.

The bad thing is that we would have to let other nations produce most of what we use, even to a greater degree than is occurring at present. In order to keep our sovereignty, it will be necessary for America to make things, not just sell each other insurance and real estate. So all we can do is to wait and see how things will unfold. I will try to keep you posted.

One important thing to consider is that failure of the banking system could lead to more savings and more individual freedom and ultimately, a better real economy. However, no one knows what lies between here and there.

If the government is going to bail out the system, I would think that they are not spending enough. Yet, they cannot spend more because we are already in debt. People have no idea what havoc George Bush and Alan Greenspan dumped upon us. Liar loans make it difficult for us to attempt a proper and successful stimulus because, unlike in the Great Depression in the 30's, we are broke at the highest levels.

I have written an article on Hubpages showing why, from a freedom perspective, the banks need to be clipped in their behavior: Why the Banks Must Be Crushed which deals with bank excesses. It is my view that the banks must make loans for people to make things, but that this emphasis on real estate is just misplaced. Homes are still way too expensive and any reflation in this sector is just misguided and will lead to a major misallocation of capital. Indeed the focus on housing is an attempt to put humpty dumpty back together instead of building an economy that is sound.

Banks have attacked the middle class by toxic loans and lies about the ability to refinance later. They must stop doing that and coming up with new ways to screw the middle class, because they are the ones undermining the financial system. They are killing the golden goose, the middle class of the United States.

Just remember that Andrew Jackson and the true sons of the revolution would have cut the balls off of the current crop of bankers and central bankers of the world. But now they have us under their thumbs unless we choose not to cooperate.





Credit Crisis Timeline

  • Standard Bank says Greece and Ireland may leave Eurozone

    The headline at Bloomberg reads “Ireland, Greece May Leave Euro, Standard Bank Says.”  Before I even started reading this I was sceptical.  The Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard makes calls like this, but his Euro-sceptic views are well-known. Here’s what the article says: The absence of a mechanism to permit so-called fiscal transfers within the 16-nation region may undermine [...] - 6 hours ago

  • Bernie Madoff is seen as a ‘godfather’ to fellow inmates

    Today is the first anniversary of Bernie Madoff’s scam of the century which defrauded investors out of tens of billions. The former fund manager and head of NASDAQ who ran the world’s largest ever financial fraud seems to be a hit in prison though. See videos below. Update:  these two articles touch on the same themes. Bernie Madoff, [...] - 7 hours ago

  • Financial News: 2009-12-11

    How To Make The World’s Easiest $1 Billion (This is how to start a bank) BBC News – China’s economic recovery gathers pace Treasury Yield Curve Steepest Since at Least 1980 After Auction – Bloomberg.com Recession Elsewhere, but Its Booming in China – NYTimes.com The Administrations Job Creation Proposal is Inadequate – Mark Thoma More [...] - 8 hours ago

  • Who’s spending more this holiday season?

    Yesterday, I linked out to a Gallup poll which detailed self-reported average daily spending by income bracket.  The poll showed wealthy Americans reporting a 14% fall in spend in November while middle- and lower-income Americans reported a 7% increase.  The poll went on to detail spending across other demographics like age and geography.  In toto [...] - 10 hours ago

  • News from around the web: 2009-12-11

    Knowing goalkeepers movements in a penalty increases success rate and reduces kickers decision time Personalities accurately judged by physical appearance alone Abschied von Maastricht: Schäuble will 144,5 Mrd. Euro neue Schulden Germany’s Angela Merkel says bonus taxes a ‘charming idea but not for us’ – Telegraph Agan Harahap (Some hilarious Superhero photoshopping. Black and white [...] - 10 hours ago

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TheMoneyGuy profile image

TheMoneyGuy  says:
10 months ago

I have a different Idea. 

An Asset is something that pays you money when you sleep.  A liability takes money from you.  So I consider a Mortgage a liability in all scenarios for the House you live in and in any market is risky.  Only true Ownership is an asset.

Buying a small portion of Equity or Debt in someone else’s venture is risky as well, you just don't have control over how these Nitwits will spend your money.  Contrary to Popular belief buying stock in the Market is not investing. 

Only those select few who are offered the IPO or Initial Bonds are investors and the only ones who put money into the company.  Everyone else is just buying stocks or bonds, and therefore speculating on the future movement in price, but they are not investors.

So, if you do not have enough money to make JP Morgan’s list of people to call when they take a company public How do you invest in this country.

Well, the intent is, for the average person not to invest and just give over the money. 

But, if you insist on climbing up the ladder the best way is local ventures using LLP or LLC's especially ones in which you are the General or Managing Partner. 

Ask George Bush his only successful business was and LLC to buy the Texas Rangers and sell them for a profit.

Otherwise your money is just handed over to someone else. 

If you insist on giving your money away, my address is

29307 Shady LN

Murrieta, CA 92563

Good Day.

 

TMG

 

bgamall profile image

bgamall  says:
10 months ago

Not too far of a drive from Reno, but a mattress is still better than driving to Socal. Lol.

TheMoneyGuy profile image

TheMoneyGuy  says:
10 months ago

:-)

TMG

midnightbliss profile image

midnightbliss  says:
9 months ago

great links and information on this hub.

bgamall profile image

bgamall  says:
9 months ago

Glad you enjoyed it! Gary

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