Crystal ball gazing is a dicey business, so bearing that in mind, Darren Winters will now evaluate the trends for 2022 made in December last year. Investors will be relieved to see the back of 2022 with more than 10 trillion dollars wiped off portfolios as the bubble of everything in stocks, bonds and cryptos …
Negative Yielding Bonds
Negative-yielding bonds worth over 20 trillion US dollars are unmistakably the 800-pound gorilla in the room. Most financial and economic crises have their origins in the debt market. The 2008 financial crisis spilled over into the Great Recession 2008, from which I believe we have yet to recover. But the catalyst for the Great Recession …
Contagion
Is crypto contagion about to wreak havoc on the financial markets? Peak crypto euphoria November 2021, almost a year ago today, the market capitalization of crypto was valued at 3 trillion dollars globally. Today crypto global market capitalization is about $ 804.94 B at the time of writing this piece. In other words, approximately $ …
Illiquid Real Estate Market
An illiquid real estate market is currently in play as home buyers dry up and prices spiral into a nosedive from dizzy heights. The catalyst for an illiquid real estate market is skyrocketing cost of mortgage payments House prices are declining and, in some cases, falling to their fastest pace on record. In this illiquid …