Showing posts with label global depression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label global depression. Show all posts

Thursday, September 29, 2011

How to survive the Coming Depression?





When the economy is shaken, it instills a lot of fear in people's everyday lives. What yesterday seemed safe, now seems shaky and unstable. If you followed the news recently, I'm sure you've heard many stories about how big the national debt has been received. It is rapidly heading towards $ 14 trillion dollars. Gas prices are rising again, food prices are soaring, and there are millions of people still looking for work. When it comes to surviving the recession, people automatically think of money, food and shelter. Even if all these are very important, there are other things you need, if you really want to deal with future crisis.

For many years we have been warned against a coming economic crash in America, and since 2006 we have been advised specifically of the housing crisis, recession and depression that followed. The key to surviving the coming economic depression is just preparation. I’ll try to explain "how-to-survive-the-coming-Depression” in a moment, but first I must paint a picture of something of what is to come. My conviction is that especially in America, this crisis will be worse than the Great Depression.

While this sounds scary, there is some good news. You see, if you know what to do, you can weather this storm and can come out better on the other side. Here are some things you can do to prepare for the coming economic depression.

The first thing you should immediately do is take all your money out of cash investments, such as savings accounts, certificates of deposit, money market funds and pension plans in stocks and bonds them.
Secondly, you can do is, to prepare paying off the debt as much you can. Having cash-in-hand during an economic depression is important. In order to find ways to reduce and save more. If you are investing heavily in the stock market, take the time to look closely at your investments.
The third thing you need are flashlights. This is a great chance that you will not have the power during these times and make sure you have plenty of batteries.

There are certain investments that won’t be affected by depression. Mutual funds, retirement accounts and stock options are good investments. The problem is that a severe economic downturn, particularly depression, these types of investments were written down, and in times of terrible economy, you can almost be useless if there is high inflation. Another thing you can do is explore the world of barter. To barter means for the exchange of goods or services to another product or service. In difficult times, people still need to do things, just not necessarily have the money to pay. So you can offer your services or goods in exchange for something, what you need. It can be food, shelter, clothing, or anything else you need. This will definitely take us to the barter-trade era, but as they say – life takes a full cycle, and I guess we are going there and have crossed more than half the cycle already.

The last thing I suggest you do to survive the coming economic depression is to start your own business part time. I think we all know that no job is recession proof. If services are no longer needed, you will be shown the door out of the organization. Start anything you are good at. Spend some time on your business and put it online, market it locally, start selling online – whatever you can do, but take up something part-time. This way, if you lose your job, you will always have money coming in.

Friday, November 21, 2008

Here are your latest cuts, layoffs,closings marching toward the DEPRESSION

NEW YORK -- The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said Thursday it will cut its worldwide work force by 4 percent, or about 1,800 jobs, blaming the weak global economy.

The Associated Press to cut 10 percent of work force

Honda Motor Corp. said Friday it will cut production in Japan and Europe by 61,000 vehicles, as it continues to grapple with slowing global demand.

Home repossessions in Britain jumped 12 percent to 11,300 in the third quarter from the previous quarter, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Friday, more evidence that the financial crisis is taking its toll on households and the ailing housing market.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is shedding about 10 percent of its investment bank staff in an effort to better weather the global economic slowdown.

Singapore's economy has skidded into a recession for the first time since 2001, the government said Friday, warning that it could contract by up to 1 percent next year as a global slowdown saps export demand.

General Motors Corp. will extend its holiday shutdown or make other production cuts at up to 10 factories as it deals with a continued U.S. auto sales slump and fights to stay solvent.
Ailing U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will stop production at its Thai plant for up to two months, joining other global vehicle manufacturers in cutting production as the global downturn hits sales.

The prime minister of energy-rich Trinidad has told its citizens to expect cuts in government programs because of an anticipated loss of $1 billion due to the fall in prices of crude oil, natural gas and petrochemical products.

Germany will have to borrow an extra euro8 billion ($10 billion) next year, as it expects to spend more even while revenues slump, the parliamentary budget committee said Friday.
The German economy could lose up to 215,000 jobs in 2009 amid the global economic crisis, Germany's Bild newspaper said Friday, citing a survey it compiled

New Zealand's dairy farmers, a mainstay of the isolated South Pacific nation's exports, face a 24 percent fall in payments for milk this year because of slumping world prices, a new blow for an economy already in recession.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Financial Crisis nearing Depression for TOYOTA!

Toyota Motor slashed its profit forecast Thursday, warning the global auto industry faces an "unprecedented" crisis as Asian stocks tumbled on fears the US is sinking deeper towards recession.

The Japanese giant became the latest automaker to reveal plunging profits due to the financial crisis, following on the heels of BMW, Nissan and Honda.

Toyota , vying with General Motors for the title of the world's top automaker, cut its annual profit forecast by more than half after a terrible year so far.

It now expects a 68 percent plunge in net profit to 550 billion yen (5.6 billion dollars) -- the first drop in nine years.

"The financial crisis is negatively impacting the real economy worldwide, and the automotive markets, especially in developed countries, are contracting rapidly," Toyota executive vice president Mitsuo Kinoshita said.

"This is an unprecedented situation."

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Dow Jones Sinks 486 after election!

The U.S. government has just launched the greatest borrowing binge of all time — an orgy of new debt offerings that will almost surely kill the bond market, drive interest rates into the stratosphere and pound Wall Street to a pulp.

Just this week, the U.S. Treasury announced that between last month and the end of the year, it will borrow a total of $550 billion — more than the entire deficit for ALL of fiscal 2008.

And even that record-smashing amount is only the tip of the iceberg: Goldman Sachs analysts just announced that, to finance an $850 billion federal deficit ... to buy $500 billion in bad assets ... and to roll over $561 billion in maturing Treasury securities, Washington will have to borrow TWO TRILLION DOLLARS!

Paying the piper for U.S. Gov’t Bailouts:
$2.7 TRILLION
in loans and commitments — and more to come!
TARP $700 billion
Bear Stearns $29 billion
Detroit Big Three $25 billion
AIG $123 billion
Fannie and Freddie $200 billion
Mortgage-backed secs. $144 billion
FHA Rescue bill $300 billion
JPM for Lehman $87 billion
Fed’s TAF program $200 billion
Commercial paper $50 billion
Fed currency swaps $740 billion
Total: $2.7 trillion
Worse: That $2 trillion may STILL not be enough: Just to cover the bailout loans, investments and commitments the government has announced SO FAR, the total bill comes to a whopping $2.7 trillion.

And that $2.7 trillion doesn’t even begin to address Washington’s next attempts to fight this crisis:

As the U.S. economy continues to crater ... as federal tax revenues continue to plunge ... and as Washington continues to run amuck with new bailouts ... Washington could easily add another $1 trillion or even more to this borrowing spree!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

World Wide Depression in the Works!


Anyone who believes a Depression is not on its way is.....dreaming

Global Panic Spreads

The largest debt bubble in the history of mankind is on the verge of deflating and collapsing as world leaders and central bankers fly around the globe to one crisis meeting after another. No sooner is one panic quelled or some hasty band-aid fix slapped into place to stop a financial collapse, then another breaks out somewhere else. The bad news just keeps on coming;

ICELAND...Bankrupt...Oct.2008 nationalises banks; turns to International Monetary Fund for help.
BALTIC DRY INDEX...Down 90%... a leading indicator of shipping rates & global trade.
JAPAN (NIKKEI)...Down 81%... from all time high of 38,957 on December 29th 1989.
RUSSIA (RTS & MICEX)...Down 77%... exchanges shut down several days to stem panic.
CHINA (SSE)...Down 72%... from all time high of 6,029 0n October 16th 2007.
KOREA (KSE)...Down 68%... from high in May 2007.
ARGENTINA (MERVAL)...Down 64%... moves to take over $30 billion in private pension funds.
INDIA (BSE)...Down 60%... since January 2008.
TURKEY (ISE)...Down 59%... from high in November 2007.
HONG KONG (HANG SENG)...Down 55%... past 12 months.
ITALY...Down 53%... past 12 months.
BRAZIL (BOVESPA)...Down 52%... from May 2008 peak. Trading suspended 5 times in 3 weeks.
FRANCE (CAC)...Down 50%... from June 2007.
GERMANY (DAX)...Down 50%... year to date.
GREAT BRITAIN (FTSE)...Down 47%...from all time high of 6,930; now “officially” in recession.
MEXICO (IPC)...Down 47%...since June this year.
AUSTRALIA (ASX)...Down 45%... from all time high of 6,829 on November 1st 2007.
U.S.A (DJIA)... Down 46%... to 8154 on Oct.10th 2008 from 14,198 on Oct.11th 2007. Interesting that the American market (where this crisis all began) is down less than so many others...but not surprising really with the U.S. Fed prepared to monetise as much debt as necessary to avert a Financial Armageddon.
OIL...Down 54%... after peaking at $139 in June 2008. OPEC Nations hastily cut supply.
COPPER...Down 50% from July 2008 high.
NICKEL...Down 62% year to date.
GOLD...Down 26% +... from high of $1,010 on March 17th 2008.

The statistics speak for themselves. The world is undoubtedly experiencing what Alan “I made a mistake” Greenspan described as a “once in a century event”... thanks a lot for that Mr. Greenspan.

Pawn shops BOOMING with the Coming DEPRESSION


In hard times, consumers turn to pawn shops for quick cash

Republican & Herald - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
James Oldham walked into a neon-lit pawn shop on Centre Street, slapped a stack of DVDs up on the counter and in less than three minutes walked right back out, his pockets $80 thicker.
It wasn't any magic trick. Oldham had transformed nine movies and games into gas money, rent money and money to feed his son as part of an ages-old business that has historically thrived during dismal economic seasons.
"The other day I went in with a poker set I had, unopened," Oldham said. "They gave me five bucks for it. Yeah, in better days I would have gladly used it to play cards with my buddies. But nowadays, people need things directly related to their well-being."

Things like winter coats and heating oil, Oldham said. Buy-and-sell shops like Pottsville's Cash & Trading, Buy Me Again and Arizona Video are helping people cope with their expenses by snapping up the stuff that isn't entirely essential. After all, Oldham said, "They know times will get better eventually."

Times are better in the here-and-now for shopkeepers like Walt MacCorkle, owner of Cash & Trading. Since the economy began to plummet more than a month ago, MacCorkle said, his volume of business has risen by nearly a third.

"It's been crazy," he said Wednesday as customers perused his wares. "My daily number of items bought has doubled."
People come to MacCorkle with high definition televisions practically still in the box. They come to him with guitars, iPods and diamond-encrusted wedding rings, just to name a few. They come to him with their stories, too, MacCorkle said -- especially those pawning off rings.
"Sometimes I feel like a barber or a bartender," he said.
It may seem sad or strange to some to swap the sentimental for the fundamental, but MacCorkle said most of his customers are just trying to get by.

"They tell me they need to pay their bills, get food on the table and gas in their tank," he said. At Buy Me Again on Market Street, Pottsville, people have been trading and selling gold jewelry, according to manager Rob Bowers.
"We're picking up much more business with the economy," Bowers said. "No one can afford new anymore, and people need gas and oil now with the winter coming."

The weak economy has also lifted business at Arizona Video, its owner said.
"I don't like looking at it that way, saying I do benefit from people's troubles," said Arizona Video owner Ken Lucas. "But I do."