http://yesandnotyes.com/blog/2009/11/the-five-greatest-threats-to-financial-markets-in-the-next-decade/ Investing, politics, policy, economics, money, law, etc. Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://yesandnotyes.com/blog/2009/11/the-five-greatest-threats-to-financial-markets-in-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Doug Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:17:25 +0000 http://yesandnotyes.com/blog/?p=1031#comment-667 I think its correct to say that these threats are not "new" in the sense they have never happened in the past or that they have not existed until recently. However, I think some or most of what I've listed above could be called new simply because there are less and less people who have experienced any of these occurrences in the past. Take for example the inflation of the 70s. I was not alive then to experience that time, but many of the people who lived in the 70s are becoming fewer and fewer. The fact that there are fewer people in the financial industry who have experienced such times and the fact that so few in the financial industry have any appreciation for history means that a threat in the future that is similar to the inflationary 70s takes on added significance. I think its correct to say that these threats are not “new” in the sense they have never happened in the past or that they have not existed until recently. However, I think some or most of what I’ve listed above could be called new simply because there are less and less people who have experienced any of these occurrences in the past. Take for example the inflation of the 70s. I was not alive then to experience that time, but many of the people who lived in the 70s are becoming fewer and fewer. The fact that there are fewer people in the financial industry who have experienced such times and the fact that so few in the financial industry have any appreciation for history means that a threat in the future that is similar to the inflationary 70s takes on added significance.

]]> http://yesandnotyes.com/blog/2009/11/the-five-greatest-threats-to-financial-markets-in-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Jesse Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:15:09 +0000 http://yesandnotyes.com/blog/?p=1031#comment-666 As much as I was astounded by your acumen, I've steadily came to realize such threats were always existent and believe that we all have experienced quite a number of them. I guess nothing absolutely "new" happens after all, and we can only learn from them to prepare for the next. It was a brilliant reading! As much as I was astounded by your acumen, I’ve steadily came to realize such threats were always existent and believe that we all have experienced quite a number of them. I guess nothing absolutely “new” happens after all, and we can only learn from them to prepare for the next. It was a brilliant reading!

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