- The economic recovery hasn’t lowered debt levels while interest rates are starting to increase.
- Expect lower consumer, corporate, and government spending.
- When you invest, please be aware of what is described below.
Introduction
Nature works in cycles, there is winter, summer, drought, rain, monsoons, a year with mosquitos, one without, El Niño, La Niña, a good crop, bad crop, etc. As we are part of nature, cyclicality is inherent to our behavior and our behavior is reflected in the economy as we are the economy.
It’s important to continually analyze and mark where we are in the economic cycle in order to have a better perspective on how to position ourselves as investors. Most analysts and financial professionals look in the rear-view mirror to predict the future and then focus on only one year. This is because it doesn’t pay to look beyond a year as it would force them to tell the truth and consequently lower their selling commissions because not many would invest if they knew that there was a risk of losing 50% of their investment in the next few years. More →