By Henry Tobias

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The outlook for the financial market in 2008 is on the surface quite bleak. I am not an expert on financial matters. I even pay a professional to look after my own money. I am however interested in what the other professionals think.

I watch the money programs on television. All the major international media have an abundance of programs and experts, both resident and guests to tell us what is and what will be.

This plethora of information can be extremely confusing and sometimes contradictory. I choose my programs. The best financial commentator is Neil Cavuto of Fox Television. I don't know if he is wiser that the others but he has a down to earth homely demeanor. He speaks simple English, or perhaps one should say, American. He seems to be humble, unlike some others who shall remain unnamed.

There are various commodities and areas of investment I think should be appraised when considering investments.

1) Oil: The price of oil is at an all time high. China and India will increase their demand. However, Europe, North America and Japan are still the largest consumers of oil. It the winter is mild in the northern hemisphere in the spring the price of oil will fall. How much it will fall by, is not easy to say. One other factor affecting oil is Russia, who is flexing its muscles as an oil producer. Russia wants to be a major power again. There is no telling to what lengths Putin will go to, to make his point. The Middle East will not show signs of stability soon. Iran is not cooperating on the nuclear question. Iran also supports terror in Iraq, Hizbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. No change is expected in spite of President Bush's push for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Instability in Nigeria, Africa's largest producer and a crazy Venezuelan president also play a part in the instability in oil prices.

2) Gold: Is at an all time high. Driven by a weak US $ and low interest rates of the major currencies. Gold does not look like a good investment at the moment. Gold shares in South Africa are also not attractive at present given the high price of gold.

3) Emerging markets: China and India are surging ahead creating giant economies. They are the powerhouses of the future. China's equity market is, I think, overheated, but for the brave, I think Indian equities are tempting. The former Tiger economies of South East Asia are worth investigating. They are more disciplined than before their collapse some years ago.

4) America is still the main center for innovation. Europe is a close second. The good companies in Europe and America remain attractive. I live in Israel, which has more companies listed on the NYSE than any other country other than America itself. We have some very attractive shares listed both in Israel and on the NYSE.

5) Mutual funds: The most attractive are those weighted by pharmaceuticals and innovative technologies in the developed countries.

I repeat, I am not an expert but prices of all equities in the established markets, are low at present. Stocks and mutual funds are down. When your local appliance store or supermarket has a low price, you buy or at least are tempted to buy. We don't always have the money or need more consumer goods.

I'm sure you have all heard the joke, about the wife, who saves her husband a lot of money by buying a lot at sales. When prices are low we buy more. Apply the same logic to the investment markets.

The main reason is that investing in financial markets is not the same as buying two packs of canned food at a reduced price. The money required is more substantial. In the financial markets the logic is, buy low, sell high.

Never spend more than you can afford to lose. Research and research and research more

There is a lot of information available, on television and on the Internet. All the major news networks and specialized channels such as Bloomberg are giving information.

Take some of the equities you like, see how they perform over a period of six months to a year. Keep a record. Test your knowledge. You won't always be right but you will learn.

These are practical tips I have picked up over the years.

My take on the financial markets for 2008 is optimistic. When prices are low, buy.

Two words of caution, don't buy more than you can afford to lose and don't put all your eggs in one basket. This may sound trite, but be careful.

2008 will be a great year for the cautious investor.

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By Phronesis

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It is a New Year and people are looking at the global financial market from different angles. At times, it is easier to learn from past mistakes than listening to counsel from experienced people. We cannot talk about the 2007 global financial market without talking about how currencies appreciated and depreciated. But what does 2008 hold for us? The global financial market, for some time now, has been left to control itself, instead of us dominating, subduing and dictating its pace and change. I can see vividly the Information technology sector gaining more dominance, even as every fiber of beings is crying for a global world. Is it not yet a global world? It is, but it is becoming more global. Information technology will dig deeper and control the financial aspect of the year 2008.

Again, people who have learnt to walk with wisdom will soar like the eagles in the finance part of the different parts of 2008. Wisdom is the principal thing. People will be able to grow their finance when they are able to look inwards to see what they can do best and love doing. Anybody who likes jumping into the bandwagon may as well starting rethinking. It might not really walk this year - well let's watch!

Talking about the global financial market, we should be looking into the how taxes, regulations, income earned, GNP, GDPs, population increase, currencies, etc. all worked together to sustain economies and firms even as the year came to a close. 2008 will be worse in terms of mistakes when some things are not dropped and changed.

Firms were seen jumping into the bandwagon of investments they saw other firms doing. Creativity was dying - not in everywhere but some places. Wars affected the market so deeply. Many things must change. We must listen to economist and other people to suggest method approaches to situations. For me, the global financial market outlook for 2008 is more promising than before, but it can only come to reality if we perform tasks within our responsibilities.

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By Karl Brown

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Ongoing turbulence in financial markets as investors reassess the creditworthiness of their own, and their counter-parties' portfolios has dampened the outlook for the global economy in 2008. The strong performance in many countries in the first three quarters of 2007 will likely result in the global economy expanding by just above 5%.

The hesitancy to extend credit is occurring despite a high level of liquidity in the global financial system. In fact, central banks have been flooding funds into the system to keep financial markets functioning, which has kept global liquidity growing. However, uncertainty about what's lurking on balance sheets has investors largely sitting on this liquidity. This has pumped up market volatility, weighed on stock markets and produced a widening in credit spreads. The TED spread, which measures the difference between the three-month Eurodollar rate

and the three-month Treasury bill rate, remains elevated and longer-dated credit spreads are wider, signaling investors' preference for safer government-backed paper.

Most important for the global economic outlook is whether or not the widening in credit spreads and commensurate tightening in lending conditions will persist and materially affect the pace of consumer and business spending in the quarters ahead. Expect global growth to ease in 2008 to 4.8% on the back of tighter credit conditions. The aggressive action by central banks to inject liquidity into financing markets to ensure that they continue to function combined with steady-to-lower official interest rates are expected to limit the impact of credit market tightening on the global economy.

Experts expect a sharp slowing in the pace of growth into 2008 as the tightening in credit conditions curbs consumer and business spending. The Fed's senior loans officer survey showed that banks tightened lending standards for both residential and commercial real estate loans as well as inching conditions tighter for some types of consumer loans. Experts say the softer spending rates combined with a continued contraction in the housing market will significantly slow the pace of GDP growth to about 1.5% during this period despite ongoing support from the net trade sector.

Experts say the U.S. housing market remains the Achilles' heel for the economy and financial
markets. As yet, there have been limited signs that the correction is abating. The stock of unsold homes stands near record-high levels as home sales remain weak. In response, housing starts fell late 2007 to the lowest level since 1993 and were down 48% from their recent high. We are projecting another double-digit decline in residential investment in the fourth quarter. Declines will continue in 2008, although the magnitude will ease through the year.

After growing at an average rate of 3.6% during the past six years, experts expect consumer spending to moderate in 2008 but still record a solid 3.2% increase, backed by the strong labor market and rising wages. The moderation will also be tempered by the one percentage-point cut in the GST rate on January 1, 2008. Experts say the unemployment rate hit a fresh 33-year low in September and remained there through November. The economy generated 388,000 new jobs in the first 11 months of 2007 and more than two million jobs in the past six years, 82% of which were full-time and 86% in the services industries. Wage growth has also picked up pace, with average hourly earnings for permanent employees up 4.1% from a year earlier in the three months ending November 2007.

The economy may or may not be heading for a recession.The government has cut the prime rate by 3/4 of a point. They decided to act now, rather than later to try to cushion the economy. A couple of more cuts and the whole country can refinance. Banks probably will now. The rebate checks supposedly going out to millions of Americans will help some,but experts are optimistic. Consumers may not use the money to pump up the economy, but rather pay for other things like household bills. Personally, I will use mine to buy heating oil as it has doubled in price since 2004.

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By Merlin Penn

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2007 was a year of volatility for global financial market which was marked by weak USD, much higher energy and commodity prices and turbulence triggered by US sub-prime mortgage crisis; new emerging markets (especially China, Russia and India) were the key drivers of global economic growth and they will continue to be best performers in 2008. In 2008 US economy is expected to slow down in the first half and speed up after it has fully recovered from sub-prime problems and bad debt. We are likely to see slower growth in the developed world except the two commodity export countries (Australia and New Zealand), better performed equity markets in new emerging markets, slightly stronger dollar and higher energy &commodity prices.

Global currency markets outlook for 2008

In 2007 the dollar has fallen 13% against the Euro, 10% percent against the Japanese Yen and 8.5% against the British pound. Although oversold in 2007, the dollar won't appreciate too much but rather rise (or even fall) slightly against the overvalued Euro, Cad, and Gbp because the Fed is very likely to cut interest rates once or twice this year to stimulate economy and an orderly declined dollar is good for US economy. Like US UK is supposed to cut interest rates while Japan will maintain its lowest interest rate due to the dormant economy and New Zealand will keep its highest one in fear of inflation. Both China and India are facing serious inflation now, if China appreciates renminbi it will be quite profitable to buy Asian currencies because other Asian countries want to raise their currency value to contain inflation and at the same time not to lose their market share to cheaper Chinese goods.

Global equity and bond markets outlook for 2008

US and European equity markets will probably remain low in the first half and rise moderately in the second half. Global emerging markets (especially Asian markets) are likely to do well. Japan's economy remains fairly weak and its export-oriented sectors are at risk from a global economic slowdown, so its stock market is not expected to rise much.With the prospect of US inflation rising slightly in 2008, equity markets will certainly outperform bonds and cash yet by an insignificant margin.

Global commodity markets outlook for 2008

In recent years the fastest growing entities and key drivers of global economy are three manufacturing-dominant nations: China, Russia and India, that is to say, they grow by consuming energy and commodity. Since the energy & commodity supply growth will continue lagging behind the demand growth, oil, natural gas and coal prices will rise further in 2008, so will gold, silver, raw materials and agricultural produce.

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By Richard Bakare

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I think it is safe to posit the idea that America is a full fledged service economy. Moreover, I believe it safe to wager that the American consumer and American services are closely tied to the global economy. It has been mentioned time and again how critical the American consumer's spending is to the Global economy in media such as The Economist. At the same time, Americans forgo a healthy level of restraint in spending, save less than 5% of household incomes, and maintain a huge deficit financed by foreign nations.

I feel that this scenario resembles too much in the way of an imbalanced equation and that the overall health of the American economy will suffer if a change in perspective does not make way.

It goes without saying that consumption will never go away (at least not in the near future), what we buy how ever will change. This past Christmas financial experts everywhere sat listlessly waiting on retail sales returns to make sure Americans bought lots of little and big boxes of stuff they may or may not need from big box retailers. The American consumer delivered, but not enough to stave off recession talks. Imagine a Christmas with boxes filled with certificates for services and not just flashy wares from low production cost nations. The us economy would not suffer because we did not buy a lot of pre-manufactured goods, if anything it would be bolstered by the fact that our native product, services, would become a main stay. Also we could build an export surplus by way of services.

Actually, let me define what I mean by services. When I say services I mean anything that is not a physical product handed over at time of purchase. A service could be a painting job, manicure, financial work, legal services, etc.. As long as you are paying someone else for a skill or craft. I say let everyone else have the goods as we are now the current leader in services worldwide and should build and maintain that brain trust.

Our service economy allows for many creature comforts in that service sector jobs usually mean higher pay. But we dole out our private incomes on goods and products that we hardly ever need as opposed to reinforcing what brought us that disposable cash in the first place. There used be a time that people made goods in their country and bought and sold them from one another. That model has gone away in the world economy; but Americans could buy and sell services to one another and ship them abroad at the same time. We will still buy our goods here and there but the cash flow would stay predominantly in the US as opposed to flowing out. I believe as countries develop, emerging economies will buy plenty of goods for everyone as will China for that matter.

All this is fine, but it must be added that increased savings must go hand in hand with the transfer of the consumer focus. The American consumer is a spendthrift at best. This poor fiscal policy starts with the government. Whom, if the government was a private citizen it would have been brought to collections a long time ago, or at least there spending limit would have been cut off.

The benefits of savings on the dollar and US consumer by transitioning to a services based economy and increasing savings, go without saying. We would finance our own spending by fattening our own pockets. Loosening our dependance on oil or foreign power of any sort would not hurt either. I believe wholly in a world economy, I just don't think that the trade of goods and services goes one way. Financial Analyst and Economist should be concerned with what the worldwide consumer will do at Christmas and not just Americans. At this time, I can only be concerned with how we get our own house in order.

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By Anonymous Writer

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The global financial market outlook for 2008 can be described as steady in terms of underlying economic conditions but variable in terms of individual and isolated market conditions. To predict the complete global financial market outlook in 2008 with any accuracy involves compiling and assessing the meaning of financial and economic variables, and the almost infinite amount of interaction between those variables not to mention unforeseen future events. Keeping the previous point in mind is also useful to consider in understanding what is more likely to be a reasonable assessment of global financial markets in 2008 only i.e. a "reasonable assessment" is all that is realistically possible even with the best statistical analysis, financial modeling and forecasting. This article will first look a three broad scale influences on financial markets and then apply those three subject areas to create a general forecast.

Global Economies:

A first step in determining global financial market performance is acquiring an understanding of influential economies such as the United States, China, Japan and the European Union. Since changes in smaller economies are less likely to have a major impact on the global financial outlook, these larger economies are the cornerstones of the global market. For example, the United States is experiencing a housing market problem, and high energy costs. If both these obstacles persist into 2008 they could slow economic growth. Some European economies such as Germany have trimmed forecasts in light of this potential "slowdown" in growth. China however is still experiencing tremendous growth in many industries making it a market driver for all the industries both domestically and internationally that supply that growth. In both cases, the United States can still grow but with more limitations and the Chinese economy is likely to continue to grow unless a major economic collapse or correction occurs. Thus, predicting global financial market outlook entails also knowing what economic variables are likely to have an impact in the coming year.

Industrial Variables:

Industry includes both manufacturing and services within various sectors of an economy. Industrial variables that influence global financial market outlook include raw materials supply and demand, import and export statistics, industry specific sales, and capital investments in turn key operations, franchise networks or license chains. The "healthier" an industry appears in terms of its financial performance and prospects, the less probable it is for that industry to experience negative revenue forecasts for a given year. The more of these industries that have such outlooks across the large economies the more positive the industrial forecast would appear.

Political Considerations:

Political climate can also have an impact on the annual forecast. Things like tax policy, government expenditures, dominant political ideology, and industry specific research legislation can all have an affect on aspects of, if not all of a financial markets functioning. In other words, small changes at the Federal level can have a ripple affect that sends its influence all the way across a country. For example, a tax cut or tax break for middle class Americans would increase consumer discretionary spending potentially increasing corporate revenues.

Forecasting 2008:

If we use the above three variables to predict the 2008 global financial outlook we are faced with a somewhat mixed picture. Large economic blocks such as China, E.U. and North America went into 2008 experiencing slow to strong growth and expanding economies in South America assist in driving World growth.

As the World experiences broader economic growth and integration, problems in one major economy such as the U.S. are less likely to have as dramatic an impact on the global economy but still have a considerable impact. For example, political instability in the Middle East and Pakistan could affect oil prices further and potentially lead to wider conflict which could spur on a potential energy crisis.

Predicting recessions in the major economies of the World is key to knowing what the global forecast for a given year will be like as recessions have negative quarterly GDP for three consecutive quarters, this can take it's numerical toll on global production figures. Since the U.S. is currently not in a recession as of early 2008 the full impact of a recession would might not be felt on financial markets until the later part of 2008 dependent on if and when the first news of such economic conditions emerges. Knowing if a recession is to occur involves compiling an aggregate of major industrial outputs and economic conditions to come up with either a positive or negative quarterly number. So far the U.S. has been expanding despite the drags of high oil prices and the credit problems brought on by the housing crisis and remedied by federal reserve monetary policy.

The 2008 global economic and financial climate looks generally stable but variable depending on the specific market. The World is expanding due to the dramatic improvements in communications allowing for expedited processes and operations worldwide; rapid industrial development in China has thrown South East Asia into a new and prosperous economic block with some momentum, and the oil funded emirates and Saudi Arabia has led to reinvestment back into the U.S. Economy and various financial ventures worldwide. However, inflationary pressures from the price of oil has slowed World economic growth worldwide.

While the global political environment could be more favorable, it could also be a lot worse. Conflicts have generally been contained in specific parts of the World and major economies such as North America, EU and Japan are generally well managed, resilient and monitored in a macro-economic making any potential problems minimal if not relatively short lived. Additionally, economic innovation and broadness of industrial sectors is an advantage among large well developed economies such as that of the United States. The future and future events are always unknown to some extent, but holding present conditions constant which they can't be, the snapshot is generally to the upside in terms of global financial development.

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  Recently the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 75 basis points from 4.25 per cent to 3.50 per cent on January 22 and a further 50 basis points to 3 per cent on January 30.This was the Fed's response to a possible re...read more


• By Michael Greaney
  The single most important factor affecting personal investing and thus the global outlook for finance and development for 2008 is democratic access to the means of acquiring and possessing private, income-generating proper...read more


• By Carmelita Chico
  "FINANCIAL JIHAD UNDERWAY" The financial news and strategies this week is even more depressing now for the average person and the financial bodies' will continue to float to the top. It does not get much worse than thi...read more


• By Effie Moore Salem
  What happens in one company affects all countries since buying and selling is global; therefore,the Global financial market outlook for 2008 is anybody's playground at this time. The serious experts who make their fortunes...read more


• By Paul Lines
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 is, for the first time in a number of years, quite mixed, with pessimistic outlooks almost equalling the optimistic in the forecasts of many financial observers. Perhaps the ...read more


• By Gary C. Gibson
  The Global financial market has eclipsed the U.S. national 'market' in a lunar respect with 'the China cost' and 'the Mexican mafia' making the U.S. national market prospects secondary concerns of the administration that b...read more


• By Jimmy Eriksson
  The year for recession, markets are falling by two-figures and its only January 2008. After 3 weeks of experience in 2008 most people can clearly see the trend for the 11 month that remains. The climate on the markets is g...read more


• By Joel Akin
  The world is on the look for an out in 2008. If the world we live in is to be then we must find a way of fixing the problem. Now the point of any discussion on such a subject is to find the subject is wealth. People as...read more


• By Anonymous Writer
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 can be described as steady in terms of underlying economic conditions but variable in terms of individual and isolated market conditions. To predict the complete global financia...read more


• By Richard Bakare
  I think it is safe to posit the idea that America is a full fledged service economy. Moreover, I believe it safe to wager that the American consumer and American services are closely tied to the global economy. It has been...read more


• By Merlin Penn
  2007 was a year of volatility for global financial market which was marked by weak USD, much higher energy and commodity prices and turbulence triggered by US sub-prime mortgage crisis; new emerging markets (especially Chi...read more


• By Karl Brown
  Ongoing turbulence in financial markets as investors reassess the creditworthiness of their own, and their counter-parties' portfolios has dampened the outlook for the global economy in 2008. The strong performance in many...read more


• By Phronesis
  It is a New Year and people are looking at the global financial market from different angles. At times, it is easier to learn from past mistakes than listening to counsel from experienced people. We cannot talk about the 2...read more


• By Henry Tobias
  The outlook for the financial market in 2008 is on the surface quite bleak. I am not an expert on financial matters. I even pay a professional to look after my own money. I am however interested in what the other professio...read more

By Joel Akin

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The world is on the look for an out in 2008. If the world we live in is to be then we must find a way of fixing the problem.

Now the point of any discussion on such a subject is to find the subject is wealth. People as a whole want to be wealthy. They all want to be rich. The problem is we live in a world which isn't wise. We put things down as well to do but don't find a way of fixing the infrastructure or its edible nature. So the point of life is to find how to make everyone well to do.

Of course those in power, if such a cadre exists, are the point of keeping the people like us down. And if that sounds like a conspiracy then ask "Why do we have cycles?" The point of a cycle is a season in time. Time is the point of life and life is the key to pointing out how to win.

Now the point of this is to find a way of helping you who are poor find a way to riches. And since I have a friend in Heaven and on earth who is the point of life I will share with you what I know.

A very long time ago I was given a vast season of dreams. The dreams lasted for several key years and in that time I was given a glimpse of the future. Since then there are more then 100 dreams that have true for me personally. I mention this because these dreams lead up to a point we are at in history. And if the point of dreams is to have things come true then the point of them is first in the spiritual then in the natural. The spiritual side is when we fight for life in the street and the natural is when we fight for life in the home.

Now if you were to put things down there would be two major points about the future. Number one is the point of Japan. Japan will be center stage and is the point of all exercises in futility. She, who is Japan, has a point under the sea and a meeting with a sink and a dash. The sink is the point of life in Honshu and the point of dash is the Tsunami which will follow.

You may think Japan cannot sink but remember there are things so wild in life that no one can state for sure what will happen. I make this a point of life for I state Japan will sink and so I break the point of conjecture over the island. Japan will sink beneath the sea and she as Japan will be no more.
Now when the point of life is gone then the point of misery begins. People have a saying "It is when the pastor quits that the body lives". Of course that saying began here. I state that because what will come to the world will shatter every single conception of time and perhaps even of life as we can conceive it. For when men shout destruction in the street then men in the home will watch. For some will say "It is the judgment of God" but you who read this know it is a judgment of time.

Judgment of time or Time is the point of this article. We know from multiple dreams and searching for answers that the point of suffering for the world will be a marvel of things for Japan. She is going to sink in the world but rise up in the sea. She will raid the cupboard and still the water. She will take the bill for the fresh and give it back for the salt. She will take the bill of it and produce for it a will in the belly of the whale. She will carry the sea in her and yet in the last gasp will rise again out of the sea.

What comes out will be toh or toe. Both are honoring when you look at them. The eye will be part of hope for them. The eye will carry them up out of the depth. The eye will be the lee in their nature. The eye of life or hope.

Now there is another major point, a second point, regarding the coming crisis. The point of all life on earth is going to pass to history. Those who wish to move into the barrel will find they have to win the bill for the sea. That could happen if they are in the right but if they are in the wrong then they have no chance. The sea is the point of life for the people of time. People of time are going to be rescued in their liberty moment. That liberty moment is the key to steeping life in tea. It is the key to taking tea to the freedom of information source. It is freedom to be and freedom isn't an easy thing to be in. It is like knowing the point of the future isn't going to remain point of success and discontent for the millions like us who are poor.

Those who strive only for wealth will have their desire until they puke up the odd bit of silver. And if you strive to live in the sea to escape you will find it will spit you out. The world of this point is find but in that future the world of the church and life of the people will change utterly.

Now you want to know about things in the future. We know there are key points which are being dealt with. One is the humble bee. Early reports are the bee is not doing well. If this continues the bee will vanish and be extinct. I don't believe this will happen but if it did the world would return to the age of ice. It would be people who would be forced to live on what the insect world doles out. That would be grass and meat and humble fare. The bee isn't just the key to fruit and vegetable but to all life. Yet we take it for granted and put it on the shelf in importance. If God wanted He could allow the bee to vanish to the point of conjecture but instead He has heard our prayer and will carry the bee back to us in abundance.

The other point we tend to worry over is the climate. All these are related to the future and to the point of outlook for 2008. The climate changes are in fact time related. Time is a spirit and in a point of queue for all of the point cosmos. This is what Heaven and eventually earth will call Point of World. Each point of the universe is made and measured on a point of Q or a Quasar. Quasars are not the dump but the producing ground for new worlds. The new worlds are each a universe and each universe is made for those who wish to have something interesting. Of course we laugh but then it will make sense. That then is the point of what will come to our world. The only part is that some of us will have to work for it. That is because we are wise in our own ways and we want to be wealthy. So we who work for it will have to spend a life and a time to grow rich enough to travel out there. For those who put God first and allow him access to their wealth He will provide us a way to go for the equivalent of a penny.

All these things are on the agenda but you want wealth knowledge. So here is a point you who are wise will heed. Invest in the world of Japan.

If you think I joke I don't. Invest in Japan. It will be the world of power in the future. And as an added bonus when people see Japan sink into the sea ask them if they would sell you their shares to the island nation. Buy them up and then wait. For when Japan rises up out of the sea she will carry up the eye which is based on the US Dollar Bill. Some call it the eye of Ra or the eye of Horus. It is in reality the key to the ship we call Heaven. It is beneath the island of Honshu. It is this which will bring the world markets down for when Japan collapses into the sea the world will shake and tremble. The nation of world power will take their guns and shoot themselves. All because the world of Japan is gone and in it the wealth of all the nations. Of course you did hear that here. The wealth of the world is tied up in the nation of Japan. Not all but the equivalent of time. This will wreak havoc on the spiritual world of Time.

It will carry you into sorrow beyond belief and those among the island will fear even more the wreak-age of the world Tsunami. It will sweep not just over the nations and Asian land but will hit the church. For the church will be hit because they called down fire on Japan. And in the base of fire they will call down life under it as well. All because of this one thing; a word which is so vile and so dumb no one can call it a wall or a word. It is just a dumb story.

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Global financial market outlook for 2008

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• By Effie Moore Salem
  What happens in one company affects all countries since buying and selling is global; therefore,the Global financial market outlook for 2008 is anybody's playground at this time. The serious experts who make their fortunes...read more


• By Paul Lines
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• By Gary C. Gibson
  The Global financial market has eclipsed the U.S. national 'market' in a lunar respect with 'the China cost' and 'the Mexican mafia' making the U.S. national market prospects secondary concerns of the administration that b...read more


• By Jimmy Eriksson
  The year for recession, markets are falling by two-figures and its only January 2008. After 3 weeks of experience in 2008 most people can clearly see the trend for the 11 month that remains. The climate on the markets is g...read more


• By Joel Akin
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• By Anonymous Writer
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 can be described as steady in terms of underlying economic conditions but variable in terms of individual and isolated market conditions. To predict the complete global financia...read more


• By Richard Bakare
  I think it is safe to posit the idea that America is a full fledged service economy. Moreover, I believe it safe to wager that the American consumer and American services are closely tied to the global economy. It has been...read more


• By Merlin Penn
  2007 was a year of volatility for global financial market which was marked by weak USD, much higher energy and commodity prices and turbulence triggered by US sub-prime mortgage crisis; new emerging markets (especially Chi...read more


• By Karl Brown
  Ongoing turbulence in financial markets as investors reassess the creditworthiness of their own, and their counter-parties' portfolios has dampened the outlook for the global economy in 2008. The strong performance in many...read more


• By Phronesis
  It is a New Year and people are looking at the global financial market from different angles. At times, it is easier to learn from past mistakes than listening to counsel from experienced people. We cannot talk about the 2...read more


• By Henry Tobias
  The outlook for the financial market in 2008 is on the surface quite bleak. I am not an expert on financial matters. I even pay a professional to look after my own money. I am however interested in what the other professio...read more

By Jimmy Eriksson

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The year for recession, markets are falling by two-figures and its only January 2008. After 3 weeks of experience in 2008 most people can clearly see the trend for the 11 month that remains. The climate on the markets is grounding a recession. People are more pessimists about the trend. An obvious and clear demarcation has been created to show that the world markets are entering a recession.

The causes of the trend
The financial institution have suffered heavy from the falling house price rate. The mortgage offered to private individual has affected the liquidity position of many banks. This has reduced the velocity of money flowing in the united markets. The reduction in the flow of capital has led to sever financial crises among business institution which have engaged in the phenomena.

The enlargement of the crises has automatically been rumble by the various economic solutions that have being inaugurated by the state. The reduction in the rates is one of the actions taken by the state. The remedy was meant to increase the circular flow of capital but initially the state had forgotten that the cause of the financial crises was caused by to many liabilities. A low interest rate does favour more loans which led to higher liabilities. The state failed to solve the problem and the problem is now even more difficult to solve.

In the recent days, millions of dollar has been the result of shrinking share prices around the world. The large companies are already announcing underestimated profits for the last quarter. This has depicted a reduction in the capacity to increase investment. The clear view is that the economy is entering a recession. The effect is at a world basis.

Further failures by the state, is an increase in government expenditure by 140 billions, which represent an injection. The injection was meant to boost economic growth and shift the aggregate demand of the nation to a higher level. This would eventually raise output and generate income and employment. However in a free-market the economy is operating on the basis of buyers and sellers. The actual injection will led to a raise in national debts. This will affect the country through out the recession.

Right course of action
The government should not intervene in the market, until the recession has shown sign of an end. In a free-market the business which is uncompetitive should be driven out of business and only the competitive should remain. The actual course of action should definitely bring the Wall Street down at minimum 25% this year.

The recent days, Europe and Asia have experience up to 6-9% fall in the general index during only one day. This has shown a switch in the trend which have been up going since some years.
The time have come for a recession, the only question is will the whole world follow America or will the rest of the world separate and experience higher growths. The Europe and Asian market should not be in stance to enter a recession with up to more than 15% for the year 2008.

The outlook for the near future is a slump and a distrustful financial market. The share will rise and fall by even more this will probably discourage the small investors over the short-term. The real winners will be the huge investor as usual. This is my prediction for the near future.

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• By Michael Greaney
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• By Paul Lines
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• By Jimmy Eriksson
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• By Joel Akin
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• By Anonymous Writer
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 can be described as steady in terms of underlying economic conditions but variable in terms of individual and isolated market conditions. To predict the complete global financia...read more


• By Richard Bakare
  I think it is safe to posit the idea that America is a full fledged service economy. Moreover, I believe it safe to wager that the American consumer and American services are closely tied to the global economy. It has been...read more


• By Merlin Penn
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• By Karl Brown
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• By Phronesis
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• By Henry Tobias
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By Paul Lines

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The global financial market outlook for 2008 is, for the first time in a number of years, quite mixed, with pessimistic outlooks almost equalling the optimistic in the forecasts of many financial observers.

Perhaps the headline story for financial outlook this year is the continuation of the "credit crush" which afflicted the west and developed countries in 2007. This is likely to result in a significant slow down, if not a recession situation, developing in countries such as the US, UK and Japan. Certainly in the US and UK the housing market, where prices in the latter have been rising at the rate of between five and ten times income, is likely to see negative or minimal growth, with consumer spending likely to produce the same type of result. Thus there are likely to be more repossessions and business failures and the large retailers will be struggling to maintain growth. However, Europe as a whole is potentially in a better position to weather most of this year's storms in these areas due to the mixture of economies that make up the regional market.

Against this rather gloomy outlook, we do not to set the economic growth of the emerging countries such as China and India, where the continual striving for prosperity and markets will see their position in the world order improve still further. Similarly, the Middle East is awash with money, which it is currently using to diversify its interests away from the oil dependency of the past. Therefore, it is likely that these countries will be very active in the global financial markets during 2008, continueing their current appetite for global expansion. Another positive is that the increasing interest in diverting away from fossil fuels and need for eco-friendly environments and processes is likely to offer significant investment opportunities in green areas.

Within the corporate sector of the global financial markets, the opinion is that the merger and acquisition activity will continue as corporations seek further globalisation of markets and consumers. However, due to the escalating costs of these deals, it is likely that the involvement of private equity funds will see a reduction. Nevetheless, as Trevor Green of UK Mid Cap points out, there are some large players still in the market. For example, Sovereign Wealth Funds have around $13 trillion waiting to be invested over the next ten years.

Most of the world's stock markets will experience a bumpier ride in 2008 than they had in 2007. Whilst there will still be gains to be made, these are most likely to fall to investors who are more discerning in their choice of stocks and equities, rather than those who sit and wait for rises to occur or ride on the back of others. The banking sector is also predicted to continue to experience unrest, with the potential for more consolidation globally as it seeks to shrug off the credit crisis and financial institutions struggle to survive. Central banks will also come under increasing pressure in respect of interest rate control and have their role in managing economies tested.

As can be seen from the above, the predictions for the financial markets show a mixed bag of fortune. However, what is becoming apparent is that it will provide the opportunity for the countries like China and India to take further significant steps towards challenging and, in the not too distant future, overtaking the world's current leading countries as they seek to become the world's most powerful economies.

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  Recently the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 75 basis points from 4.25 per cent to 3.50 per cent on January 22 and a further 50 basis points to 3 per cent on January 30.This was the Fed's response to a possible re...read more


• By Michael Greaney
  The single most important factor affecting personal investing and thus the global outlook for finance and development for 2008 is democratic access to the means of acquiring and possessing private, income-generating proper...read more


• By Carmelita Chico
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• By Effie Moore Salem
  What happens in one company affects all countries since buying and selling is global; therefore,the Global financial market outlook for 2008 is anybody's playground at this time. The serious experts who make their fortunes...read more


• By Paul Lines
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 is, for the first time in a number of years, quite mixed, with pessimistic outlooks almost equalling the optimistic in the forecasts of many financial observers. Perhaps the ...read more


• By Gary C. Gibson
  The Global financial market has eclipsed the U.S. national 'market' in a lunar respect with 'the China cost' and 'the Mexican mafia' making the U.S. national market prospects secondary concerns of the administration that b...read more


• By Jimmy Eriksson
  The year for recession, markets are falling by two-figures and its only January 2008. After 3 weeks of experience in 2008 most people can clearly see the trend for the 11 month that remains. The climate on the markets is g...read more


• By Joel Akin
  The world is on the look for an out in 2008. If the world we live in is to be then we must find a way of fixing the problem. Now the point of any discussion on such a subject is to find the subject is wealth. People as...read more


• By Anonymous Writer
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 can be described as steady in terms of underlying economic conditions but variable in terms of individual and isolated market conditions. To predict the complete global financia...read more


• By Richard Bakare
  I think it is safe to posit the idea that America is a full fledged service economy. Moreover, I believe it safe to wager that the American consumer and American services are closely tied to the global economy. It has been...read more


• By Merlin Penn
  2007 was a year of volatility for global financial market which was marked by weak USD, much higher energy and commodity prices and turbulence triggered by US sub-prime mortgage crisis; new emerging markets (especially Chi...read more


• By Karl Brown
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• By Phronesis
  It is a New Year and people are looking at the global financial market from different angles. At times, it is easier to learn from past mistakes than listening to counsel from experienced people. We cannot talk about the 2...read more


• By Henry Tobias
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By Gary C. Gibson

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The Global financial market has eclipsed the U.S. national 'market' in a lunar respect with 'the China cost' and 'the Mexican mafia' making the U.S. national market prospects secondary concerns of the administration that belklieves its right role is to manage the U.S. economy to support global corporations. Let's take a look therefore at the recent work of Fedural Richserved Chairmente Bente Burr Manke who sayeth 'Ralph Nadir is the best Harvard lawyer in the 2008 Predjidential race'.

Our Washington D.C. rave translation correspondant attended todays Senate Manke hearing on the state of the economy...

The market awaits word from Chairmente B'Manke auth of the peculated trist in flamptryst rates. An aluminum of the Big Dog Screwl of Voo Doo, Voo Doo economics, market analysts anticipate Manke will again cut fedural interest rates a full two percent below the value of the dollar in order to insure borrowers against future risks of rapid deflation of the dollar globally. Borrowers holding dollars then would experience tremendous financial loss, especially lenders holding U.S. mortgages internationally.

B'Manke said at a photo op with the Senate Manking committee "The Chinese own your asses now, y'all get down and kow tow fore me just a little bit-he'ah! Hee hee, short American savings rates indicate Chinese will lend more yuan to Fedural Richserve Mankes so interest rates may be cut and confidence in dollar restored. Chinese purchased congress and Exxon sold your soles to Mecca, therefore 'the green cheese of the moon will fall to the earth thus feeding us all', as the late columnist prophesied.

Mexicans must have work in America building and repairing cheap mass produced homes at inflated prices to keep the economy going-making bigger piles of 'economic growth' is necessary for even Aunt Hillary's economic philosophy-they just do the dirty jobs Americans don't want to do. It would not be possible for Mexicans to stay in Mexico and for American companies, or even Mexican companies to help build up environmentally beneficial jobs in Mexico for Mexicans."

Manke said 'fedural policy is to simulate economic growth through long term outsourcing of jobs, propaganda by corporatist globally owned broadcast media, in-sourcing of cheap foreign goods and workers and transfer of U.S. infrastructure and political power to global corporations and governments." Manke said that "U.S. dissent can be stifled by propaganda attack, stigmatization and fedural protracted terror". He continued "The Exxon Valdez oil spill enhanced the Alaskan Prince William Sound ecosystem nearly twenty years ago today and the people of the region have yet to repay Exxon for the cost of the contribution. Scientists have determined that harmful organism detrimental to oil production and price per barrel increases were mitigated by the free oil spill, and we all know there is no free lunch. Oil must rise to at least 1000 dollars per barrel and then the U.S. can restore energy independence by drilling the Arctic national wildlife refuge and selling the oil to Exxon for two dollars a barrel-which is a charity for the public since it will completely meet 100% of U.S. fuel supply needs for 100 years and increased S.U.V. production at Detroit will follow creating new jobs at minimum wage for Toyota workers in former Ford facilities bought at bankruptcy auction."

The Chairmente concluded saying "I have fuller, thicker wallet of money now then I did when I was eighteen; the economy will get better!"

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• By Madhusoodanan.K.P.
  Recently the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 75 basis points from 4.25 per cent to 3.50 per cent on January 22 and a further 50 basis points to 3 per cent on January 30.This was the Fed's response to a possible re...read more


• By Michael Greaney
  The single most important factor affecting personal investing and thus the global outlook for finance and development for 2008 is democratic access to the means of acquiring and possessing private, income-generating proper...read more


• By Carmelita Chico
  "FINANCIAL JIHAD UNDERWAY" The financial news and strategies this week is even more depressing now for the average person and the financial bodies' will continue to float to the top. It does not get much worse than thi...read more


• By Effie Moore Salem
  What happens in one company affects all countries since buying and selling is global; therefore,the Global financial market outlook for 2008 is anybody's playground at this time. The serious experts who make their fortunes...read more


• By Paul Lines
  The global financial market outlook for 2008 is, for the first time in a number of years, quite mixed, with pessimistic outlooks almost equalling the optimistic in the forecasts of many financial observers. Perhaps the ...read more


• By Gary C. Gibson
  The Global financial market has eclipsed the U.S. national 'market' in a lunar respect with 'the China cost' and 'the Mexican mafia' making the U.S. national market prospects secondary concerns of the administration that b...read more


• By Jimmy Eriksson
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• By Joel Akin
  The world is on the look for an out in 2008. If the world we live in is to be then we must find a way of fixing the problem. Now the point of any discussion on such a subject is to find the subject is wealth. People as...read more


• By Anonymous Writer
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• By Richard Bakare
  I think it is safe to posit the idea that America is a full fledged service economy. Moreover, I believe it safe to wager that the American consumer and American services are closely tied to the global economy. It has been...read more


• By Merlin Penn
  2007 was a year of volatility for global financial market which was marked by weak USD, much higher energy and commodity prices and turbulence triggered by US sub-prime mortgage crisis; new emerging markets (especially Chi...read more


• By Karl Brown
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• By Phronesis
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• By Henry Tobias
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