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Could shares stagnate at their present level for years?

  • 15-02-2009 06:12PM
    #1
    radioactiveman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 324 ✭✭


    Hi
    I am just wondering, as a point of discussion, could European and US equities stagnate at their present level for several years to come? Is it possible that the financial crisis will put a dampener on growth for the next few years?

    I am just wondering how likely it is that the eurozone will be like Japan post-1989 over the next while. Does it make sense to compare the two?


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  • #2
    pocketdooz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭pocketdooz


    radioactiveman wrote: »
    Hi
    I am just wondering, as a point of discussion, could European and US equities stagnate at their present level for several years to come? Is it possible that the financial crisis will put a dampener on growth for the next few years?

    I am just wondering how likely it is that the eurozone will be like Japan post-1989 over the next while. Does it make sense to compare the two?

    It's very likely European and US shares will go nowhere much for the next 2/3 years to be honest.

    they are all pretty muhc back to where they were 10 years ago now anyway. The Dow, the S&P etc are at their mid-late 90's levels.


  • #3
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,853 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    pocketdooz wrote: »
    It's very likely European and US shares will go nowhere much for the next 2/3 years to be honest.

    they are all pretty muhc back to where they were 10 years ago now anyway. The Dow, the S&P etc are at their mid-late 90's levels.

    holding cash since 96 has beaten the Dow plus reinvesting dividends.

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  • #4
    radioactiveman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 324 ✭✭radioactiveman


    That's a very sobering thought.
    I wonder if Ireland could go the way of Japan. It definitely looks like the "weight of money" i.e. institutional/international investors have withdrawn and are unlikely to return until there is a good reason to invest in Irish companies as opposed to anywhere else...

    (as an aside - a different time!):
    http://www.quinn-life.com/news/qdi_press_celticfreewaybest.html


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