1. Beware recession scaremongering -Sage advice!

Graham_Devon

DpchMd wrote: »

I have a positive outlook but I believe that house prices and economic growth will continue to trend downwards for the foreseeable future.

What does that make me?

Someone with no friends by the looks of the thanks count on that post!

wotsthat

AndyGuil wrote: »

The two main things I have done are avoid debt and rearranged my stock portfolio. The shift towards already corrected parts of the market and avoid long term exposure to high risk shares. I still have a core holding that are long term, but I have shifted strategy to trade technically in others. Not for the faint hearted unfortunately!

To be honest given your 6 pillars of doom that looks a little mundane.

Could your approach be summarised by getting on with life just like everyone else?

RenovationMan

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Conrad, I don't really care too much about world growth. That's not saying I don't "care", but it's not something that has an overwhleming interest to me. Neither, does it seem to for the rest of the forum.

OK everyone, stop discussing anything unrelated to the UK. Graham doesn't care, and moreover he has decided to speak for the forum and say that no one else does either. I know, I know, globalisation of industry and commerce means that we cannot consider the UK alone and all that but....

Graham has spoken. :silenced:

RenovationMan

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Someone with no friends by the looks of the thanks count on that post!

And there we have it, ladies and gentleman. Proof positive that some saddos on this form really DO care about 'thanks'. One person even seems to care enough to even create a 'thanks' sockie called rewired. :rotfl:

AndyGuil

wotsthat wrote: »

To be honest given your 6 pillars of doom that looks a little mundane.

Could your approach be summarised by getting on with life just like everyone else?

I prefer clear and precise. I am very much getting on with life. I am very aware of what goes on around me and do not pretend to not see it. It influences my invest choices the most, it is working for me so far. When everything changes again then I will take note. At the moment it is going in slow motion. Almost Japan like with it is slow down, except we don't have the benefit of exports yet.

Graham_Devon

AndyGuil wrote: »

I prefer clear and precise. I am very much getting on with life. I am very aware of what goes on around me and do not pretend to not see it. It influences my invest choices the most, it is working for me so far. When everything changes again then I will take note. At the moment it is going in slow motion. Almost Japan like with it is slow down, except we don't have the benefit of exports yet.

Can't say any fairer than that really, though feel your efforts are very much wasted here. They are not interested in anything you have to say as you've been labelled and thats that.

I believed a double dip recession was going to happen. I got told to look on the bright side, it wouldn't happen (conrad & others). It did.

I believe the worst is yet to come. Maybe it will, maybe it won't.

RenovationMan

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I believe the worst is yet to come. Maybe it will, maybe it won't.

LOL! Not much faith in that belief then. :rotfl:

chucky

AndyGuil wrote: »

I am very aware of what goes on around me and do not pretend to not see it.

It doesn't seem that you do not what goes on around you because you've got yourself all confudled and grasping at straws on this thread.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3807621

wotsthat

Graham_Devon wrote: »

I believed a double dip recession was going to happen. I got told to look on the bright side, it wouldn't happen (conrad & others). It did.

Have you had that call from Merv yet? He's got to be interested in someone that's called eight of the last two recessions.

FTBFun

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Someone with no friends by the looks of the thanks count on that post!

I thanked that so you wouldn't be lonely. I've just borrowed something from DFW:

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