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The Great Financial Meltdown of 2015

Mortgagefreeman
Mortgagefreeman Posts: 452 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
The risk of a global financial crash has increased this year because a slowdown in China and a decline in world trade are undermining the stability of highly indebted emerging economies, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Washington-based lender of last resort said the scale of debts racked up by such economies, much of it vulnerable to higher interest rates in the US, meant policymakers needed to act quickly to shore up the financial system.

Should I cash in all my Investments?
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  • MrRee_2
    MrRee_2 Posts: 2,389 Forumite
    Yep, and run for the hills .............. find a cave and sit it out ...... alternatively, just get on with life :D
    Bringing Happiness where there is Gloom!
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    IsaacHunt wrote: »
    Should I cash in all my Investments?

    Depends what they are in.
  • Mistermeaner
    Mistermeaner Posts: 3,024 Forumite
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    For you to sell someone must buy which means someone thinks your investments are worth having.

    Only one of you is right but which one?
    Left is never right but I always am.
  • wotsthat
    wotsthat Posts: 11,325 Forumite
    Mistermeaner wrote: »
    For you to sell someone must buy which means someone thinks your investments are worth having.

    Only one of you is right but which one?

    It could be both. As a seller you need to judge you've left enough for the next person to make a margin or they won't buy. The buyer is making the same judgement. After that randomness takes over.

    Can't see any point in selling out to be honest. Why be 100% in cash or any asset if the great financial meltdown of 2015 is about to start?
  • CLAPTON
    CLAPTON Posts: 41,865 Forumite
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    I would definitely recommend selling in april/may/june
  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Buy silver. It is shiny and has industrial uses. The fundamentals are there for all to see.
  • Mistermeaner
    Mistermeaner Posts: 3,024 Forumite
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    Steel has more industrial uses and its really cheap now. You could say it's a steal
    Left is never right but I always am.
  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
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    Invest in a wheelbarrow manufacturer. If Corbyn gets elected PM in 2020 and implements PQE, people will be buying them to carry their money around in.

    I suspect that isn't your real name.
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    IsaacHunt wrote: »
    Should I cash in all my Investments?

    Can you sell an option on living in you mum's spare bedroom?
  • Mortgagefreeman
    Mortgagefreeman Posts: 452 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    Can you sell an option on living in you mum's spare bedroom?

    That would be difficult as I store my Star Wars collections there.
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