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current predictions
There will be a large increase in the investment in the UK income funds as well as the emerging market funds. Although these two heavyweights may see some changes depending on the effect of the recession on the emerging market countries.
Other funds which will show good investment will be the natural resources funds and the far east funds. The UK growth funds will be roughly on par with Global, European, Japanese and Commercial property funds.
The real losers will be the High-yield bond funds, the US funds (surprised? really?), and the Fund of funds. Basically all the ones which showed the massive gains over the boom period.
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I predict that Bush\ Cheney and the rest of the Neo Cons he represents will perpetrate another false flag operation like 911 on U.S. soil before the 2008 elections. The purpose of the next false flag attack, is to give them a good reason to cancel the next elections so that the NWO can continue down the path that’s already in motion. I can’t see them pulling an expensive stunt like 911 with out some type of following up. The single mindedness of Bush\ Cheney regardless of any criticism, is very telling as well, they doesn’t care and don’t seem to be worried about anything except the Neo Cons agenda and that includes alienating themselves from their own party. Why?
I think Bush\ Cheney knows what’s coming and everyone else can be damned.
So I see two scenarios playing out. First one; during a gathering of the entire House and the Senate under one roof, the Neo Cons attempt to kill both houses with some spectacular attack blaming it on terrorist and probably Iran and scaring the public into complete submission. With the government in ruins Bush\ Cheney could easily begin a dictatorship with nothing much that could stop them. One indicator of an impending attack like the one I just mentioned would be something that would give an alert to who wasn’t going to be at a gathering like that. For example if the place of this meeting was filling up with both houses and some one noticed every Neo Con missing and then if some announcement was made that Bush\ Cheney would be delayed arriving.
Well, it probably would still be too late to save anyone anyways. Just like at nine 911 when the Neo Cons monitored a call from a fireman who made up to the fires from the plain crash. When the fireman called in that they could knock down the fires with a couple of hoses the Neo Cons new they had no more time to let people get out of the buildings and we know what happened then.
Second one; I think that the Neo Cons could use some type of tactical Nuke in a few cities while the fear factor would be great in a scenario like this, the results would be messy and the price of rebuilding the destroyed infrastructures would be great but even that said there are hints of different type of nukes that could be used some that generate very little radiation or short life radiation, so who knows.
However the results would be the same in many respects. Some spectacular attack, blame it on terrorist and probably Iran, scaring the public into complete submission. Then Bush\ Cheney could cancel the elections based on security; easily begin a dictatorship with nothing much that could stop them.
Now there is a possibility in the first scenario I gave, happening after the elections but before a newly elected president could take power.
Today’s Date: Saturday July 21, 2007
It will be a great year for getting out of the house and heading out of London or to the parks. The severe flooding of 2007 will be reduced to a mere trickle with the possibility of water restrictions being imposed around the end of summer.
I really hope I am wrong on this as I don\'t want to wish this on anyone
past predictions
It won't be as hard as some people expect but there will be a fall in the prices in the first quarter. Even as interest rates are kept on hold (correct course of action here) while people come to terms with a tougher world economic forecast.
The employment outlook for 2008 will look slightly worse with unemployment increasing from 4.5% up to 5% in the US. While this is not 100% certain a lot of the current employment information relies on manufacturing figures which are expected to tail off when the recession starts to bite. Auto manufacturers and high end goods will be particularly affected and this will eventually filter down into more general areas.
This will unfortunately also affect the advertising markets as the manufacturing drops so will the advertising. The end result is that while there will be an increase in the general number of people looking for work there will also be a decrease in the number of companies wanting to hire people.
Expecting there to be quite a serious reduction in the number of travel delays even weather related delays which are the normal problem areas for rail transport.
The market will remain steady during the first quarter but it is pretty much expected that things will continue slowing down. There will be the occasional scare story out there, but most of the time it will just be part of the general background investment noise.
Overall the first quarter of 2008 will be quite interesting as it will validate quite a few theories as to the direction of the prices later in the year. Basically that we can expect a relatively moderate drop by December as the season slows down naturally.
Unfortunately this is a long term trend in the property investment prediction and we can expect the rest of 2008 to be pretty much the same.