Word: inflationitis
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The biggest threat, though, is a crash in the property or stock market. When U.S. property and media tycoon Sam Zell visited India in April, he told local real estate executives that they were "on the brink of excess" and that the boom could end in a bust. Real estate...
Chinese officials hope he's right, because the country's policy options are limited. A rate hike would likely only increase the flow of speculative "hot money" into the country from abroad, says Jing Ulrich, chairman of China equities at JP Morgan. And excess liquidity (read: too much money chasing...
All of these developments are representative of a credit cycle in which leverage has been ratcheted up to perilous excess. The dénouement of a credit cycle need not end disastrously for investors or the global economy. Even today, we can still point to various economic positives - buoyant global...
For generations, U.S. house price appreciation largely tracked inflation. But around 1995, home prices began rising at an unprecedented pace. The boom created wealth throughout the economy, but also created risks that spread far beyond the housing market. Here's how:
? Change in housing prices, adjusted for inflation