Word: slowdowns
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...items are easily dismissed. It's hard to find something great about oil at $30 per bbl., for example. The world is less dependent on oil than it was 20 years ago, and so far the higher costs haven't stoked inflation. But the risk of a severe global slowdown is greater when energy is expensive, and few outside of OPEC, Big Oil and the guy selling home insulation ever gained a lick from rising energy costs...
...agreed that globalization has benefited what Soros called the "core" of the world economy--developed nations like the United States--more than the "periphery." They also predicted a worldwide economic slowdown...
...Those challenges only become more difficult with the perception that the president lacks a mandate and the ability to deliver on threats and promises. Indeed, with the constraints created by the election result and the likelihood of an economic slowdown in the face of an increasingly complex and challenging international situation, it's a wonder that either man still wants...
...could be on its way up. Sure, oil prices loom, the euro drags, the Middle East smolders, and the word "stagflation" is on at least a few lips, but for now that's troubling the NASDAQ far more - over there they're worried about the damming effect an economic slowdown will have on the river of cash that made the techs what they were...
...Greenspan may even cut by a quarter point, which brings us to the flip side of the equation. What if the "soft landing" is a skidding halt? The markets, having just gotten hard evidence of the slowdown they've been waiting for, may find that next week is an excellent time for those doubts to start cropping up. What's ailing the markets these days is uncertainty - over oil prices, the Middle East, the election, you name it. After November, oil prices, with their power to cause not only stagnation but also inflation and political meddling, will likely...