This completely ignores any perspective of markets and investing and absolutely points to the uselessness and idiocy of Wall Street and the brokerage industry. What a useless bunch of idiots.
And the guy recommends bonds even as the Fed has just begun to raise rates for the first time in nine years. They were probably saying go short Treasuries when the Fed was conducting QE.
Investors face a “cataclysmic year” where stock markets could fall by up to 20% and oil could slump to $16 (£11) a barrel, economists at the Royal Bank of Scotland have warned.
In a note to its clients the bank said: “Sell everything except high quality bonds. This is about return of capital, not return on capital. In a crowded hall, exit doors are small.” It said the current situation was reminiscent of 2008, when the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank led to the global financial crisis. This time China could be the crisis point. Read more.
China "crisis point." Wow.
People, stay away from Wall Street. Stay away. Stick here, you get much better info. We may not get everything right, but we get most of it.
Remember, I said that January will be a major bottom for the year in the stock market.