The problem is that you'll foresee
a lot of market downturns that never occur.
Not exact matches
«A
lot of young investors have grown up in
market downturns, which can scare them out
of investing in the
market,» O'Shea said.
While the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund has added value for investors over its long history, its performance in 2008 shows that it may quickly lose a
lot of that value in a
market downturn.
This is a big advantage
of income properties — home buyers who buy cashflow negative properties with leverage and rely on appreciation to generate returns (which is why a
lot of investors consider this speculating) can be devastated if the
market takes a
downturn, but properties that generate a nice cash flow every month aren't affected.
Having been in business for as long as we have, our company has gone through a
lot of disruptive changes, not just dramatic
market shifts like the current
downturn, but also the emergence
of new technologies.
«Their assessment was that the
downturn provides a forced transition for a
lot of people on the labour
market and we're an attractive option for people who've lost their jobs.»
«I think retail is having the hardest time year - to - date,» says Randy Blankstein, president
of Boulder Net Lease Funds in Northbrook, Ill. «There are a
lot of negative factors related to the drop in consumer spending and some
of the challenges for growth in that
market due to the economic and housing
downturn.»
The Internet has made the auction process a
lot easier today than it was during the
downturn of the 1990s, especially on the
marketing front, some practitioners say.
Mary Kay Irving: Sellers actually have a little bit
of an advantage in this
market currently because we have such a low inventory with the economic
downturn, people had been holding off on selling and so right now because
of the low interest rates we have a
lot of buyers but not enough inventory, not enough property for them, so it's a great time for sellers and my recommendations for them would also be to hire an agent but to make sure that they get a pre-listing inspection done and so that they are not caught by any surprises
of work that needs to be done and that the buyers will be asking them to do and also that they make sure, if they've got, money is available to look into getting a consultation from a stager, a professional stager, at the very least they need to be making sure everything is de-cluttered and arranged properly, so sellers who do hire a professional stager actually sell their homes much more quickly and for a higher price, for higher final sale price, so it's in their best interest to actually hire a stager.