We should remember that we have had a long period of falling interest rates and increasing asset prices which are perfect conditions to minimise arrears (it is cheaper and cheaper to borrow over time and
rising asset prices means that there are always someone else prepared to lend...).
Not exact matches
Wealthy families are now buying big into Bitcoin as a
means to protect their
assets from currency controls and
rising consumer
prices.
The combination of depressed commodity
prices, a Chinese devaluation and the growing possibility of a
rise in US base rates has
meant that emerging - market
assets in general have been having a rough time.
Typically hard
assets are an excellent hedge against inflation,
meaning their value
rises as the general
price levels for goods and services increases (known as Consumer Price Index or
price levels for goods and services increases (known as Consumer
Price Index or
Price Index or CPI).
Being Long in a CFD
means you are buying the CFD's on the market by speculating that the market
price of the underlying
asset will
rise between the time of the purchase and sale.
That
means prices would need to
rise more than 2,900 % for the average respondent to consider unloading their digital
assets.