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Popular Investment Decisions Designed to Avoid Financial Crisis Effects
[Editor's Note: Last week we asked readers to tell us if they were confident in their financial game plans. Check out the answers below, along with next week's Question of the Week, "With a Weak U.S. Housing Market, Is Home Ownership Still a Good Investment?"]
Almost all U.S. households make strategic investment decisions to best protect their hard-earned money.
Yet, as anyone who makes a financial game plan knows, even the most detailed, thorough outlines can fail when real life intervenes.
Just ask the thousands of Americans suffering while tornadoes and flooding continue hammering the U.S. South and Midwest regions, leaving whole towns of people homeless and jobless.
The rising Mississippi River has swept through an area that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon described as "literally the most productive part of our continent," meaning farmers have watched their only sources of income wash away in floodwaters.
Are You Confident in Your Financial Game Plan?
Almost all U.S. households create a financial game plan to ensure that ends meet during inevitable struggles with money.
Yet, as anyone who makes a game plan knows, even the most detailed, thorough outlines can fail when real life circumstances intervene.
Just ask the thousands of Americans suffering while tornadoes and flooding continue hammering the U.S. South and Midwest regions, leaving whole towns of people homeless and jobless.
Are You Worried About the Future of the U.S. Job Market?
The U.S. job market has improved since the unemployment rate's 10.1% high in 2009, but the sluggish pace of economic recovery has kept many workers jobless and discouraged.
The U.S. Department of Labor reported earlier this month that the country's unemployment rate in April rose to 9.0% from 8.8%. Employment in more than a dozen sectors hit four-year lows in April, and another 10 have gained little since hitting lows in the beginning of this year.
But it's not just a slow economic recovery that is leaving people unemployed. The U.S. job market is changing, as companies find ways to function with fewer workers and some shift operations overseas.
U.S. Government Spending is the Biggest Threat to Economic Recovery
[Editor's Note: Last week we asked readers to tell us what they thought were the biggest threats to the U.S. economic recovery. A collection of reader responses is listed below, along with next week's Question of the Week, "Do You Agree the Commodities Bubble is Far From Over?"]
A handful of factors threaten the strength of the U.S. economic recovery this year, like U.S. government spending and high unemployment, leading many to wonder just how well the country's economy will fare in 2011.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported last month that U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in 2011's first quarter to 1.8%, down from 3.1% at the end of 2010. High gasoline prices and rough winter weather combined to drag down GDP.
The news came a day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held the first-ever Fed press conference and said he expects the U.S. economy to grow at a rate of 3.1% to 3.3% this year (down from the 3.4% to 3.9% previously projected).
What Do You Think Are the Biggest Threats to the U.S. Economic Recovery?
A handful of factors threaten the strength of the U.S. economic recovery this year, leading many to wonder just how well the country's economy will fare in 2011.
The U.S. Commerce Department last week reported that U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed in 2011's first quarter to 1.8%, down from 3.1% at the end of 2010. High gasoline prices and rough winter weather combined to drag down GDP.
The news came a day after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held the first-ever Fed press conference and said he expects the U.S. economy to grow at a rate of 3.1% to 3.3% this year (down from the 3.4% to 3.9% range previously projected).
"Coming in at 1.8, to get to where Fed's forecast is, you're going to need some robust growth in [quarters] two, three and four," Bob Andres, chief investment strategist and economist at Merion Wealth Partners told Reuters. "In my mind, the Fed's forecast and the Street's forecast are more than likely a little too optimistic going forward."
Investors Share Biggest Global and U.S. Economic Concerns
[Editor's Note: Last week we asked readers to share their five biggest economic concerns. A collection of reader comments is included below, along with next week's Question of the Week, "How Are You Dealing With High Food and Fuel Prices?"]
Earthquakes and nuclear meltdowns in Japan, uprisings in the Middle East, scary job prospects, a gargantuan federal deficit, zooming gasoline prices, and soaring food prices … the list of economic challenges facing the world is long and just seems to get longer.
It's tough to remember the last time U.S. consumers and investors faced so much uncertainty. But the worst thing is that there's no clear end in sight.
No wonder consumer confidence remains shaky, at best.
What Are Your Five Biggest Worries?
Earthquakes and nuclear meltdowns in Japan, uprisings in the Middle East, scary job prospects, a gargantuan federal deficit, zooming gasoline prices, and soaring food prices … the list of economic challenges facing the world is long and just seems to get longer.
It's tough to remember the last time U.S. consumers and investors faced so much uncertainty. But the worst thing is that there's no clear end in sight.
No wonder consumer confidence remains shaky, at best.
2011 Manufacturing Outlook: Slow, but Steady Growth Could Win Profits for Investors
[Editor's Note: This special report on the U.S. manufacturing sector is part of Money Morning's annual "Outlook" series, which has been forecasting the prospects for commodities, U.S. stocks and other top profit opportunities in the New Year. Click on the "Outlook 2011" logo to see past installments.]
It's often said that a little bit goes a long way, and that will certainly be the case for U.S. manufacturing growth in 2011. Although most projections still call for slower improvement in the sector than in 2010, the estimates have been characterized as "less bad" than originally expected -and that could translate into increased profit prospects for investors.
The market gave evidence of that just last Tuesday (Jan. 4) when the major indexes shrugged off other concerns and moved nicely higher in response to a larger-than-expected 0.7% rise in November factory orders, which had been forecast to fall by 0.1% according to a Thomson-Reuters survey of economists. Orders excluding the volatile transportation sector also posted their biggest gain in eight months.
Analysts characterized the numbers as "pointing to underlying strength in manufacturing." That bodes well for the greater economy, since U.S. manufacturers employ nearly 12 million people, or 9% of America's work force, and add $1.6 trillion annually to the U.S. economy, roughly 11% of gross domestic product (GDP).
U.S. Economy: Five Ways to Profit in 2011 – Even With A Double-Dip Recession
2010 was a dull year for the U.S. economy.
But don't expect a repeat in 2011.
In fact, as we enter the New Year for the U.S. economy, investors face some major risks.
Should the U.S. Federal Reserve opt to maintain its record-low level of interest rates, it's very
likely that we'll see the kind of virulent inflation that will send commodity prices skyward,
and it could inflict some real long-term damage in the process.
With higher rates, the U.S. economy could experience its second downturn in three years,
the kind of "double-dip" recession that would boost an already scary jobless rate – while also
sending U.S. stocks into a bearish tailspin.
Uncertainty is the watchword for U.S. economy in the New Year.
Investors need to position themselves to cash in, should the currently anemic U.S. advance
continue… while at the same time making sure to protect themselves against a potential
downturn.
Read this free report to find out how to do both…
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