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Crash course on markets

by Thomas Schellen

It was as if the in-laws had decided on New Year’s Eve that it would be fun to come for an unannounced visit. Volatility. It is part of the family experience in any investment strategy and, like the parents-in-law, volatility is never far away but the average investor feels so much more comfortable when it is out of sight. Well, in the first days of 2016, volatility was all over the place, but made itself noticed most strongly in China where the Shanghai Composite Index fell almost 12 percent from 3,540 points on December 31 to 3,125 points on January 7. Perhaps it is no wonder, then, that an often-quoted January 8 research note by the Royal Bank of Scotland contained warnings like “history tells us that a United States downturn may be nearer than you think”, bullet-points that vacillated from thrice bearish outlooks for China, commodities and oil, to

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6 comments

Andre Jones April 21, 2017 - 11:36 AM

2017 will be the year of the economic crash! Mark my words!

Rubens Cardoso October 18, 2017 - 7:03 PM

Hey Andre,

Here in Brazil we’re living this crash since 2014/2015. And there’s nothing who make us feel better. Every day we got more and more disappointed.

:/

Filipe B. June 22, 2017 - 7:50 PM

Excellent article on Volatility Mr. Thomas, one of the best I’ve read on the internet, congratulations and thanks for writing.

Gabriel November 17, 2017 - 5:17 PM

I saw in the comments that the crisis would continue in the year 2017 and I think it will go beyond 2018

Alexandra HS Zanattini March 8, 2018 - 5:35 PM

2018 and the crisis “is coming”…

Fernando November 16, 2018 - 2:47 AM

In the world idk, but the crisis in Brazil will probably keep for a looong time :/

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