Non so se vi ricordate il film M.I.B. : i Man in Black erano un'associazione segreta che teneva nascosta in tutti i modi la presenza degli Alieni sulla Terra.
Per scoprire tracce della loro presenza in mezzo agli umani, i MIB leggevano regolarmente i giornaletti di Gossip che riportavano notizie assurde del tipo "uno scarafaggio si è messo a parlarmi" oppure "Michael Jackson è un alieno"....
ed era in queste sparate di serie B e C che trovavano proprio la verità sugli Alieni e su come agire di conseguenza....
Un po' come se tu dovessi leggere perfino i Blog per trovare almeno un po' di verità sull'economia e sulla finanza...:-)
Ebbene...
in questa Grande Crisi epocale nella quale le Fonti Ufficiali (istituzionali ed informative) ci hanno contato tante di quelle Balle che ormai non ci crediamo più...
eccovi le 10 previsioni più catastrofiste per il 2012 che Saxo Bank si diverte ogni anno a buttare lì...
Beh...alla fin fine alcune di esse mi sembrano più probabili e realistiche
rispetto a cose tipo "il peggio è alle spalle"..."l'euro non è in pericolo"...."le banche sono al sicuro"..."l'Italia non rischia il default"...ed altre amenità del genere che da anni leggiamo sui canali informativi mainstream....
Lasciando da parte l'ironia, come abbiamo ripetuto 1000 volte
in una gestione del RISCHIO dei propri Risparmi ai tempi di una Crisi Epocale è IMPORTANTISSIMO tenere in conto L'EVENTO non solo PIU' IMPROBABILE ma anche PIU' CATASTROFICO, quello che può farti fischiare il 50%/70% dei tuoi Risparmi...
Dunque bisogna agire di conseguenza facendo delle mosse iper-garantiste a mo' di polizza assicurativa.
Se poi la Catastrofe non dovesse verificarsi...beh tanto meglio!
Avrò solo sprecato una piccola percentuale dei miei risparmi od addirittura rinunciato solo ad un po' di rendita...
Ma se la Catastrofe dovesse veramente avverarsi...beh la mia Polizza potrebbe fare realmente LA DIFFERENZA e salvarmi il culetto...
vedi il caso Argentina (chi si parò il culo e chi no...)
10 OUTRAGEOUS PREDICTIONS FOR 2012 (da PragCap)
Each year Saxo Bank releases their 10 outrageous predictions for 2012.
The list is intended to highlight outlier risks as opposed to actual expected outcomes for the year.
They say the list will hopefully get investors to consider potential downsides, prepare in advance and maybe even get policymakers to consider action that avoids any of the following.
As a risk manager, I’m always in favor of considering and preparing for the worst.
You can see their predictions from the previous two years here and here.
And with that in mind, here is the list:
1. The stock of Apple Inc plummets 50 per cent from 2011 high
Going into 2012, Apple will find itself faced with multiple competitors such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft/Nokia, and Samsung across its most innovative products, the iPhone and iPad. Apple will be unable to maintain its market share of 55 per cent (three times as much as Android) and 66 per cent on the iOS and iPad.
2. EU declares extended bank holiday during 2012
The December EU Treaty changes prove insufficient to solve EU funding needs – particularly those in Italy – and the EU debt crisis returns with a vengeance by mid-year. In response, the stock market finally caves in and drops 25 per cent in short order, prompting EU politicians to call an extended bank holiday – closing all European exchanges and banks for a week or more.
3. A yet unannounced candidate takes the White House
In 1992, Texas billionaire Ross Perot managed to take advantage of a recessionary economy and popular disgust with US politics and reap 18.9 per cent of the popular vote. Three years of Obama has brought too little change and only additional widespread disillusionment with the entire US political system, and conditions for a third party candidate have never been riper. Someone with a strong programme for real change throws his or her hat in the ring early in 2012 and snatches the presidency in November in one of the most pivotal elections in US history, taking 38 per cent of the popular vote.
4. Australia goes into recession
The effects of the slowing up-and-coming Asian giant ripple through Asia Pacific push other countries into recession. If there ever was a country dependent on the well-being of China it is Australia with its heavy dependence on mining and natural resources. And as China’s demand for these goods weakens, Australia is pushed into a recession, which is then exacerbated as the housing sector finally experiences its long overdue crash –a half decade after the rest of the developed world.
5. Basel III and regulation force 50 bank nationalisations in Europe
As 2012 begins, pressure will mount on the European banking system as new capital requirements and regulatory pressure force banks to deleverage in a great hurry. This creates a fire sale on financial assets as there are few takers in the market. A total freeze of the European interbank market forces nervous savers to make bank-runs, as depositors distrust deposit guarantees from insolvent sovereigns. More than 50 banks end up on government balance sheets and several known commercial bank brands cease to exist.6. Sweden and Norway replace Switzerland as safe havens
As we saw with Switzerland, becoming a safe haven in a world of devaluing central banks presents a number of risks to a country’s economy. The capital markets of both countries are far smaller than Switzerland, but the Swiss are aggressively devaluing their currency and money managers are looking for new safe havens for capital. Flows into the two countries’ government bonds on safe haven appeal becomes popular enough to drive 10-yearrates there to more than 100 basis points below the classic safe haven German Bunds.
7. Swiss National Bank wins and catapults EURCHF to 1.50
Switzerland’s persistency in fighting the appreciation of its currency will continue to pay off in 2012. With Swiss fundamentals –particularly export related – continuing to suffer mightily in 2012 from past CHF strength, the SNB and government bear down further to prevent more collateral damage and introduce extensions to existing programmes and even negative interest rates to trigger sufficient capital flight from the traditional safe haven of Switzerland to engineer a move in EURCHF as high as 1.50 during the year.8. USDCNY rises 10 per cent to 7.00
As marginal returns from building million-inhabitant ghost towns diminish and exporters struggle with razor-thin margins due to the advancing CNY China gets to the brink of a “recession”, meaning 5-6 per cent GDP growth. Chinese policymakers come to the rescue of exporters by allowing the CNY to decline against a US Dollar – buoyed by its safe-haven status amid slowing global growth and an on-going Eurozone sovereign debt crisis – and send the pair up to 7.00 for a 10 percent increase.
9. Baltic Dry Index rises 100 per cent
Lower oil prices in 2012 could lead to an increase in the Baltic Dry Index as operating expenses go down. Brazil and Australia are expected to expand iron ore supply, further leading to lower prices and therefore higher import demand from China to satisfy its insatiable industrial production. In combination with monetary easing this leads to a massive spike in iron ore demand.10. Wheat (grano) prices to double in 2012
The price of CBOT wheat will double during 2012 after having been the worst performing crop in 2011. With 7 billion people on the earth and money printing machines at full throttle, bad weather across the world will unfortunately return and make it a tricky year for agricultural products. Wheat especially will rally strongly as speculative investors, who had built up one of the biggest short positions on record, will help drive the price back towards the record high last seen in 2008.
Source: Saxo Bank
