Comments on: Although Experts Said it Could Never Happen, U.S. Crisis Looking Like a Repeat of Japan’s “Lost Decade” http://www.geigerindex.com/archives/japans-lost-decade/ Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:11:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ralph http://www.geigerindex.com/archives/japans-lost-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-540 ralph Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:30:15 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=5320#comment-540 Anyone who thinks that he can predict the future of the stock market hand better have his brains examined Anyone who thinks that he can predict the future of the stock
market hand better have his brains examined

]]> By: li jackson http://www.geigerindex.com/archives/japans-lost-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-539 li jackson Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:25:44 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=5320#comment-539 The "sense of déjà vu" Mr. Fitz-Gerald alludes to, may apply equally well to the period from the prelusion, to the conclusion, of WW II, when the predominance of Europe as the epicenter of world leadership shifted decidedly across the pond... It was ripe! If Mr. Fitz-Gerald is right about the "second coming" of the Lost Decade, then the possibility of the US being gradually, but steadily marginalized -- and at an accelerated pace -- cannot be dismissed. If indeed a void emerged, it will be filled by "someone, somehow". The ostensible reality is, there seem to be less than a handful of contenders poised for the prime position... and the transition will likely be marked by tumultuous, monumental changes on a global scale. Granted, it may be too early to apprehend such a scenario. But still, this is something the forward-looking set may want to contemplate on. The “sense of déjà vu” Mr. Fitz-Gerald alludes to, may apply equally well to the period from the prelusion, to the conclusion, of WW II, when the predominance of Europe as the epicenter of world leadership shifted decidedly across the pond… It was ripe!

If Mr. Fitz-Gerald is right about the “second coming” of the Lost Decade, then the possibility of the US being gradually, but steadily marginalized — and at an accelerated pace — cannot be dismissed.

If indeed a void emerged, it will be filled by “someone, somehow”. The ostensible reality is, there seem to be less than a handful of contenders poised for the prime position… and the transition will likely be marked by tumultuous, monumental changes on a global scale.

Granted, it may be too early to apprehend such a scenario. But still, this is something the forward-looking set may want to contemplate on.

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