The World Is On A Bumpy Journey

Investors Have To Ask Themselves Two Questions. How Much Can We Grow Our Investments? And, Can We Afford Our Mistakes?

As A Whole, Investors Should Welcome Attempts To Safeguard The Integrity Of Markets. You Need Very Clear Rules Applied To Markets.

As We Spend More, And As Companies Are Pushed To Invest, They Say, "hey Wait A Minute! There's More Demand In The System. Let's Invest More."

Investors Should Be Cautiously Positioned As The Global Economy And Markets Face Major Uncertainties. The Downgrade Will Be A Further Headwind To Growth And Job Creation In The U.s.

It Is Hard To Imagine That, Having Downgraded The Us, S & P Will Not Follow Suit On At Least One Of The Other Members Of The Dwindling Club Of Sovereign Aaas. If This Were To Materialise And Involve A Country Like France, For Example, It Could Complicate The Already Fragile Efforts By Europe To Rescue Countries In Its Periphery.