1. It is because the causes of the previous financial crisis haven’t been resolved and the government hasn’t done anything to fix the basic problems in our economy.
2. It is because we still have a quadrillion dollar derivative overhang which dwarfs the size of the total global GDP by a factor of 10 to 1
3. It is because derivatives still haven’t been regulated and are still growing strong.
4. It is because creditors and investors are still at the behest of a central bank (Federal Reserve) and policymakers that are robbing them of their money every day.
5. It is because complacency is coming back and we are losing momentum every passing day.
6. It is because regulators and lawmakers who needed to impose rules so failing banks could be
shut down, allowed those incompetent banks to operate indefinitely with taxpayer support. They clearly have taken all the wrong steps in terms of the structural underpinnings of our capital markets.
From
Ziad K Abdelnour