INVESTMENTS IN FUTURE
INVESTING IN DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know the world is still struggling with the aftermath of the global financial crisis that erupted in 2008. The crisis has been so profound that it has left a deep imprint in any aspect of our social, economic and political well-being. Indeed, there is hardly any person, institution, business or bank that has not felt the dire effects of the turmoil that ensued as a result. This financial crisis, being the most severe since the Great Depression, raised a number of issues that need to be addressed in order to avoid the same mistakes in the future. The most pertinent question remains –why modern financial crises occur? The answer to this question is manifold. While the immediate reason can be a bursting of a stock market bubble, a default of a country or crash of a ...