When will America's recession ACTUALLY end?

Question

I mean like start to improve. I have been waiting for a while to put buy some stock, but i havent seen the economy back on the upswing yet. Analysts say it will happen soon, but they have been wrong numerous times before. When will this downward spiral end?

Answer 1

We are not 'technically' in a recession. To be in a recession is when real growth is negative for two or more successive quarters of a year. That hasn't happened (how I'd like to know) YET this has been the worst market since the depression. It's just the numbers some how don't show that part.

As to the end of the summer, as what Zachary said, yea, don't think so bud, the gas prices are going to stay higher till bout next year, with it bobbing up and down between the high $3's and low $4's per gallon, may even hit a $5 a gallon.

Just remember, the market can't keep falling down, it has to hit a low and start to rise as some point, right now we just have to wait for it to hit the bottom to set a base for it to ride upward.

Answer 2

Bottoms and recoveries usually don't start until most every one is convinced things are only going to get worse.

Answer 3

1. We are definitely in a recession, I don't know how anyone can argue otherwise.

2 No one knows how long a recession will last. The average is about 18 months but that is just an average there are bears markets that last for years.

I never listen to analyst ratings myself.  They seem to just be hoping it will turn around.  Like by saying it will turn around will actually make it happen.

Answer 4

We're not in a recession, we're in an election year... the numbers show positive economic growth, albiet enemic growth.   Most of the growth is coming from a few select industries, energy, equipment exporters, & biotechnology.

Answer 5

If the talk is about recession, then we're actually in a depression.

When the media starts saying we're in a depression then its time to buy.

Remember that what you see and hear in the media is not real reporting, it is repeating what the "people who benefit the  most from what is being said" want you to hear, see and think.

The most successful investors of all time always do the opposite of what the masses do.

By the time you hear or see something in the media it is already way old news. So, expect a true recovery when the everyone is screaming depression.

Here is something to ponder--

If you are under media influence (tv. newspaper) , then realize that most of the time the opposite of what you feel is true is actually the truth.

Answer 6

how..we do have bad new coming to stock market every week

housing prices keep dropping every month.. for past 12 months

forclousers rate are higher every month

banking are suffering..and they getting greedy every day.

..and they do not know their own lost yet..

jobs are hard to get.

Iraq and Afghanistan war cost are up to roof.

fuel cost are up every month

food cost are up too.

please  give me one good news here..

ido not  belife this will change soon.

Answer 7

Nobody knows. Even the experts are saying that no one has a clue.

There is a possibility that things will turn around later in the year. There is a possibility that we are in the beginning phases of a global slowdown due to credit fears and issues.

The average bear market drops 30%.  We are just over 20% from our highs.  

I would suggest that you slowly buy into the market so that you average in your price.  We could rise10% from where we are or drop 10% from where we are in a matter of weeks.

Good luck!

Answer 8

We are NOT in a recession!!!  We are talking ourselves more and more into one.  That being said there is talk about the market turning around by the end of the summer.

Answer 9

Now that the "run on the banks" has begun, it will only end when we have NO MORE CASH!

Answer 10

Well for the recession to end, it needs to begin. Which no matter what the liberal press and Democratic party tells you has not started yet. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. So far we have had exactly ZERO quarters of negative growth. You want to see a serious recession, go back to the late 70's and early 80's to the days of general malaise foisted upon us by Jimmy Carter and the Democrats. That was when we had 9% unemployment, 13% inflation, 18% mortgages, serious negative growth and long gas lines. Gas may be expensive today, but at least you can buy it. Today we have 5.5% unemployment, 3-4% inflation and 6% mortgages and still slight growth. And the Obama solution to this? Increase income taxes, increase dividend taxes, increase taxeson capital gains, increase taxes on oil, increase governmnet regulation, ban drilling, come out against nuclear power and Obama's recession will make Jimmy Carter's recession look like a walk in the park.