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Akhil Patel: Yes we can. Famously, Gordon Brown said that he had managed to do this only to be proven wrong. He would have managed it if he’d done what I described below. First, eliminate the incentive people have to
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Akhil Patel: That’s a nice thought! But you will never lose your advantage by following the cycle because it is highly unlikely that it will cease operating. It can be solved (see the next question) but there are massive monied
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Akhil Patel: Who knows? But I would say we have probably seen the low in short-term interest rates, with most economies emerging from the debt problems of the last cycle. Governments can look to “normalise” monetary policy be bringing interest
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Akhil Patel: There are other cycles at play that drive stock market movements. However, the major bull and bear market in stocks fit within the main phases of the 18 year cycle. For example a study of market history shows
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Akhil Patel: Most Western economies follow the US into and out of every cyclical peak. That includes the UK, Canada, Australia, European countries, and even Japan. There is not enough historical data available to see whether the same holds true
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Akhil Patel: You must not mix up what you regard as expensive with what people are prepared to pay. The reality is that people adapt to the property cycle rather than vice versa. They do so by changing purchasing habits.
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Akhil Patel, Editor: The fundamental causes of the cycle have not changed. The cycle is based upon the Law of Economic Rent – which supports speculation in real estate (land) and creation of credit (money) by the banking system, based
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Nick O’Connor: Akhil has professional experience in audit, central government and international banking and has worked on a range of issues from reviewing large infrastructure PPP deals to helping establish the UK’s ÂŁ3 billion International Climate Fund. He has two
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