The big one's coming. just a matter of time.
.....and to top it off you have the risk of global conflict on the horizon.
Putin Warns Of Risk Of Major Conflict, Says Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
As Bloomberg reports:
Love him or hate him he's the only one making sense at the moment.
We are trending towards a major collapse and not just financial. I've seen nothing in the last 5 years that suggests we have made any real effort to change that trend for the better.
I laughed at preppers as little as 2 years ago. Now I am one
Unilever warned of a slowdown in all the right places, in the emerging markets, in Europe, and of stagnation in the US. Like other consumer-products companies, it complained about currency issues, political unrest, bleak economies, the wrong kind of weather, and other uncertainties that perplex consumers to no end and cause them to get stingy.
?We expect markets to remain tough?,? CEO Paul Polman said.
In the emerging markets overall, where nearly 60% of its revenues come from, underlying sales managed to increase 5.6%, down from 6.6% in the prior quarter, with Turkey, Indonesia, and the Philippines being particular bright spots. But Brazil is sliding into recession, Russia is slowing down as well, and China, oh my!
?We expect markets to remain tough?,? CEO Paul Polman said.
In the emerging markets overall, where nearly 60% of its revenues come from, underlying sales managed to increase 5.6%, down from 6.6% in the prior quarter, with Turkey, Indonesia, and the Philippines being particular bright spots. But Brazil is sliding into recession, Russia is slowing down as well, and China, oh my!
As China is entering its worst slowdown in many years, consumers are reacting by closing their wallets. Retailers and wholesalers are reacting to the newly prudent consumers by ?de-stocking,? the company reported. The result was a ?sharp slowdown.? Underlying sales plunged 20%!
.....and to top it off you have the risk of global conflict on the horizon.
Putin Warns Of Risk Of Major Conflict, Says Dollar Losing Reserve Currency Status
As Bloomberg reports:
*PUTIN SPEAKS AT MEETING OF VALDAI CLUB IN SOCHI
*PUTIN SAYS WORLD GROWING LESS SECURE, PREDICTABLE
*PUTIN SAYS NO GUARANTEE OF GLOBAL SECURITY
*GLOBAL SECURITY SYSTEM IS WEAK, DEFORMED: PUTIN
*COLD WAR ENDED WITHOUT PEACE BEING ACHIEVED: PUTIN
*PUTIN SAYS COLD WAR `VICTORS' DISMANTLING INTL LAWS, RELATIONS
*U.S. HAS WORSENED DISBALANCE IN INTL RELATIONS: PUTIN
*PUTIN SAYS U.S. ACTING LIKE NOUVEAU RICHE AS GLOBAL LEADER
*PUTIN SAYS WORLD LEADERS BEING BLACKMAILED BY `BIG BROTHER'
*U.S. LEADERSHIP BRINGS NO GOOD FOR OTHERS: PUTIN
*PUTIN SEES GLOBAL MEDIA UNDER CONTROL, UNDERMINING TRUTH
*PUTIN SAYS WEST CLOSED EYES TO INTL TERRORISM ENTERING RUSSIA
*PUTIN CALLS U.S. SELF-APPOINTED LEADER
*PUTIN: UNIPOLAR WORLD LIKE DICTATORSHIP OVER OTHER COUNTRIES
*PUTIN SAYS MANY COUNTRIES DISENCHANTED W/ GLOBALIZATION: PUTIN
*PUTIN SAYS U.S. DOLLAR LOSING TRUST AS RESERVE CURRENCY
*RUSSIA WON'T BEG FOR ANYTHING: PUTIN
*SANCTIONS UNDERMINING WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION RULES: PUTIN
*RUSSIA ISN'T WALLING ITSELF OFF FROM WORLD, PUTIN SAYS
*RUSSIA READY FOR DIALOGUE ON NORMALIZING ECONOMIC TIES: PUTIN
*PUTIN: WORLD WITHOUT RULES IS POSSIBILITY; ANARCHY GROWING
*PUTIN CALLS FOR NEW GLOBAL CONSENSUS, INTERDEPENDENCE
*PUTIN: CONTINUED USE OF FORCE IN UKRAINE MAY LEAD TO DEAD END
*PUTIN SAYS U.S. CAN'T HUMILIATE ITS PARTNERS FOREVER
*PUTIN SAYS WORLD GROWING LESS SECURE, PREDICTABLE
*PUTIN SAYS NO GUARANTEE OF GLOBAL SECURITY
*GLOBAL SECURITY SYSTEM IS WEAK, DEFORMED: PUTIN
*COLD WAR ENDED WITHOUT PEACE BEING ACHIEVED: PUTIN
*PUTIN SAYS COLD WAR `VICTORS' DISMANTLING INTL LAWS, RELATIONS
*U.S. HAS WORSENED DISBALANCE IN INTL RELATIONS: PUTIN
*PUTIN SAYS U.S. ACTING LIKE NOUVEAU RICHE AS GLOBAL LEADER
*PUTIN SAYS WORLD LEADERS BEING BLACKMAILED BY `BIG BROTHER'
*U.S. LEADERSHIP BRINGS NO GOOD FOR OTHERS: PUTIN
*PUTIN SEES GLOBAL MEDIA UNDER CONTROL, UNDERMINING TRUTH
*PUTIN SAYS WEST CLOSED EYES TO INTL TERRORISM ENTERING RUSSIA
*PUTIN CALLS U.S. SELF-APPOINTED LEADER
*PUTIN: UNIPOLAR WORLD LIKE DICTATORSHIP OVER OTHER COUNTRIES
*PUTIN SAYS MANY COUNTRIES DISENCHANTED W/ GLOBALIZATION: PUTIN
*PUTIN SAYS U.S. DOLLAR LOSING TRUST AS RESERVE CURRENCY
*RUSSIA WON'T BEG FOR ANYTHING: PUTIN
*SANCTIONS UNDERMINING WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION RULES: PUTIN
*RUSSIA ISN'T WALLING ITSELF OFF FROM WORLD, PUTIN SAYS
*RUSSIA READY FOR DIALOGUE ON NORMALIZING ECONOMIC TIES: PUTIN
*PUTIN: WORLD WITHOUT RULES IS POSSIBILITY; ANARCHY GROWING
*PUTIN CALLS FOR NEW GLOBAL CONSENSUS, INTERDEPENDENCE
*PUTIN: CONTINUED USE OF FORCE IN UKRAINE MAY LEAD TO DEAD END
*PUTIN SAYS U.S. CAN'T HUMILIATE ITS PARTNERS FOREVER
Love him or hate him he's the only one making sense at the moment.
We are trending towards a major collapse and not just financial. I've seen nothing in the last 5 years that suggests we have made any real effort to change that trend for the better.
I laughed at preppers as little as 2 years ago. Now I am one