The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks.
"A very nasty period is soon to be upon us - be prepared," said Bob Janjuah, the bank's credit strategist.
A report by the bank's research team warns that the S&P 500 index of Wall Street equities is likely to fall by more than 300 points to around 1050 by September as "all the chickens come home to roost" from the excesses of the global boom, with contagion spreading across Europe and emerging markets.
Peacenik was a little late with Peacenik's stock market crash prediction. The Royal Bank of Scotland made its prediction in June of 2008. If investors had heeded RBS's advice, many would have avoided the market meltdown. In real time RBS just announced its own $41 billion dollar loss for 2008. Nasty to say the least. Its only Monday morning, its a U.S. holiday, but the bad financial news just keeps coming. Are the Leafs playing tonight? Is Punditman?
