Stocks have tumbled in recent weeks, raising concerns that the market could be headed for a decline of 10 percent or more.
What if you believe small caps are headed for a decline and want to protect gains in your small-cap holdings without selling them?
Thanks to a seemingly healthy diversification of revenue streams, Apple was able to once again grow its revenue after it seemed like it was headed for a decline (or, at least, topping out).
House prices are heading for a 35% decline, repossessions are climbing and 2 million homeowners will find themselves in negative equity.
But, with three months to go, they are heading for a 2.8% decline.
"Generally, the East and West coasts are likely to appreciate more than the middle of America because there is less new construction taking place, since it is limited by the ocean," says Yun. It's not an absolute given that every home across the country will suddenly plummet in price, yet most analysts agree residential real estate is heading for a market decline.
Unless the West changes its ways, it is heading for "a savage economic decline".In this section Over a billion people now Future unrosy Go with the flows How the reader was lost Forecasting trouble Winter chill ReprintsMuch of this is both plausible and familiar.
Meanwhile, a European commission report showed eurozone consumer confidence falling for the fourth consecutive month in September to a 40-month low amid signs that activity across the 17-nation single currency zone is heading for a second quarter of decline, meeting the technical definition of recession.
Futures are heading for a third straight annual decline, the longest slump since 1993.
The move also signaled the Fed's deep concern that an economy facing lower corporate profits, declining capital investment and reduced consumer spending could be headed for a steeper decline.
