There is plenty of reason to conclude that corporate bonds are a better buy than stocks right now, and investors may be starting to do just that.
And since consumer spending accounts for 57% of Japan's GDP, growth will remain puny until companies spread more of their profits around.Some firms may have started to do just that.
The freeze in IT investment led Cisco, the Internet equipment giant, to say this week that it is laying off almost a fifth of its workforce (see article).Until recently, only businesses were cutting back, but consumers may be starting to do so too.
Just as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft regularly by startups to fill in gaps in their technology or business, media companies may be starting to do the same on the content side.
Some may already have started to do so.
It is natural then that during surf torture, your mind may start to wander and do its thing; running through various disaster scenarios, convinced that death could be rolling in with the next wave.
Once you've exceeded your trainer's expectations and felt your dopamine and energy levels rise, you may start to realize you can do this.
"A young woman of 25 who has been in a job for two years may start to think, 'Maybe they don't think I'm that good,' because no one has told her she is good, while the young man at the next desk is likely to be thinking, 'I'm doing fine,' because no one has told him he isn't".
You may start to recognize pain, but do not focus on it.
