INVESTOPHOBIA- Buzz Word of the Buzz Town

Investophobia- Fear of investments might have hit the investors worldwide badly. With the financial crisis which hit US hard, seems to spread its fang to the European markets as well. The global markets have already witnessed a meltdown in the last few months sparing no market. The Markets globally have shaved off around 30-35% of the Market Cap owing to the Crisis.All indicators of the global economies heading towards a recession. The US Markets- considered to be the Big Daddy of all the Markets is itself hit by credit crunch , adding to its woes is the credit freeze , though the bail out plan was passed by the congress, the Post-Bailout outplan sent the market reeling down by 3.5 % indicating that bailout plan is just not enough to end the myriad sufferings of the investors.

The Jobless Claims in the US hit a 7 Year low, the aftermath of the financial crisis is further likely to take the Jobless claims to a new low. Fed's Rate cutting rampage will nowhere result in reviving the crashed markets.

An alternative for improving the employment rate needs to be targeted first. All that matters now is the time the Economy would take to reinstate itself in a stable condition and sustain the momentum for a marginal recovery.