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When buying on leverage is actively encouraged to the masses, a crash usually follows. Before the 1929 crash, buying stock/equites on extreme margins became nor
by bradly 9y ago
When buying on leverage is actively encouraged to the masses, a crash usually follows. Before the 1929 crash, buying stock/equites on extreme margins became normal; Before the 2008 crash, buying real estate on extreme margins became normal; today we are seeing higher education being purchased on extreme margins. Now higher education is a different beast than the others, so it is hard to say how a economic event stemmed from student loans will manifest itself, but it is a real concern.
I highly recommend JL Collins Stock Series blog posts and specifically this article on market events of the past 100 years: http://jlcollinsnh.com/2017/07/26/time-machine-and-the-future-returns-for-stocks/ http://jlcollinsnh.com/2017/07/26/time-machine-and-the-futur...
- padobson 9y agoHuge increases in student loans will certainly have effects on future borrowing - mortgages, car loans, business loans. What happens when fewer people are buying houses? Cars? Starting businesses?