Comments on: Are You Ready for the Upturn?

By: mike

mike — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:51:01 +0000

That would be good if it happened, but I don’t see this country doing anything sensible about energy until/unless there is a crisis. Then everyone will be interested in solutions. Proactive thinking and actions are not our strong suit as a society it would seem.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:18:05 +0000

Hi Mike. I generally agree with all of the above. The renewables industry, however, is now flat as cheap natural gas is eating its lunch. Tranmission limitations and the predictable regulatory world dysfunction don’t help. I hope that once the tea party types slink away after the election, we can resume reasonable energy policy discussions and continue seeking innovative energy solutions.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:58:30 +0000

Don’t know if it’s global or not Lloyd, can only report on what I see in the US at this point. But generally, if the US does upturn, the world will have some positive effects

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:45:09 +0000

It definitely doesn’t feel all about to become all rosy in the investment banking industry (and understandably, justifiably so), morale is low and revenues are down.
However things can change faster here and more dramatically than a lot of other industries to be honest and I see little reason to believe that if there isn’t an upturn the banks will surf it to excess like they always have. I hope you’re right.
I hope the Hong Kong housing market doesn’t have another boom, prices here haven’t looked back since SARS and people have been calling it a bubble for years…. but it just won’t pop.