The China Syndrome Is Spreading; Special Report by Leading Financial e-Letter Investment Contrarians

July 19, 2012 - PRLog -- New York, NY (PRWEB), July 19, 2012 – In a recent Investment Contrarians article, editor Sasha Cekerevac argues that one of the pitfalls of being in a global economy is being more closely tied with other economies; if one economy suffers a recession, it can drag down growth in other nations. Cekerevac notes that China has been a strong economic driver in the global economy for many years, but recently, questions are arising about whether or not its economic slowdown will decline into a full-blown recession.

“The economic forecast of China has continued to move down, according to many people, including myself,” comments Cekerevac. “There has been some information from the actual companies, the people on the ground, which shows a disturbing trend for the truly bizarre.”

A construction equipment maker in China called Zoomlion asked for $22.0 billion in credit so that it may fund its customers, Cekerevac reports. This is a large amount of money for any firm, especially considering the company itself is only worth $12.0 billion. This is a sign of how desperate the situation is in China, as customers have no cash to purchase equipment, notes Cekerevac.

“It gets even crazier. Reports are surfacing that machines purchased on credit are then being used as collateral! The customers who bought the construction equipment are getting credit backed by the equipment, which they in turn are using to finance their own clients,” exclaims the Investment Contrarians editor

“This is one giant house of cards,” he continues. “Essentially, none of the customers along this chain have the money to buy the goods. Purchases are being conducted solely on credit!”

China is a huge player in the global economy, says Cekerevac. When this bubble bursts, the net impact will be a severe recession, he believes, noting that the amount of excessive leverage in China appears to be staggeringly high.

“Making an economic forecast when we have a situation of credit built on other credit is that much more difficult. The U.S. has seen what happens with too much leverage. While we can’t know what will happen for sure or when,” Cekerevac concludes, “we do know that anything that happens with an integral part of the global economy such as China will have a serious impact on U.S. investments.”

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