Skyscrapers Predict Real and Financial Markets

 

 A Spurt of Gross High-Rises 

 Marks an Asset Bubble 

 and Portends a Market Crash 

A breakout of soaring skyscrapers can presage a crash of the stock market and a recession in the real economy. That is, a bubble in real estate by way of oversize buildings heralds the end of a boom and the onset of a bust. In this way, a rash of record-busting construction serves as a portent of doom during the long-lived cycles in the property market as well as the financial forum.

In the modern era, real estate and financial assets form the bulk of wealth for the population at large. For this and other reasons, the tangible and virtual markets are closely intertwined. In the larger scheme of things, the fortunes of both types of assets depend on the health of the economy at large. In that case, it makes sense for the real and financial markets to display a heap of correlation and even a glob of causality with each other.

In their own way, skyscrapers can serve as beacons for investment planning by spotlighting bouts of excess in the property sector as well as other domains such as the stock market. All too often, an upcast of buildings that set fresh records for height is a glaring sign of froth in the real economy and the financial system. For this reason, the sober investor should pay heed to high-rise projects that make little or no sense from a pragmatic stance. To wit, a spate of record-breaking buildings is a cue for the canny player to rejigger their portfolio and prepare for a blowout in the real and financial markets.

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