Recession Risk is Less, Look at These Keywords
Published: Thu, 08/17/23
I'm quite late to the financial game. I really never bothered to try and learn or understand what was happening until now.
Today I want to tell you though, that the financial experts are retracting their former statement that they made in 2022, which was that we were going to see a recession starting this year.
According to an article published today on Reuters, the economy may not see as sharp of a deownturn as forecasters initially believed. In fact, they are optimistic for a possible comeback over the next two years.
Do not quote me on any of this as I'm not a financial advisor. I don't even write finance content. YET!
The worry was that because the feds keep hiking inflation, the economy was going to take a big hit this year.
However, according to the article, unemployment did not increase, and consumers have continued to spend this year. One example of this is that billions were made in movies and concerts in 2023.
Interest rates have not impacted us severely as initially thought. Green energy, tech and other government programs that offer a tax incentive to businesses have kept the economy going.
While I'm here, I want to talk about keywords. I spotted some interesting ones in my investigation tonight.
I was looking up the Dow Jones because frankly, I don't know what it is. Check this page, and pay attention to the strategy that Investopedia used for keywords.
They actually took all of the different keyword combos that people would Google and stuck them on one page as headings in this article.
The headings make no sense logically, and the keyword sound dumb. ;)
But it is clear that these were the most searched-for terms on search engines and so that was what Investopedia decided to bank on for their SEO.
And it worked, because whatever I typed in that matches these phrases landed me right on this page of theirs.
Furthermore, I now know what the Dow Jones Industrial is.
It's an index of 30 Blue Chip stocks. The "industrial" bit has to do with the fact that industry drives the economy so these are globally the most traded stocks.
If you are surprised that I didn't know, guess what?
Lots of people don't know what you know. And that's one reason to have a website and charge people money or set up passive income in exchange for sharing good information.
When the Dow Jones Industrial was first created, the index was comprised of railroads, sugar, oil, cotton, tobacco, gas. All the major industries that drove the economy at the time.
Check this article here to look at the keyword phrases they used. Ridiculous, but I guess it works because people type dumb phrases when using their phones to look things up. And it seems that momentum drives the search terms because now the internet will provide the search terms for you, thereby dumbing down what you wanted to look up.
Of course, look at that page to find out the current companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial.
Disclaimer: This email is not to be considered financial advice. I have no background in finance at all and I would never advise what you should do with your money.
Meanwhile, let's take a look at the programs that are floating our economy.
Do you see a pattern here? I do.
So you have these Financial experts scaring the crap out of everybody, and then the government comes in to rescue us all by offering tax breaks if we change the way we do things.
Now, that is what actually drives the economy. And it's global. Welcome to the global economy!
If you are interested in some of the new incentives offered to small businesses that could reduce your tax burden, go check out the IRS website!
It's good stuff that might just keep you and your family surviving and thriving in today's changing world.
Dina at Wordfeeder PLR