Should You Still Be Worried About A Recession?

[Rogeraherr]

I'm concerned about the potential impact of the current market panic and the absurd recession threat on my around $80, 000 account. Could you offer any suggestions on how I could profit from the current state of the market while still protecting my assets during this time?

[SreenathSvijay-thmy]

Guess my 100k is just gonna sit tight while Trump's tariffs shake things up. Anyone else loving this rollercoaster, or is it just me being sarcastic here?

[Charlotte-sy]

Everyone is worried about recession? I feel like everyone’s pretending everything’s fine now, but prices are still high, savings are getting drained, and I don’t feel secure at all.

[snookiewozo]

I definitely like this short format type of videos. 10-15 minutes, no BS, straight to the point and very informative. Good job, George.

[oneillbilder]

I am holding a cash position of about 300k. I know a dip is supposed to be the buying opportunity in this recession, thus my question - what are the best stocks to dive into as of now?

[FaithAndrada-xoou]

I really think there is more of a market correction coming up. Getting 2008 recession vibes from the stock market right now. I am lookin at investing $40k in meta.

[CalebHanna-rb]

Hit 250k today. Appreciate you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started with 24k in January 2025

[DavisReed-qv]

It's sad how difficult things have become in this recessive economy. I was wondering how to utilise some money I had. I used some of it for e-commerce business, but that sank. I'm thinking of how to protect my $150K-worth stock portfolio from decline, but haven't figured which way to go.

[Waldo-]

You cannot cut your way out of recession and inflation you've got to invest your way out of recession, the Conservative party are in the dark ages on policy they've got to think again. My primary concern is how to maximize my savings/retirement fund of about £170k which has been sitting duck since forever with zero to no gains.

[randers-uw]

It surprises me why everybody gets really worked up about recession and inflation data. Inflation has always existed, and people have been using investments to beat the inflation. The stock market return, for example, always beats inflation. I heard of someone who invested $121k last October, and has grown the portfolio by more than $400k. I need recommendations that can give me similar return.

[GuessterS]

He's not lieing, we're just going straight into depression.

[TheJackCain-]

The stock market is a way to hedge against inflation. Most notably amidst recession, investors need to understand where and how to allocate funds to hedge against inflation and still make profits.

[sharkysharkerson]

Sure we’ve been through recessions before. What gets me about this one is that it’s completely self inflicted. We just voluntarily sanctioned ourselves from global trade. At some point recessions fade but we’re never getting our status back.

[cyber]

The unemployment rate means nothing these days because they are all driving ubers, delivering pizzas or flipping burgers PT for peanuts. But if you look at the U6 unemployment, it's around 8% and rising - suggesting we are already in a recession.

[mahalia_kendrick]

I complained bitterly about how my life was rough a few weeks ago; how many of you remembered??

[skynetsworld]

If an expert on tv is saying he is 100% sure that there won't be a recession i'm not worried at all anymore. 😁

[richardhudson]

I'm planning to invest $150, 000 of my savings into the stock market to capitalize on the recession. What is the best investment strategy to use?

[Kirisame]

11:37 I have to disagree, or at least argue that the red line is significantly lower now than it was in the 50s. The indicator is simply no longer that useful due to the structural changes in the US economy. The US economy of the 50s and 60s might as well be an entirely different country when compared to the US economy of the 2010s and 2020s.

For one thing, employers have become much more adept at forcing arbitration agreements and at-will employment upon workers, such that they cannot apply for unemployment successfully. Uber and other such gig jobs make it such that many do not even try to apply for unemployment, as it is much easier to get gig work than it is to fight an uphill battle for unemployment benefits.

My anecdotal impression is that we are also seeing more cases of long-term unemployment. This would also result in lower initial claims because those that are unemployed cannot re-apply after the spike indicated on your chart in the 2020-2023 range.

Even if unemployment is very low, these gig jobs pay a lot less than their prior careers. Decreased wages will have a big impact on consumption, even if it means the employee cannot apply for unemployment benefits.

The upper-middle class will not be willing/able to continue spending as much given recent stock market volatility to offset the unfortunates finding themselves in the gig economy class. This drives down spending in the upper quintiles in the same way that depressed wages are driving down spending in the bottom quintiles.

Last, tightening credit conditions and debt repayment is also eating up discretional spending. People cannot take on new debt to keep consumption-based growth going, also resulting in a deep recession. So we have a huge host of non-unemployment factors that all point to one thing: a long and deep recession. My opinion is that unemployment is likely to be a lagging indicator of recession this time, rather than a leading one.

Once we start seeing 10%+ unemployment handles, I think that will be a sign that enough destruction has occurred to potentially allow the economy to turn back to growth, however anemic.

[bobbafett]

*MAKE AMERICA GREAT DEPRESSION AGAIN!*

[ryaj]

It’s been rough in this market and not call it a recession. It’s wild.