Is the Economy About to Explode Like a Tracker Jacker Nest?! Investors Panic!

The Odds Are NOT in Our Favor!

Well isn't this just great? Seems like everyone’s running around like chickens with their heads cut off. Remember when Peeta said 'Stay alive?' Right now it feels like the odds are definitely NOT in our favor. According to some fancy investor survey 82% of these so called “experts” at Bank of America think the world's about to take a nosedive. They're blaming this whole President Trump trade policy kerfuffle – which honestly sounds about as organized as Haymitch trying to give advice sober.

Recession? More Like Reaping Time!

Forty two percent of these financial wizards are betting on a recession. Forty two percent! That's almost half! It’s like they’re drawing names for the Hunger Games of the economy. And inflation? Apparently it's higher than Gale's temper when he sees me talking to Peeta. It’s like we're back in District 12 scrounging for every last scrap just to survive. 'May the odds be ever in your favor'? Yeah right.

US Equities? More Like District 1!

And get this: everyone's bailing on U.S. stocks. They're saying confidence is dwindling. More like they are finally noticing that people in the Capitol (US) are feasting while we starve in the districts. People are cutting their losses faster than I can shoot an apple out of a pig’s mouth. They’re pulling out so fast it's like they're trying to outrun a Gamemaker engineered firestorm. Smart move honestly. Remember 'If we burn you burn with us!' Maybe this time the Capitol – I mean Wall Street – will feel the heat.

Gold is the New Mockingjay!

So what are these terrified investors doing instead? They're hoarding gold like it's the last loaf of bread in District 12. Gold apparently is the new Mockingjay – the symbol of hope or at least the symbol of not losing all your money when everything goes belly up. They’re also snapping up bonds like they're trying to build a fortress against the impending financial doom.

Tech? Try No Tech!

Within the stock market they’re ditching tech industrials banks – basically anything that sounds even remotely risky. They're running to utilities like they're trying to find the safest bunker in District 13. Honestly it's hard to blame them. Better to be boring and alive than flashy and bankrupt right? I learned that lesson dodging Careers in the arena.

Panic? Or Revolution?!

So what does all this mean? Are we doomed? Are we about to see another round of economic Hunger Games? Maybe. Or maybe just maybe this is a wake up call. Maybe this is the moment when people realize that something has to change. After all 'It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.' Let’s hope we can pull it together before it's too late.