Why is an economic recession bearish for the market?

[Apocollapse]

An economic recession is a condition where economic activity are declining since people doesn't have enough money, also it's followed with inflation too. For most people who only have money to spend on their daily life will be hard to face economic recession since they might can't fulfill their daily need and could ask a loan if the situation is really hard. Does they have any money left for emergency purpose or investment? No.

If they're educated enough and want to invest, they will invest before economic recession, not wait the economic recession happen.

[WeThePe0ple]

Op, I think that purely logically, you're right. In times of uncertainty, people should be looking into something more certain, into a way of saving their wealth if it is very likely to suffer heavily from the global economic recession. Perhaps the problem is that Bitcoin is NOT stable. If a person doesn't have faith that Bitcoin will recover again, the losses with Bitcoin can be higher than from fiat inflation. Also, stability is something more associated with gold, the price of which remains quite stable. Bitcoin requires taking a risk for the sake of potential profits, and maybe priority in uncertain times is not a risky decision but something relatively certain.

I believe it will recover but I also believe that governments will deny the conversion of crypto to currency.
I also believe that governments will not allow citizens to be paid in a currency that they can not manipulate. Such as a gold backed currency or crypto.
So in the end I wonder what BTC can be used for, if you can't pay for gas and groceries. For a mortgage and other things government can control.
I think BTC will only be useful for payments on the internet, where the government has no control.

[WeThePe0ple]

that's also my thought that the recent bad economic problems from inflation and rising interest rates or the russia war, should increase people's trust in bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies to be a means of payment or investment, but sometimes not many countries legalize bitcoin as a tool payment, bitcoin should be an alternative to get out of a situation like this, wasn't the economic crisis in 2008 that made satoshi also created this bitcoin as an alternative solution to this situation

In an ideal world, we would all get paid our monthly wages in bitcoin. Because it is a hedge vs inflation.
Central banks would not exist, so they can not manipulate our purchasing power by inflating the money supply.
But this is exactly the point. Inflating the money supply gives them a tremendous amount of control over people.
This is what they want, and they will not give it up.

We should all stand up against central banks. But for this to happen, people should understand the monetary system and 99% of people don't.

[Mauser]

So the increased demand for crypto is something I am right about.
I just don't see how this doesn't lead to a higher price of the coins.

I agree with you that the demand for crypto currencies is rising during times of high inflation, but a recession is working against that pressure. A global recession we are facing now creates a lot of uncertainty for investors. First of all we don't know how save our jobs are, maybe companies need to lay off workers and we will be part of the layoff. This fear makes planning future investments very difficult and investors are reluctant to add on new trades. In my country the situation is very paradox, most of the big asset managers recommend to not invest right now and hold cash instead, but with inflation rates at 10% it makes no sense at all to hold cash. It's only a matter of time before more investors start buying crypto currencies again.

[GigaBit]

When the economic recession starts everything comes to constrict. Because everything in the world is related to money. When you don't have money you won't be interested in buying anything even if you need it. Because the financial crisis will increase. At that time only basic human needs are given highest priority. Actually when you have enough money supply will you consider different investments. In that case, cryptocurrencies will be no different. There all kinds of investors big or small will convert or spend their money. As a result, the market condition will worsen. The market will move towards a long bearish.

[Wapfika]

When the economic recession starts everything comes to constrict. Because everything in the world is related to money. When you don't have money you won't be interested in buying anything even if you need it. Because the financial crisis will increase. At that time only basic human needs are given highest priority. Actually when you have enough money supply will you consider different investments. In that case, cryptocurrencies will be no different. There all kinds of investors big or small will convert or spend their money. As a result, the market condition will worsen. The market will move towards a long bearish.

When recession happens many prioritize more their living needs than their investments. It’s about making your present comfortable than risking in the market which might experience downtrends since people might lose jobs while goods are having inflations that makes living more hard when you only have few money on hand and didn’t have any savings. At this saving goods and having emergency funds is more better than trading it unless we’re too rich that we can take advantage recession to buy low and sell once the market recover and crisis is over.

[YUriy1991]

My opinion that government has indirect control over inflation is significantly more common in periods of recession, Belief in the existence of fiscal policy drives expectations of better economic times even if certain recessions last longer than expected.

For someone with no knowledge of finance, stocks, bonds and other aspects of the market it can be very confusing and further complicated by the current state of affairs and all the differences. This is one of the most complex and confusing things that most people will ever encounter.

[Bitstar_coin]

Op, I think that purely logically, you're right. In times of uncertainty, people should be looking into something more certain, into a way of saving their wealth if it is very likely to suffer heavily from the global economic recession. Perhaps the problem is that Bitcoin is NOT stable. If a person doesn't have faith that Bitcoin will recover again, the losses with Bitcoin can be higher than from fiat inflation. Also, stability is something more associated with gold, the price of which remains quite stable. Bitcoin requires taking a risk for the sake of potential profits, and maybe priority in uncertain times is not a risky decision but something relatively certain.

I believe it will recover but I also believe that governments will deny the conversion of crypto to currency.
I also believe that governments will not allow citizens to be paid in a currency that they can not manipulate. Such as a gold backed currency or crypto.
So in the end I wonder what BTC can be used for, if you can't pay for gas and groceries. For a mortgage and other things government can control.
I think BTC will only be useful for payments on the internet, where the government has no control.

You can use it as an asset if not for payment because of government policies and regulations in your location.
Right now it is not news that btc has not actually gain that level of acceptance where you can easily make payments with it at every store, there are still a lot of limitations when it comes to payments, except you find yourself in a btc legalized country like El-Salvador.

There are several online stores that accept btc but the only drawback is..... you may not find variety of option. For example, you want to shop for groceries online, am not sure if there is online site that sells groceries and accept btc.

[FriedeFritz]

Regarding your point, I believe the market will be higher at the end of the year than it is now. Corporate profits will continue to rise, and I do not believe Russia-Ukraine will be a significant long-term issue for the market.

I believe the market prices many things in, but it also significantly overcorrects, both upward and downward.

[rojan]

When the economic recession starts everything comes to constrict. Because everything in the world is related to money. When you don't have money you won't be interested in buying anything even if you need it. Because the financial crisis will increase. At that time only basic human needs are given highest priority. Actually when you have enough money supply will you consider different investments. In that case, cryptocurrencies will be no different. There all kinds of investors big or small will convert or spend their money. As a result, the market condition will worsen. The market will move towards a long bearish.

Yes you are absolutely right. When I have money, I have a different kind of peace in my mind. When I don't have any money, I am very stressed. When I have money, I like to invest most of the time.  And don't invest if you don't have money. But I think if you have money you can get everything.

[justdimin]

When the economic recession starts everything comes to constrict. Because everything in the world is related to money. When you don't have money you won't be interested in buying anything even if you need it. Because the financial crisis will increase. At that time only basic human needs are given highest priority. Actually when you have enough money supply will you consider different investments. In that case, cryptocurrencies will be no different. There all kinds of investors big or small will convert or spend their money. As a result, the market condition will worsen. The market will move towards a long bearish.

Yes you are absolutely right. When I have money, I have a different kind of peace in my mind. When I don't have any money, I am very stressed. When I have money, I like to invest most of the time.  And don't invest if you don't have money. But I think if you have money you can get everything.

Money is something that was created out of thing air. Back in the day it was gold coins, so it had some worth, and afterwards it was paper but backed by gold, nowadays it's neither, so it’s free to print and has absolutely no worth other than what a nation says it would, or investors does. Which means we are stressing ourselves for something that doesn't even exist in any meaningful level.

This is why I like bitcoin, it is backed by the same people who are supporting fiat, if we start to say bitcoin doesn't worth anything, we can do that for fiat too and nothing could stop us, no government neither, it has been done in Zimbabwe or Venezuela before, the whole world could decide a fiat is not worth anything anymore as much as they can say it for bitcoin.

[Yatsan]

There are tendencies investors are needing money to survive their daily living, and that gives them an option to withdraw their assets triggering a bearish trend in this industry. Possible right?

The economic recession is bearish because of that is not much demand in cryptocurrency and everyone who is into the trading of Bitcoin is no longer investing more again so all these things are one of the things that contribute for this which compare rich constantly market so all these things have to be reduced when the team ahead is higher the higher than the suppliers of cryptocurrency

This is indeed another factor to consider wherein crypto enthusiasts does not have enough resources to continue their investment routines given that there is an economic crises to many countries around the globe.

When the economic recession starts everything comes to constrict. Because everything in the world is related to money. When you don't have money you won't be interested in buying anything even if you need it. Because the financial crisis will increase. At that time only basic human needs are given highest priority. Actually when you have enough money supply will you consider different investments. In that case, cryptocurrencies will be no different. There all kinds of investors big or small will convert or spend their money. As a result, the market condition will worsen. The market will move towards a long bearish.

Yes you are absolutely right. When I have money, I have a different kind of peace in my mind. When I don't have any money, I am very stressed. When I have money, I like to invest most of the time.  And don't invest if you don't have money. But I think if you have money you can get everything.

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 Which means we are stressing ourselves for something that doesn't even exist in any meaningful level.

Simply because there are people in this industry who are making profit out of it which causes the stress from the situation we are currently experiencing. It would be nothing to all of us if we don't benefit from it.

[G_Besar]

I think it is, because I myself always sell bitcoins and the reason is because the price inflation is too high. indeed investment is important but if given the weakening economic situation, eventually the investment in bitcoin is forced to be sold. all because of the economy, and inflation.

Why should you be forced to sell Bitcoin in conditions like now? even though you should still have to survive in conditions like now without having to sell existing Bitcoin holdings. If in conditions like now you really need money and don't know where to look, then obviously selling the Bitcoin you already have is the first option you should do, but in this case I don't think you need money urgently.

So I advise you to keep your Bitcoins and don't sell them at low prices if the need for money in life is not urgent for you personally. Because you also have to have the belief that Bitcoin still has the potential and future to increase more and will never die and become bad if the number of enthusiasts continues to grow and is still around the world.

[davis196]

Traditionally these are precious metals, but crypto currencies could also serve this purpose. This flow of fiat money into crypto, would cause a bullrun with higher crypto prices. That was my idea of it.

But why do legendary investors like Michael Burry predict that we are not at the end of the bear market yet, because of a looming economic recession/depression?

So you think that cryptocurrencies are more stable than fiat money? Really? It's a historical fact that cryptocurrencies are more volatile than the fiat money. The people in Turkey and Argentina could simply buy US dollars. The US dollar is relatively stable right now. Why would they buy crypto, since almost no merchants and businesses in their countries accept crypto payments for goods and services?
In times of recession/depression almost all traders/investors are running away from the risky assets(like crypto) and moving their money to safe heavens like precious metals and real estate. Bitcoin isn't considered a safe heaven.

[Don Pedro Dinero]

This flow of fiat money into crypto, would cause a bullrun with higher crypto prices. That was my idea of it.

The thing is as simple as that the flow of money into cryptocurrencies occurs en masse when there is a lot of money available, and when there is less money available, the flow is reduced. What central bank policies have done is to reduce the money available, and this has affected the overall economy. Bitcoin has been no exception.

The behaviour has been the reverse. Instead of spending fiat money to buy bitcoin or something else when there is less money available, because there is less money available, what people value most now is liquid money, cash, even if it is in electronic form. So what they do is sell assets to get cash: houses, shares, cryptocurrencies.

In this, the many naïve retail investors have ended up doing the opposite of what they should. They bought in the bull run, with money that at the time perhaps they didn't really need, but now with the crisis they do need it and end up selling at a loss and perhaps due to panic, instead of someone with a healthy economy who takes advantage of the cheapness to buy more. Not to mention those who went into debt to buy cryptocurrencies, following some of the gurus that appear on Youtube.

[ethereumhunter]

In an environment of inflation and economic crisis, people are switching to money instead of gold or metal as central banks increase interest rates. For example, an increase in the value of the dollar is like a decrease in gold.

It was because they needed money to buy their necessities and exchange their assets for fiat, it would make it easier for them if they were in an urgent situation. But some of them will probably keep working from many places to collect more money.

Maybe in a recession, some people will keep their fiat in other forms and with crypto, they can switch to crypto by buying more assets and keeping them until the bull market comes. But each person will have their own plan for dealing with this global recession so they will surely be able to find a solution.

[$anounimus$]

But why do legendary investors like Michael Burry predict that we are not at the end of the bear market yet, because of a looming economic recession/depression?

The recession setbacks of 1998 & 2008 had a lot to do with the surprising decline in home values. The housing market hasn't fully recovered from that dramatic downturn, but economists are so convinced of our imminent economic crash that he's put his money in its place.

There is a strong correlation between the amount of debt the average person has and the chances of becoming a millionaire. I'm not saying this to scare or pressure anyone into selling their Assets and moving into the van. The correlation exists, but that doesn't mean that it will be true in the future. As much as people say that there is enough money with all these things combined, it is actually something completely different and there are always some obstacles that go against the same goal.

It's like we've just had a baby boomer bubble, a really big one and we really need something to replace it. Credit rating agencies will be under heavy pressure as the first credit bubble burst and created the current financial mess.

[Artem Sereda]

I don't see any connection at all. If trust in fiat is falling, how can people trust something like cryptocurrency, which has an even more dubious reputation and unstable state? It doesn't make sense, absolutely.

[aoluain]

Bitcoin will see increased prices as soon as we start recovering from the recession. Others have touched upon it, but during the very start of a recession, everyone is filled with panic, and due to the drastic changes are usually worried about putting food on the table, let alone investing in a newish cryptocurrency.

So, basically buying power goes down, which results in less coins being moved. Exactly what happens with fiat systems when the market crashes. People don't have the money or the will to spend their money, which results in businesses feeling the pinch. It ultimately takes time, and adjustments by the people, and governments to mitigate the effects. Once we start to recover from the recession a little bit, that's when people have more buying power, and are coping with the recession. Not only that, they'll look to alternatives since they've just lost a lot of money being invested in a fiat system, which is the direct cause for them losing their money.

So, when the market starts recovering, we'll see increased buying, which in turn should increase prices.

That's it, currently goods and services are increasing in price which means a lot of
disposable income is being used up so the demand for investing is reduced.

In some cases investments will be liquidated or part liquidated in order to cover
increasing costs, and in alot of cases wealth will be moved into recession proof
areas like property.

Unfortunately Bitcoin currently is not being realised as being recession proof,
It will take time for more people to realise this.

[Mahanton]

I don't see any connection at all. If trust in fiat is falling, how can people trust something like cryptocurrency, which has an even more dubious reputation and unstable state? It doesn't make sense, absolutely.

Everything would really be that on domino effect which its something that cant really be ignored upon.Even though we do know that crypto market is independent from outside events or news
but still when it comes to economic recessions which do mainly affects investors mindset then it is really that normal on having these kind of circumstances or actions on what they would be making.
We are all bears, not only on crypto but also in other markets as well which do justifies out that we are really that on a state where everything is on negative.
Chasing up opportunities? It wont be that easy because doubts and fear would really be there.