How to Invest for the Recession That's Already Here

In a meeting with The Washington Post's editorial board earlier this month, GOP presidential primary candidate Donald Trump said the economy was so dicey that the United States was headed for "a very massive recession." As I noted on FOX Business' "Varney & Co.," I think we're already there, even if the Fed doesn't realize it yet. Here's the thing - the measures the Fed uses to judge economic activity are based on a manufacturing economy that we enjoyed more than 100 years ago. They simply don't reflect the services-based system we live in presently. The hard truth is millions of American families are living paycheck to paycheck. The economic "recovery" that the Fed and legions of economists are so proud of having engineered doesn't exist - and hasn't for a very long time. Here's the real state of American prosperity - and what you can do to ensure you're not left behind... Tags: trading strategies To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2016 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post How to Invest for the Recession That's Already Here appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .