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Harry Dent: 90% Market Crash Coming - What to Do Before & After It Hits

Jun 18, 2025
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Harry Dent
Harry Dent, an economist and author known for his predictions on economic downturns, shares urgent insights into an impending financial crash. He warns that stocks could plummet by 90% and identifies real estate as the epicenter of the crisis. Dent critiques the $27 trillion in stimulus that has distorted the economy and highlights the risk of 'zombie companies.' Surprisingly, he believes Millennials could emerge as the biggest beneficiaries post-crash, and he offers unconventional safe haven investment strategies beyond gold and Bitcoin.
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INSIGHT

Demographic Waves Drive Economy

  • The baby boom generation caused the greatest economic boom ever, peaking in 2007 and dragging the economy down since then.
  • Millennials will contribute to the next boom but not at the same scale as baby boomers due to smaller demographic waves.
INSIGHT

Money Velocity Signals Bubble

  • Money velocity, the pace at which money circulates in the economy, has been falling since 1997, signaling malinvestment and an unhealthy bubble.
  • This mirrors the Roaring Twenties pre-Great Depression pattern, revealing unproductive investments and excess debt accumulation.
INSIGHT

Post-COVID Stimulus Inflation Fallout

  • The fiscal stimulus after COVID was massive and led to uncontrollable inflation, forcing the Fed into the strongest tightening since 1980-81.
  • This reaction was too late and excessive, setting the stage for a major economic downturn.
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