Business Jets To Resume Growth in 2012Yeah, it's slow...yeah markets can whipsaw inside of a day lately. Some say that's typical of a bottom, but bouncing along with wide moves in either direction seems characteristic of a market that doesn't know which direction it wants to take. At least until something comes along to take it one way or the other.
Eventually, the European situation will move out of the limelight and things should settle down. At least until the media and other Chicken Littles find another bogeyman with which to fleece the newbies. It's an old story.
Anyone remember the debt crisis in South America? For a few years that's all we heard about. How it was such a terrible threat and would wind up sucking the rest of the world down the drain with it...
Then as if by magic, the public got tired of hearing how awful things were and the debts of South American countries didn't seem to matter so much anymore. After a few more years, they started calling them "emerging growth" countries and everything was wonderful again.
In any event, here's the piece from Aviation Week on how the Business Jet market is expected to recover in the coming year: