The International Investment Outlook for 2009 Posted on January 19, 2009 by Your Financial FactSheet Jamaica Observer: For most investors 2008 was a horrible year. Most of the damage could have been avoided, however, if only investors had understood the extreme severity of the financial crisis, and that the US had fallen into recession at the beginning of 2008,.. At the beginning of 2009, a similar focus on the US economy and financial crisis is still necessary to avoid further severe damage to investor portfolios, both in Jamaica and the US