In this scenario, investments that focus on income generation such as bonds tend to do well as the fixed payment streams that are delivered to investors are worth more, while more growth-oriented investments are negatively impacted by slower growth.
The budget overview acknowledges that, even under the best-case scenario, the retirement of the baby-boom generation in a decade or so will put new, intense pressure on America's finances.
Though farfetched, such a scenario is what we are heading towards and it makes more sense now to have the next generation software capabilities in portfolio than dominating a market facing obsolescence.
They accounted for 19% of global electricity generation in 2011 which according to the report is "broadly on track to meet a 2C scenario by 2020" for a globally altered climate.