Global Central Banks have run out of ‘ammunition’. Since March 2008, Central Banks have cut interest rates 637 times and have purchased a staggering $12.3 trillion dollars’ worth of assets. There is not much more that they can do, and currently, the next ‘great crisis’ is upon us.
The global economy and the global financial system will continue to weaken before our very
own eyes.
If we do experience a major “black swan event” that takes place, it will cause the bottom of
the stock markets around the world to fall out, and this could happen at any given moment.
Chinese exports have seen their sharpest drop in almost seven years, adding to
concerns over the health of the worlds’ second largest economy. Exports
have dropped sharply by 25.4% from the previous year, while imports fell 13.8%. This
weak data comes on the heels of Beijing registering their ‘ slowest economic growth in 25
years’.
The February 2016 trade figures reflected, are likely to raise new fears over China’s
struggles to maintain economic growth, while implementing reforms and trying to shift
towards more services and domestic spending. China was considered ‘the engine of global
growth’.
The FED has been looking at the ‘illusion of recovery’, but not the real deal. If this were
real, we would not have 100 million adult Americans without jobs. There are currently 46
million citizens on foods stamps as compared to 18 million that were in 2000. Thirty-five
percent of the population is receiving some form of public assistance. For so many years,
Global Central Banks have been manipulating the financial marketplace with their ‘monetary
voodoo’. They have convinced investors, around the world, to invest trillions of dollars into
equities; artificially inflating the ‘equity asset class’. By creating money out of ‘thin air’ and
pumping it into the financial system it devalues currencies and creates an artificial sense
of a true economic recovery which so far has not been realized.
A shock to the financial system and ‘contracting economic growth’ from abroad will force the
FED to delay further short interest rate increases and furthermore, reverse their course.
These ‘academic pinheads’ are so blinded by their tinker toy “Keynesians Macro-Model” that
they cannot see the flashing red light warnings that are in front of them. Keynesian fiscal
policies, which postulate that spending more of taxpayer money, that it would “stimulate” an
‘economic rebound’. IT FAILED!
Last week, Chairwoman Dr. Yellen, was forced to wave ‘a white flag’. The FED
overestimated the strength of the global markets and consequently, will not be able to go
ahead with its planned four short term interest rate hikes, in 2016.
The diminishing holdings of U.S. Debt by foreign governments is now a major issue that the
FED must confront IMMEDIATELY!
This growing situation is going to result in the FED resuming ‘monetarizing public debt’. Dr.
Yellen is now beginning to listen to the advice of, her predecessor, Dr. Bernanke, and is
now potentially embracing negative interest rates.
Central Bankers Do Not Understand ‘Booms and Busts’:
Central Banks still do not understand the ‘boom and bust cycles’. Falling stock prices will
shortly be in the news. Central Bankers still do not understand ‘deflation’, whether they are
‘Keynesians’ or some other variant, thereof.
The next ‘bubble’ that is yet to burst
Student financial debt is out of control. Over $1.3 trillion in student debt is floating around in
the current economic system. The majority of this debt is a burden to younger Americans,
who are entering into a job market with incredibly low wages. Student financial loan
delinquencies are rising dramatically. Student debt is now the worst performing sector of
loans in our economy. This is yet another ‘bubble’ that is yet to burst. Momentum will catch
up and the delinquencies will be the first cracks in the dam.
We now must embrace our own prosperity, our financial freedom and peace of mind in our
daily lives. I accurately warned my past clients of the housing bust, the credit crisis and the
‘Great Recession’ more than one and a half years in advance.
It is now time to prepare for the inevitable. Gold has been used as money for more than
3,500 years while it doubles as a currency and a store of value. It has also proven to be a
good hedge since the experiments with unbacked fiat money which began in Europe and
the USA, in the 18th century have failed to store one’s value or wealth.
Gold is the purest form of ‘money’ and the oldest and most durable. The Gold Aurum Coin
was already legal tender and the first coin to be ever used. The oldest gold coins are
derived from the seventh century BC.
Investors use gold as a ‘store of value’ in their IRA or simply by holding physical bullion,
Gold metal offers the appearance of capital
appreciation compared to devaluing currencies. Gold has always had favorable liquidity
throughout history and will become more liquid in the coming years are more of the world
turn to gold as a store of value, hedge on inflation, and insurance policy incase the financial
systems does actually implode one day.
Silver Doc
March 25, 2016