The Treasury is on track to borrow over $3 trillion this fiscal year, 50 percent more than previously estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. Bidenomics, perhaps best defined as the government spending, borrowing, and printing too much money, not only made the bomb larger but also caused inflation, which forced up interest rates. That was the […]
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While geopolitical uncertainty is important for gold, there are other factors we need to pay attention to: growing fears of a credit event leading to a recession. The chaos in the Middle East caused by the Israel-Hamas war is providing solid momentum for gold but there is more going on in the market than just
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Here are some historical examples. The 1980s S&L crisis, Black Monday in 1987, The 2000 dot-com crash, & 08 Financial… A study published in May of rate increases for 17 developed countries over 150 years concluded that “monetary policy rate hikes that were preceded by a series of cuts (or a long period of low
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He said we can expect even bigger moves up when the markets figure out the inflation problem isn’t solved. On Friday, Oct. 13, gold charted a huge rally, up nearly $64 on the day. That represented a $110 swing upward from the low a week earlier. Peter said he thinks if gold can break through
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The billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, flagged America’s record $33 trillion of debt as “risky.” Ray Dalio is worried about America’s borrowing binge and economic growth cooling. The billionaire investor warned of a “debt crisis” and a “meaningful slowing of the economy.” Dalio has previously flagged interest rates, civil unrest,
The US bond market is braving the biggest sell-off in history with benchmark yields quintupling since the end of 2020. The rout is far from finished and long-dated yields are set to extend the climb, according to BlackRock. Inflation, the Fed’s higher-for-longer interest-rate policy, and the rising US debt burden are weighing on the market.
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Viewed as both an industrial and precious metal, silver can offer versatile risk protection for market participants. Silver is a valuable precious metal that has been used as a form of currency and store of value for thousands of years. Like gold, silver offers a historically low correlation to assets like stocks and bonds. When
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Inflation is bound to whipsaw next year as the US deals with two seismic shifts shaking the economy, according to BlackRock. Inflation is bound for a resurgence in 2024, BlackRock strategists warned in a recent note. The economy is reeling from two seismic changes and the pace of disinflation will soon slow. Strategists previously warned
Easily identifiable domestic threats to portfolios include lingering inflation along with possible future interest rate hikes, a reignition of banking issues, and housing prices that have stretched higher in relation to relative incomes than they did during the 2008-09 financial crisis. Investors have yet to break even from January 2022 and are still realizing losses of
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Efforts to bring down inflation could collide with high debt loads, Goldman Sachs warned, highlighting the implications for US debt. That comes as higher rates are already pressuring government balances via increasing interest costs. “This suggests the US and UK are the most obvious candidates for a duration risk premium repricing.” The note said, referring
