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Friday, December 22, 2017

David Stockman Warns "Gold Is The Only Safe Asset Left"

Record high stock and bond prices are flashing danger signs to former Reagan White House Budget Director David Stockman.

“I don’t think we are going to have a liquidity crisis. I think it’s going to be a value reset. I think there is going to be a jarring downward price adjustment both in the stock market and in the bond market.

This phantom or phony wealth that has been created since the last crisis is going to basically evaporate.”

So, what asset is safe? Stockman says gold and goes onto explain,

“I think the time to buy (gold and silver) is ideal. Gold is the ultimate and only real money. Gold is the only safe asset when push comes to shove. They tell you to buy the government bond, that’s a safe asset. It’s not a safe asset at its current price. I am not saying the federal government is going to default in the next two or three years. I am saying the yield on a 10-year bond of 2.4% is way below of where it’s going to end up. So, the only safe asset left is gold.

This crazy Bitcoin mania has drained off what would otherwise be a demand for gold....When Bitcoin collapses, spectacularly, which it will because it’s sheer mania in the markets right now. When it collapses, I think a lot of that demand will come back into gold, as well as people fleeing the standard stock and bond markets for the first time in 9 or 10 years.”

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gold is still overpriced.

Anonymous said...

Yeah when it was 450 an oz and shot up too 1600 that was a pay out but not now.

Anonymous said...

This doesn't really pertains but so are diamonds.