I like Alan's thoughts about shorting the dow.. still think we see 3500-4000 dow before this cycle is over... by the way Alan's comments are always welcome.. whether one agrees or disagrees.. all informed opinions count.
trend is your friend.. gold is still bullish not suggesting to buy at these levels.. still, why sell.. we are witnessing history here.. who knows where this trail leads us.. scary times it can't hurt to have some gold as insurance.. physical gold.. gold could get to a 2-1 dow ratio, $1800-$2000.. could also crash to $600.. I'm sitting tight.. for the moment.
For me inflation is caused in two or three primary ways. Supply and demand...commodities like food should always go higher. Taxation...governments want to always spend taxpayer's money so they directly or indirectly create an inflation in cost of living.
The third cause is where I think why I see more deflation in upcoming years. Leverage...if a bank is lending at 30 to 1 reserves than they are creating a massive inflation. But right now that's not in the cards. Tighter leverage and regulations should rule for a long period of time.
So items like real estate, yachts, luxury items, credit cards and lines of credit...all things that I see continuing to retract for a few more years. Contraction should mean lower earnings and lower P/E ratios.
Government stimulus is a short term (6-9 month) boost only...then back to more deflation. Our economy is leveraged based...cash buyers do not create inflation. Without leverage our economy will continue to adjust to much lower cash buyer based levels. I'm not a gold bug but might be proven wrong.. consider it an asset and subject to leverage like any asset.
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still think we see 3500-4000 dow before this cycle is over...
by the way Alan's comments are always welcome..
whether one agrees or disagrees.. all informed opinions count.
trend is your friend.. gold is still bullish
not suggesting to buy at these levels..
still, why sell.. we are witnessing history here..
who knows where this trail leads us.. scary times
it can't hurt to have some gold as insurance.. physical gold..
gold could get to a 2-1 dow ratio, $1800-$2000..
could also crash to $600.. I'm sitting tight.. for the moment.
The End of Gold [View article]
Supply and demand...commodities like food should always go higher.
Taxation...governments want to always spend taxpayer's money so
they directly or indirectly create an inflation in cost of living.
The third cause is where I think why I see more deflation in upcoming years.
Leverage...if a bank is lending at 30 to 1 reserves than they are creating a massive inflation. But right now that's not in the cards. Tighter leverage and
regulations should rule for a long period of time.
So items like real estate, yachts, luxury items, credit cards and lines of
credit...all things that I see continuing to retract for a few more years.
Contraction should mean lower earnings and lower P/E ratios.
Government stimulus is a short term (6-9 month) boost only...then back to
more deflation. Our economy is leveraged based...cash buyers do not create
inflation. Without leverage our economy will continue to adjust to much lower
cash buyer based levels. I'm not a gold bug but might be proven wrong..
consider it an asset and subject to leverage like any asset.