The Fed Lights a Fire Under Gold

I think we’re hitting an iceberg, and the lookout (the Federal Reserve) is too scared to tell the passengers. In fact, the Fed is so scared, you can smell the sweat.

But rather than be the bearer of bad news, the Fed is passing out party favors. So, the crowd on Wall Street keeps the party going, even as the deck starts to tilt.

I’ll explain:

The Fed just “leaked” through Dow Jones Newswires that it will end the unwinding of its massive U.S. Treasuries portfolio sooner than expected. Why? Because the liquidity from that multitrillion-dollar investment, sloshing around in the financial system, is what is propping up the stock markets.

We already saw Fed Chair Jerome Powell back down on raising interest rates. Those hikes were removing liquidity from the system as well. And that terrified Wall Street — that’s why we saw stocks plunge in December.

Now, the Fed is offering to keep this game of financial musical chairs on the ship’s deck going a little longer. It is desperately looking for a way out of the financial reckoning to come. A reckoning that is due after a decade of living it up on the easy money from Uncle Sam.

I believe it’s time for Wall Street to pay the piper. The iceberg is grinding into our hull. There’s no easy way out.

For now, though, the market is partying. The passengers are getting “free money” from the lookout! Of course they’re going to party it up. Stocks went “ZOOM” on Friday.

Gold Shines in Dark Times

But there is another investment that also did well on Friday. An investment that does well when the dollar sinks … when people get scared.

It’s part of the market’s split personality that tells me the smart money knows what’s really going on.

And that’s why, on Friday, I fired off a new gold pick to my Supercycle Investor subscribers.

Why am I so confident about gold? Because I’m pretty darned sure that, despite the Fed throwing money around — and maybe because of it — there is more pain ahead. More darkness. More time for gold to shine.

Let’s start with the S&P 500 …

You can see that, after peaking late last year, the S&P 500 is now channeling lower. This is the same chart I talked about in my column, “Market Set Up for a Kiss Before a Swoon.”

In that article, I said: “I wouldn’t be surprised to see stocks rally for a bit more before they roll over. Maybe to the top of this channel.” And that’s exactly what we’re getting.

And when the S&P 500 finally rolls over? Well, an ordinary bear market should bring the S&P 500 down to maybe around 2,000.

But what if it’s a much-worse bear market?

China is the problem. Sure we know it just reported GDP growth of 6.6%. The worst in 28 years. The real problem is that every other piece of economic data about China, including leading indicators, also points to a slowdown.

For example, here’s China’s January Sales Managers All-Sector Index. This is a composite indicator that provides the most up-to-date assessment of business activity.

The SMI, as it’s known, just fell to the lowest reading on record. That. Is. Bad. News.

So, it’s no wonder China is pumping money into infrastructure projects. But the bad news about China’s economy is a complicated story involving shrinking liquidity and other factors. The bottom line is that it may be very tough for China to avoid a hard landing.

Especially if the U.S. and China can’t come to an agreement on their trade dispute by the March deadline.

By the way, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross just said the U.S. is still “miles and miles” from a trade deal with China.

Since a third of the world’s economic growth in the last decade came from China, China’s problems are very bad news for ALL economies.

How about closer to home? Well, on Thursday, I showed you how U.S. manufacturing is rolling over. Also on Thursday, the Conference Board reported that leading economic indicators fell 0.1% in December. These indicators fell in two of the three final months in 2018. Yeah, that’s bad news, too.

You know where a slowing economy really bites? When it comes time to service massive debts. So, here’s a chart of how government debt is piling up around the world.

According to the latest from ratings agency Fitch, government debt around the world hit a record $66 trillion at the end of 2018. That’s 80% of global GDP.

The big surge is in the United States. In fact, U.S. government debt has surged 44% since 2012!

One more chart. This one comes from Goldman Sachs.

Corporations, investors, traders and citizens around the globe are very uncertain about what their governments will do next.

And as I’ve told you before, the more uncertainty, the more fear, the more people turn to gold.

After all, the Fed may not be sounding the alarm, but they’re definitely worried about something.

And the more the Fed slides into an “easy money” solution, the more gold shines.

All the best,
Sean

P.S. Sure, it’s a scary time in the markets. But now is NOT the time to hide under your desk. Now is the time to make money!

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I will be online this coming Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern to give you the shocking facts, my forecasts and the complete roadmap for windfall profits between now and 2023.

The way I see it, you have three options:

  • You do nothing and get run over by the coming train.
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About the Editor

Supercycles aren't daily occurrences. They happen in stages and can last for years. Sean Brodrick identifies them early and mines for the most financially sound stocks within them. And he taps into the powerful Weiss Ratings, along with our proprietary AI Performance Booster, to help him do it!

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