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Over the last half decade or so, as the price of
gold and silver have steadily risen, financial experts, advisers and pundits
have often argued that gold is a bubble. They said it in the spring of 2008,
as gold approached $900 per ounce. Likewise, as gold surpassed its nominal
1980′s high and went above $1000, those same analysts were screaming
sell recommendations. To this day, with gold nearing $2000, they are still
all marching to the same tune.
Headlines for the last three years have been heavily
weighted against gold, with every price spike being met with bubble talk.
When George Soros said in January of 2010 that gold was the ultimate
bubble, the
media pounced on it as evidence that precious metals were through. Of course,
Soros had been acquiring millions of dollars worth
of gold assets (and continues to do so today). His message was completely
misconstrued. Gold, like any other asset that involves a buying frenzy, will
eventually become a bubble. And given the reasons for why people buy gold
– inflation protection and as a hedge against the loss of confidence in
government stability – we can be fairly certain that gold and precious
metals in general will eventually reach exorbitant levels and
“pop.”
But, as Daniel Ameduri of Future Money Trends points out in the following micro-documentary,
we’re nowhere near bubble territory yet.
It’s important to note that 1980 was the end
of the gold run that started when Nixon closed the gold window in 1971. That
was roughly a ten year run up in the price from $35 to over $800 per ounce.
This, however, isn’t 1980. Our debt-to-GDP
ratio this morning hit 101% and
is going much higher. We’ve added more federal debt in the last 7 months of 2011
than all of the years from 1776 to 1980 combined. The policy of our
government is not to curb inflation is it was in 1980, but rather, to stimulate
it, as evidenced by 0% fed funds rates (in the 1980′s it was in the
teens!) and the massive monetary printing over the last few years.
1980, even though the end of the recessionary
environment was still a couple years away, is when the people felt confident
that crisis of the past decade was coming to a close.
If you feel like our current economic, financial,
monetary, and social crises are wrapping up, then by all means sell your
gold.
But we urge you to consider what Future Money Trends has to say about it before you do.
Micro
Documentary: Gold 1980 Vs. Today
Despite what the experts in the media and on
television tell us, there is no bubble in gold – not yet, at least.
You see, bubbles require emotionally driven buying (just
like bubble pops require emotionally driven panic selling). When all of those
family members, neighbors and acquaintances you know who still reject the
notion that our economic and social paradigms are shifting; when they start
buying gold and silver at rapidly rising premiums and prices (as opposed to
their current selling of precious metals to rip off outfits that include
’We Buy Gold’ shops) and when they all become experts on
inflation, safe haven assets, and gold investing, then it’s a bubble.
Look around. We’re not even close.
Gold is going up so long as the governments of the
world keep printing money and so long as the public’s confidence continue to deteriorate.
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