Clive Maund
Mon, 01/04/2021 – 09:18
Clive Maund
Mon, 01/04/2021 – 09:18
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Chris Marcus
Mon, 01/04/2021 – 02:34
Bloomberg/Jared Dillian/12-29-2020
“As long as Wall Street has been in existence, it has been a tradition around this time of year for market participants to make predictions about what might happen to stock prices, interest rates, commodities and exchange rates in the following 12 months. These predictions garner a lot of attention, as they are made by very smart people with access to the best data and vast resources at their disposal. And yet, far more often than not these predictions end up being hilariously wrong.”
USAGOLD note: In line with our commentary further down the page, we post Dillian’s views on the subject of annual market forecasts. It is because markets and events are so unpredictable that gold (old reliable) makes so much sense as a portfolio inclusion. Dillian, the editor of The Daily Dirtnap, is among our favorite market commentators these days and we link his writings often here. Highly readable, baseline insight at the link above ……
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South China Morning Post/Wang Xiangwei/1-2-2020
“The fact that Beijing was able to make enough concessions and wrap up the talks in a mere 10 months, after years of procrastination, says a lot about China’s reimagined diplomatic priorities for a post-Covid-19 world.”
USAGOLD note: One of the consequences of the just-completed China-EU trade and investment accord that is not getting a great deal of attention is the effect it will have on the dollar’s reserve currency status. Europe, as a whole, is likely to build yuan reserves in order to support its purchases from China. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership signed among Asian countries (which excluded the United States) in November will have a similar effect in the Far East. The two together will advance China’s dream of making the redback an international reserve currency. Logically, the redback’s gains will be the greenback’s loss. It is not surprising that the Biden administration has registered its “concern” about the agreement with EU officials.
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Financial Times/Katie Martin, Laurence Fletcher and Eric Platt
“Investors’ views on the big risks to markets in 2021. Against a rosy consensus, dangers lurk in inflation, a virus setback, and the sheer weight of optimism.”
USAGOLD note: Much speculation contained herein contingent on unfolding events, most of it revolving around whether or not we will get inflation in 2021. Scott Minerd’s comments, in our view, go to the heart of the matter. “It [the free market system] has been replaced,” he says, “by cycles of increasingly radical monetary intervention, the socialization of credit risk, and a national policy of moral hazard. This is troubling……” Since we have never been in a situation quite like this one before, there is no operating manual to guide us. For his part, Humpty remains on his wall oblivious to any danger of a great fall.
Repost from 12-26-2020
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