Financial markets

Bonds cost money to hold, currencies are soon worth nothing and gold will reach at least $7,000 before it reaches $700.

In my recent articles I have stressed the urgency of getting out of bubble assets like stocks and bonds and to own physical metals. I see the next phase in markets starting very soon, whether that is in a few days or a few weeks. Next phase means stock market crash and precious metals surge.

With the economy as mismanaged as it is today, the government does all the work for us by unlimited money printing and credit expansion. And that work will now accelerate. So all we need to do is to ride the government wave of destruction. Gold will continue to reveal how badly governments are do...

The autumn of 2019 will see a major shift in sentiment as markets turn from a secular bull to a secular bear. We are likely to see major crashes in many global stock markets. Virtually no one is prepared for this so there will be both panic and despair.

As panic in markets start and investors quickly turn from the stock market euphoria of the past to total fear, some investors will rush to buy wealth preservation assets. Initially there will be some willing sellers and gold will rise to multiples of the current price. But as the paper gold marke...

Confidence and euphoria will turn to fear and despair. Once the market realises that this time central banks have no weapons left in their armoury and that money printing or lower rates have no effect, there will be real panic.

Hedge fund kingpin Ray Dalio is seeing a case for gold as central banks get more aggressive with policies that devalue currencies and are about to cause a “paradigm shift” in investing.

We know with absolute certainty that governments will continue to oblige by destroying the economy, spending money they haven’t got, increasing deficits and debts and totally debasing currencies until they are worthless. For those reasons we are holding gold and sleeping well at night.

Judy Shelton has made a name for herself as a fan of the gold standard through several recently published articles.

Very important changes will soon take place in markets with the 2007-9 crisis returning with a vengeance. The final phase up in US stocks could last a few weeks and most likely not more than 2 months. Thereafter a secular bear market will start that will be devastating for the world economy, the...