Inflation & War: Are Investors Prepared?

1. The “I” word is… inflation.  If a serious inflation cycle is beginning, a lot is going to change for the fiat-oriented citizens of the United States, and not in a good way.
2. Please click here now. Legendary investor, economist, and money manager Mohamed El-Erian is horrified by the US central bank’s relentless “We know it’s transitory!” inflation narrative.  
3. He believes that the Fed needs to act sooner rather than later to stop inflationary winds from becoming a hurricane.
4. My view is quite different.  In my professional opinion, the Fed doesn’t need to do anything… because the Fed needs to be shut down.  Private enterprise doesn’t need the “Financial Markets Welfare Office” that the Fed has become. 
5. Horrifically, American stock market investors no longer resemble capitalists.  They look like socialist deadbeats, waiting for their next handout from a central bank mommy and government daddy.
6. Real estate inflation is a Fed creation that has made “debt for life” the hallmark of being a homeowner. 
7. If rates stay low, house prices continue to rise, and the banks make big profits from the sheer size of the mortgages.  If rates rise, the banks and government entities (Fannie/Freddie) that control the mortgage debt foreclose on an enormous number of houses.  Here’s the bottom line:
8. Win-win for the banks and government.  Lose-lose for the average end of empire American citizen.
9.   This long-term chart of the dollar versus gold is ominous.
10. It looks like the dollar’s endless decline is entering an acceleration phase.  The chart action could be indicating that the Fed won’t raise rates to match inflation.  Instead, as inflation worsens, it will essentially do nothing but make more “It’s transitory!” statements.
11. There will likely be a few tiny rate hikes as the Fed pays lip service to the coming stagflation, but in a serious hiking cycle, the housing market, the stock market, and the government bond market would all collapse.  That means the Fed will just watch inflation surge and leave it to the government to solve the problem.
12. The government’s solution?  Well, in 2019 I warned the gold community that 2020-2021 would see a deadly virus cycle, and of course that’s exactly what transpired.  I’ve outlined 2021-2025 as the potential time frame for an even more ominous war cycle. 
13. Governments turn very mean when their fiat currencies collapse.  Disturbingly, most of America’s military spending was used for offensive action to ruin landlocked nations thousands of miles away.  The citizens have no bomb shelters, and even after the Corona crisis, preparation for actual germ warfare is non-existent.  
14. It’s obvious that citizens need to sell dollars and buy gold, but what about crypto?  Well, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge this stunning bitcoin versus gold chart.
15. Most investors want to see a 1:1 ratio for the stock market versus gold and bitcoin versus gold.  In contrast, I’ve found that ratio chart numbers tend to work a lot like stock market P/E (price to earnings) ratios.
16. A ratio of 10 or lower for Dow versus gold tends to indicate that the stock market offers value.  The same could be true for bitcoin.  At a ratio of 16, bitcoin can be bought for a trade, but it’s not in a value zone.  A drop to 10 would be a drop into the value zone.
17. The big picture for currency is that fiat is failed money, bitcoin is trying to become money, and gold is the ultimate money.  For gold, that’s just the way it has been, the way it is, and the way it’s likely always to be.
18. As noted, the US government could be closer to war than most citizens realise.  In a war-spiced inflation cycle, it’s important for citizens to own precious metals, and spice that ownership with some awesome miners.
19. On that note, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge what I call the “Maserati of ETF’s” GOAU chart.
20. The famed Maserati three-pronged fork logo fits perfectly with the GOAU chart action.  My $18 area buy signal came as gold arrived at the powerful $1671 gold price “launchpad”. 
21. For some key short-term tactics, please click here now. Double-click to enlarge.  The price action from the $18 buy point has been stellar.  Dips can be bought with confidence.
22. I’ve highlighted three minor trend lows that can be used for buying.  Stoploss enthusiasts can place their stops just under those lows.
23. Silver miners are also starting to look “perky”.  Please click here now: https://galacticupdates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2021jun7sil1.png Double-click to enlarge this SIL ETF chart.  A substantial inverse H&S bull continuation pattern appears to be in play.  The head of the pattern is enormous, and this is often the case with continuation patterns.
24. Stoploss enthusiasts can take buy-side action in the right shoulder zone.  Long-term investors who bought in March near my “power buy for the miners” zone of gold $1671 are looking great. With Fed man Jay essentially sucking his thumb as an inflation swell turns into a giant wave, the metals and miners are clearly… the best and obvious place for investors to be!

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