So the
Fed has to throw incredible amounts of cash at it in order to stimulate
anything. Until recently, interest rates were kept at zero, and yet it hasn’t
resulted in a boom in new hiring. The money has simply fueled another stock
market bubble.
In the
gold space things have been consolidating, but that should change. In the past
week we have seen key developments in Portugal. KWN readers may remember that I
have been warning that Europe was going to be an important place to watch this
summer. We have now seen many members of the Portuguese government resign
because they don’t like the austerity that’s going on.
The
bond rates have also shot-up in Portugal, and some of the other PIIG countries
are starting to see rates climb in sympathy. We also saw another extraordinary
development: A huge amount of money was given to Greece because Greece was
going to go bankrupt yet again over the course of the next several
months.
The
Germans intervened with the European Central Bank and contributed a large chunk
of cash to Greece to make sure they did not default before the upcoming German
elections. So Angela Merkel is trying to avoid election problems, even though
this issue has haunted her all along. The bottom line is the Germans are not
happy with bailing out the southern European countries. For that matter,
neither are the Finnish, Austrians, or any of the northern bloc of
countries.”
Barron
also added: “Gold and
silver have moved off the lows. Gold, for example, is still over $50 off its
recent lows. As we move back into the bullish phase of the gold market, gold
will continue to climb ‘A wall of worry,’ which is how it has advanced for the
past 12 years.
Confidence will only be rebuilt after gold solidly
advances back above the $1,600 level. If there is no faith in the euro over the
course of the summer that will only help gold. Also, continued QE by the Fed
will only lead to greater levels of inflation, and at the end of the day that
will also be extremely constructive for gold.”
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