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- Sep 29, 2000
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1) Glenn is a "doom and gloomer", although granted one of these days a D&G will get it right. BTW, his fear about this money printing is shared by me, too. It's unprecedented on the extent it's taking place now, and some other countries have started it, too. This truly, undeniably, represents a huge indication of desperation by the government.
2) Not sure how these gold derivatives impact things, but you can hold literal, physical gold
3) Gold will never lose all its value, never has (longer history than any fiat currency). It may be "overvalued" now, but if hyperinflation comes in it will be the closest thing to money with value. Modern-day example, Zimbabwe which has destroyed its currency, many poor people mine for gold in streams each day as it's the only thing others accept as payment or food. Obviously, tangible goods like a house, cars, sex toys will also have inherent value.
4) Inflation is considered by most to be an ultimate effect of all this spending. The main disagreement is on when and to what severity, but the idea that the fed will shut off the tap at the right time to counter significant inflation is simply dismissed by pretty much everybody at this stage, though they are still in disagreement about how bad inflation will get. Short term deflation is still the main concern.
5) Second video. Glenn's simple chart echos what I've read. In fact, it really echos what Bernanke says. You can see when he talks that they're "closely monitoring" and the intent of this is to time things exactly (so far they've sucked at this, BTW) to avoid things fvcking up on the upside.
2) Not sure how these gold derivatives impact things, but you can hold literal, physical gold
3) Gold will never lose all its value, never has (longer history than any fiat currency). It may be "overvalued" now, but if hyperinflation comes in it will be the closest thing to money with value. Modern-day example, Zimbabwe which has destroyed its currency, many poor people mine for gold in streams each day as it's the only thing others accept as payment or food. Obviously, tangible goods like a house, cars, sex toys will also have inherent value.
4) Inflation is considered by most to be an ultimate effect of all this spending. The main disagreement is on when and to what severity, but the idea that the fed will shut off the tap at the right time to counter significant inflation is simply dismissed by pretty much everybody at this stage, though they are still in disagreement about how bad inflation will get. Short term deflation is still the main concern.
5) Second video. Glenn's simple chart echos what I've read. In fact, it really echos what Bernanke says. You can see when he talks that they're "closely monitoring" and the intent of this is to time things exactly (so far they've sucked at this, BTW) to avoid things fvcking up on the upside.
