Peter Schiff: It's not the oil, it's the debt!
Oil war that began today will bankrupt many US companies. 60% of stocks in Russell 2000 are lower now than when Donald "the stock market president" Trump took office. Financials continue to get clobbered and stimulus won't help them this time. This time nobody will believe QE is temporary or interest rates will normalize. Australia looking to repeat the mistakes of others central banks. Gold broke $1700 today, but didn't break out. All the babies were thrown out with all the bathwater, including gold mining stocks. Gold price much stronger during this crisis than in 2008. In contrast, the dollar is now falling against other currencies. Massive swings in the currency markets leaving the dollar crumbling against other major safe-haven currencies, unlike in 2008 when that crisis sent the dollar soaring. Gold has much less ground to recover now so if it reacts the way it did after the fed's last bailout, it has a lot more upside ahead. Perfect conditions for a bitcoin rally, yet it's collapsing as it fails to live up to hype and people realize it's nothing more than digital risk. CNBC suddenly and conveniently seems to have forgotten the word "bitcoin." Phenomenal opportunity to dump bitcoin and buy gold before the bottom really drops out on bitcoin.
Peter Schiff is an internationally recognized economist specializing in the foreign equity, currency and gold markets. Mr. Schiff made his name as President and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital. He frequently delivers lectures at major economic and investment conferences, and is quoted often in the print media, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Barron's, BusinessWeek, Time and Fortune. His broadcast credits include regular guest appearances on CNBC, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News Channel, as well as hosting his own weekly radio show, Wall Street Unspun. He's also the author of the bestselling books: Crash Proof 2.0
