Stocks, houses, commodities, Bitcoin – the price of nearly everything is up double digits vs last years pre-coronavirus highs.
Have the trillions in stimulus ushered in a new bull market in, well, everything? Or have they helped blow the biggest asset price bubble in history?
Macro analyst Wolf Richter suspects the latter. And he doesn’t think we have much time left before it bursts.
While Wolf concludes we’re seeing a mania that will likely pop in the same manner as all that have preceded it, he has another reason for expecting lower asset prices ahead.
We are clearly heading down the path towards much higher inflation. And in Wolf’s eyes, that will eventually force the Federal Reserve to start tightening at this point — something that seems unimaginable to many today’s market participants, who have come to see the Fed’s 10+ years of easing as an eternal constant.
But regardless of whatever laughably low number is reported by the government’s CPI (the usefulness of which was thoroughly debunked in our recent interview on the Chapwood Index), inflation and its impact on prices is starting to run rampant.
You’d have to be blind not to see it looking at the housing market:
Wolf reminds us that inflation is bad for banks and ultimately bad for the fortunes of the top 1% (the twin powers running the current system), and once they start feeling enough pain, they will apply tremendous political pressure for the Fed to tighten — something he sees could potentially happen within the next year.
And that, along with the accompanying higher interest rates, would wreak havoc with today’s highly-stretched valuation multiples, over-leveraged zombie corporations, and the ballooning federal debt.
Which is why Wolf agrees that now, more than ever, is the time to partner with a financial advisor who understands the nature of the market risks in play as well as the opportunities, can craft an appropriate portfolio strategy for you given your needs, and apply sound risk management protection where appropriate:
Anyone interested in scheduling a free consultation and portfolio review with Mike Preston and John Llodra and their team at New Harbor Financial can do so by clicking here.
And if you’re one of the many readers brand new to Peak Prosperity over the past few months, we strongly urge you get your financial situation in order in parallel with your ongoing physical resilience preparations.
We recommend you do so in partnership with a professional financial advisor who understands the macro risks to the market that we discuss on this website. If you’ve already got one, great.
But if not, consider talking to the team at New Harbor. We’ve set up this ‘free consultation’ relationship with them to help folks exactly like you.
by sand_puppy