Thursday , 28 March 2024

von Greyerz: More QE & Higher Gold Prices Virtually Guaranteed! Here's Why

 

“The U.S., with $15 trillion in debt, and roughly $1.5 trillion in tax revenues, is an enormous disaster waiting to happen. At 10% interest rates the U.S. would use 100% of its tax revenues to finance the debt….This is why money printing is guaranteed…and this time, like it has before, it will lead to a financial crash [which] will be of a worldwide magnitude.”

So says Egon von Greyerz in edited excerpts from an interview* with Eric King of King World News which are presented by Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!) and www.FinancialArticleSummariesToday.com (A site for sore eyes and inquisitive minds). This paragraph must be included in any article re-posting to avoid copyright infringement.

von Greyerz concludes his comments in the following edited excerpts:

“Gold’s rise has reflected some of the money printing up to now…and has risen with only slightly more than 1% of the world’s assets in gold….With inflation headed higher, institutions… will have to increase their allocation to gold….[yet] there simply isn’t the gold available at today’s prices to facilitate even a small move by institutional money into the sector.”

The interview can be read in its entirety here.

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2 comments

  1. Arnold,
    Right you are! That being said, I could not agree more with everything else you say.

    Lorimer

    • Lorimer,

      Sorry to say you left out of your summary of the von Greyerz interview the key point.

      He says that at current prices, precious metals represent about 1 percent of the total investment horizon.

      But his follow up was that when big money such as pension funds as well as retail investors get interested in precious metals, demand and price will skyrocket.

      Moreover, he says that even at today’s prices, an additional 1% demand for precious metals would represent 12 years of production at current production levels.

      Conclusion? Any sizable increase in demand will quickly outstrip supply and cause the price of the metal to go parabolic.

      Lastly, most folks I read now seem to think 2013 should be a humdinger for those of us in precious metals. I suspect the producing miners and silver will outgun gold bullion in that market. All the same, I kind of like having a whack of the stuff ‘off stream’ and out of the system and away from the confiscatory gaze of the tax folks.

      Notice also today that Larry Edelson continues with his point that there will be one last test of price lows of gold and silver. It will be soon, deep and quickly over. It is then off to the races.

      Arnold