Monday , 14 October 2024

It’s A “Perfect Storm” For Gold Going Forward – Here’s Why

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Many experts had been warning about over-inflated markets that were just waiting for a spark to ignite the entire system [-and then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately,]…while the virus itself is life threatening and will result in large demographic changes across the globe, the economic implications may be worse than the disease. Given the situation the only asset class that will do well in the foreseeable future is precious metals, particularly gold. Words: 830

Major economies in Europe, Canada and the United States have been shut down.

  • Every industry—airlines, hotels, manufacturing, entertainment, sports, schools and retail—is in lockdown.
  • Most of the western world is ravaged by fear, isolation, loss of employment, loss of income and the psychological effect of this massive lockdown situation.
  • Employees have either been terminated or laid off indefinitely.
  • The scale of this unemployment crunch and financial crisis is beyond the reach of governments’ assistance.
  • Many businesses will not be able to reopen once the health issues have been controlled.
  • When the health crisis subsides, the economic effects will last for years; we may, in fact, never recover.

There Are A Number Of Things We Know For Sure:

While there is a great deal of uncertainty because of COVID-19, there are a number of things that we know for sure:

  1. Many industry sectors have no revenue,
  2. Governments will print enormous amounts of money in an attempt to mitigate the financial crisis.
  3. Most companies with no earnings will see enormous declines in share prices.
  4. Bonds, particularly corporate bonds, will default and become worthless.
  5. Even real estate is likely to suffer dramatic declines as both commercial and residential tenants are likely to default on rent payments.
    1. This in turn will result in mortgage defaults at every level, and properties will be sold at fire sale prices.

The above conditions create a perfect storm for an increasing gold price.

S&P 500 Sector Performance Compared To Gold YTD

Stock markets around the world have suffered the worst first quarter in history. Every sector, other than gold, has suffered losses from 12% to 50%.

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Unfunded Pension Liabilities Will Negatively Impact Balance Sheets

…For North American public companies, the increases in unfunded pension liabilities will negatively impact balance sheets, and the unfunded liabilities will have to be amortized over five years, thereby reducing corporate profits at a time when they may be non-existent due to the COVID-19 lockdown. This will put additional downward pressure on stock prices at a time when they are experiencing ongoing declines.

S&P 500 Historical Recession Performance

…It is critical to note that there is no recovery in sight, and corporate earnings will be non-existent for the foreseeable future. Many experts believe this crash will be worse than that of 1929, and that we have just experienced the first phase.

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The only asset class that will do well in the foreseeable future is precious metals, particularly gold.
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Gold Has Risen In ALL Currencies Since 2000
While there have been years of losses, particularly in 2013, gold has risen in all currencies since 2000 (see chart below), and many investors are surprised by its steady performance.
  • Gold’s performance since 2000 has been an average compounded return of about 9%…
  • In 2019, the average increase was 17.8%.
  • The YTD average for 2020 is 15.8% which works out to an annualized return of about 63% per annum. In Canadian dollars, gold is up 15.9% YTD and it was up 5.6% in U.S. dollars in Q1 2020.
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Gold Has Performed Extremely Well Against ALL Major Stock Exchanges

When compared to stocks, we can see below that gold has performed extremely well against all major stock exchanges.

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Historical Bull & Bear Markets

Today, the mainstream media is misleading investors by encouraging them to stay invested for the long term. While it is a good strategy not to trade in and out during a bull market, it is completely misguided in today’s environment. The market is poised to fall much farther, and it makes no sense to stay invested in financial assets and sustain further losses.

The chart below shows how long it has taken to break even after major declines.

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What many investors don’t realize is that if a portfolio declines by 50%, it would have to increase by 100% just to break even.
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Most baby boomers will simply not live long enough to break even after this market crash. Investors would be better off switching to cash, and then reinvesting at close to the bottom.

What is the point of staying invested in order to get dividends of 3-4%, while risking capital losses of 50-70%? Instead, it would be better to switch to gold, experience significant gains and then redeploy the gains to a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, REITs, gold and silver when the market has finished correcting.

Gold’s Performance During Major S&P 500 Declines

[As the table illustrates below historically, gold almost always rises dramatically in every market decline:

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Editor’s Note:  The original article by Nick Barisheff has been edited ([ ]) and abridged (…) above for the sake of clarity and brevity to ensure a fast and easy. The author’s views and conclusions are unaltered with no editorial comments included to maintain the integrity of the original article and are not to be construed as an endorsement of such by the editor. Any re-posting of this article requires a hyperlink to this post to avoid copyright infringement.

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