| | |
|
Blinded by the Money Illusion
“Would I say there will never, ever be another financial crisis? You know probably that would be going too far but I do think we’re much safer and I hope that it will not be in our lifetimes and I don’t believe it will be.” – Fed chair Janet Yellen
With those words, Janet Yellen put investors around the world on notice, though probably not in the way she intended. In the past, such smug assurances have been enough to send contrarian villagers heading for the safety of the nearby woods. The informed student of financial history knows that panics, manias, crashes, and collapses are as common to investment markets as thunderstorms are to placid summer afternoons. To think that suddenly we have banished their recurrence for ‘our lifetimes’ smacks of the kind of misguided hubris that contributed directly to the 2008 meltdown and subsequent untold financial hardship. Just about the time most everyone came to the conclusion nothing could go wrong, everything went wrong …… and in a hurry.
from the July 2017 edition of
News & Views
Forecasts, Commentary & Analysis on the Economy and Precious Metals
Looking to get informed and stay informed on the gold market?
TRY A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO OUR MONTHLY CLIENT LETTER.
No strings attached. Prospective clients welcome!
| |
Read the rest of the article at
USA Gold
