If inflation is rising, why is gold price still down? Lobo Tiggre answers

By Kitco News / March 01, 2021 / marketsanity.com / Article Link

Gold has held a strong relationship with inflation expectations but more importantly, gold tracks real interest rates, so if nominal rates rise faster than inflation, then gold would see pressure, said Lobo Tiggre of The Independent Speculator.

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Lobo Tiggre, aka Louis James, is a legendary speculator and was Doug Casey's prot?(C)g?(C) at Casey Research for almost 14 years, until early 2018. He joined the Casey team in 2004. By 2007, he was writing and making investment recommendations in Casey's flagship newsletter, the International Speculator. Now he brings his experience, his connections and his deal flow directly to you, without the barrage of marketing hype used by larger publishers. He is now the editor of IndependentSpeculator.com.

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