The recent stock market volatility reflects the beginning of a massive down-side revaluation in stocks. In fact, it will precipitate a shocking revaluation of all assets, especially those like housing in which the price is driven by an unchecked ability to use debt to make the "investment." This unfettered and unprecedented asset inflation is resting precariously on a stool that is about to have its legs kicked out from under it.
The primary reason the U.S. is now holding a losing hand at the global economic and geopolitical "poker table" is that this country has been committing too many sins for too long for there not to be a price to be paid. With bankrupt Governments (State and Federal), a bankrupt pension system, a broken healthcare system, all-time high corporate and household debt levels and a broken political and legal system, the U.S. is slowly collapsing. This is the "perfect storm" for which you want to own plenty of gold, silver and related stocks.
Eric Dubin and I are producing a new podcast called, "WTF Just Happened?" The inaugural show discusses the topics mentioned above:
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