Financial history teaches that market prices are not just subject to cyclical fluctuations — mainly following the business cycle. They are also liable to much longer lasting secular trends, often spanning 15 years, 20 years or longer. These secular cycles are visible in stocks, commodities, bonds and precious metals.
Take gold as an example ...
Gold experienced a secular bull market starting in the late 1960s and culminating in a spectacular high in 1980. What followed was a severe secular bear market lasting roughly 20 years. Then, around the turn of the millennium, another secular bull market got going.
I believe gold's current secular bull market probably has much further to go. And since bull market corrections are buying opportunities you should use them as such. That might sound easier than it is to do. Buying into nerve wrenching corrections can be a tough pill to swallow. But it's much easier if you have some strong arguments at hand. Let me give you some of them:
Reason #1
A Global Debt Crisis Has Broken Out
No matter where you look — Europe, Japan, or the U.S. — the same dire picture shows up: Mountains of government debt plus larger mountains of unfunded liabilities. Many of the modern welfare state's promises will be broken sooner or later. The easiest way to kick this can down the road is by printing money.
The second option is outright default ... In that case government bondholders would have to bear the losses. This is a much more honest and evenhanded way of dealing with the inevitable, because those who have willingly taken the risk of lending money to over-indebted governments and have received interest payments as long as the going was good should bear the losses if things turn sour. Unfortunately our political elite seem set on averting this outcome at any cost.
Reason#2
The Quest for a Weak Currency Has Become Respectable
Not too long ago most economists and even everyday people knew that economic development and the creation of wealth went hand-in-hand with a strong and strengthening currency. This knowledge seems to be lost. A global currency war has started; sabotaging thy neighbor's policies via currency depreciation is common. Gold is insurance against this loss of relative wealth on an international scale.
Reason #3
Derivatives Are Hanging Like a "Sword of Damocles" over the Financial System
Derivatives have grown exponentially during the past 20 years. They have yet to withstand a real stress test. The panic after hedge fund LTCM went bust in 1998 or the case of AIG may be harbingers of what to expect.
Reason #4
U.S. Fed Chairman Bernanke Is a Stated Inflationist
Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke's predecessor as Fed chairman, tried to cultivate an image of being a sound money advocate. Covertly he did the exact opposite!
Not so Mr. Bernanke ...
From the beginning of his career as a central banker he has openly declared his clear convictions as an inflationist. For him the printing press is the universal remedy of each and every economic problem as he made clear in his famous November 2002 speech: "Deflation: Making Sure It Doesn't Happen Here."
Reason #5
The Current Monetary System Has Entered Its Endgame Phase
History shows that monetary systems are mortal. They come and they go. The current system of fiat money backed by government monopolies has been in existence since August 1971. And it's a huge economic experiment, probably the largest since communists took over Russia in 1917.
The weaknesses of this monetary system, especially the ease of government manipulation, are getting more obvious by the day.
Reason #6
Markets May Force the Return to a Sound Monetary System
When confidence in a monetary system is lost, it is very difficult to regain it. A disappointed and deceived population won't fall for the same political promises that were just broken. They'll insist on something reliable. If this were to happen, gold would naturally reemerge as the basis of a new and sound monetary order. This reasoning may actually explain why gold is still in the coffers of most central banks, even the Fed's.
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