Gold & Silver Predictions 2014
Podcast Summary
0:00-5:00 Introduction
5:00-11:45 discussion of the housing market, interest rates and the Federal Reserve, new mortgage rules for 2014, adjustable rate mortgages, review of Bernanke’s tenure as Fed chairman.
11:45-18:45 stock market and interest rate predictions for 2014 – the Fed’s taper plans and Yellen’s reaction to the markets, has the Fed reached its limits to what it can do to support the stock market? Can the Fed afford to continue or curtail quantitative easing? Bailins, mandatory retirement accounts.
18:45-28:15 How long can the Fed continue expanding its balance sheet? When will the Congress ever cut spending and the deficit? Obama Care, insurance company bailouts, discussion of paper asset manipulation.
28:15-33:19 Gold Predictions for 2014, gold ETFs, gold heading east, physical gold demand.
33:19-35:40 Silver Predictions for 2014 size of silver market, supply and demand, price of silver today vs. price of silver in 1979.
Gold:$1500-$1600 Silver:$35-40’s.
35:40-37:40 Market Manipulation
37:40 -48:20 Bitcoin Myths; Dollar as World’s Reserve currency, China’s plan, the collective hallucination of value, comparison of the US dollar to Zimbabwe and Weimar Germany and the Roman Empire, thin air valuations have no limits
48:20 -50:30 Bitcoin Prediction for 2014
50:30- discussion of real estate and hard asset and speculative assets, Kayne coin.