Inflation/Deflation

Canada and the U.S. are showing significantly higher headline inflation than their peers. Initially it was sold as transitory, but that narrative is falling apart these days. Unbiased organizations are even forecasting the risk is now to the upside for Canada and the U.S..

The lowball core PCE measure of inflation rose by 3.62% compared to a year ago, the hottest inflation reading since May 1991 while the PCE price index with food and energy included jumped by 0.4% for the month (4.8% annualized), and by 4.3% from a year ago. This is the hottest PCE inflation reading since January 1991.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its 2021 summer outlook which suggests that elevated levels of inflation may stick around longer than central banks have let on.

Investors who want to maintain the purchasing power of their portfolio AND their standard of living through inflationary periods will find this article to be not only fascinating, but possibly provocative.

Is the spurt of inflation the last few months likely to be sustained, or to fade?

Explosive fires always end in everything burning down or imploding eventually and this is just what is going to happen in the next few years. A massive forest fire is not just totally inevitable but is also an absolute necessity.

“I'm predicting for something close to a hyperinflationary circumstance, and effectively a collapsed economy, in early 2022.”

With deficits growing wider each year, we believe there is a very high likelihood that the price of gold will rise in the next few years.

There are two specific reasons why runaway inflation did not happen a decade ago, and why it won’t likely happen now, either:

I have spent many late nights working up Precious Metals related charts using my usual angled line chart formations along with the historic Fractal Relationships on the charts and come up with price target potentials for the PM Sector that are just “crazy high” on the upside.