Central banks are nearing the 'inflate or die' stage – Peak Prosperity
"It's impossible to have a political solution to a balance sheet
problem" says Paul Brodsky, bond market expert and co-founder of QB
Asset Management.
The world has simply gotten itself into too much debt. There are
creditors that expect to be paid, and debtors that are having an
increasingly difficult time making their coupon payments. No amount of
political or policy intervention is going to change that reality.
(Unless a global "debt jubilee" transpires, which Paul thinks is
unlikely).
Looking at the global monetary base, Paul sees it dwarfed by the
staggering amount of debts that need to be repaid or serviced. The
reckless use of leverage has resulted in a chasm between total credit
and the money that can service it.
So how will this debt overhang be resolved?
Central bank money printing -- and lots of it -- thinks Paul.
At this point, the danger posed by the instability of our monetary
and fiscal house of cards is so great that trying to time an investment
program to when this avalanche of printing will occur is too risky, in
Paul's opinion. It's time to shift your remaining capital into hard
assets and sit on the sidelines to watch the carnage play out.
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