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Egypt Solomon's avatar

Anything in this world can be graphed and charted in a linear logic paradigm for analysis or statistical purposes.

Stocks only travel in three directions, up, down, or sideways. Chart “deflation” and you’ll see a similar pattern. An initial downward trend, sideways, up, then a slight drop, (where Bonner believes we currently reside).

How far back should you go to produce a valid scientific assessment? Let’s try 10 years, since accordingly, the 10 year treasury note measurement is vital, according to the pundits. 😂

What happens next after a slight drop, well like a 5th Dimension song, “up up and away, my beautiful, my beautiful balloon. Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon”. 😂

A small deflationary correction before inflation continues to skyrocket and results in war expansion and civil unrest! China China China, nanny nanny boo boo. 🤣

Hang on tight folks!

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Dennis T.'s avatar

I thought American print news media had little value, until Tom provided a look at rags providing news in England. All were reminiscent of the National Inquirer.

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Alibaba's avatar

Duh, Bill... I don't know who hit the Malbec harder last night, you or me?... But try to explain to me how a shortage of goods, anybody needs, can be deflationary?...

And I'm not talking about that garbage called stocks, bonds and derivatives, which only rich people use and consider wealth, until they figure out are worthless as long as nobody wants to pay for them!...

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Luke C's avatar

Real goods will INFLATE whilst at the same time financial instruments and assets linked to debt will DEFLATE. Fantasises will simply go poof and barely leave a cloud of steam.

Companies with strong balance sheets that make stuff that is needed will weather the stock market falls the best.

So you can have inflation and deflation at the same time.

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Steve Kusaba's avatar

The connection to stocks being well worth their weight is the dividend. Large dividend payments results in instant karma. We love stocks that pay dividends. So too should anyone else. 10-30 % makes the whole deal work. Especially with capital gains in the underlying, which everyone wants because of the dividends!

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Alibaba's avatar

But what if that Malbec won't be on the shelf next week, and you still hold your 20$ in your pocket? You really don't read Joel Bowman musings?... Too bad, he's one of yours, and he didn't imagine anything about Argentine... Soon to come in a city near you, no matter were you live...

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Rick Larson's avatar

Nothing left to invest in huh? The more money one has the bigger the problem one has.

Far be it from me to tell anyone anything other than inflation in those scarcer resources needed to operate the system machinery, deflation in everything else, that not necessary for the machine to exist.

Fat dreams are becoming increasingly hallucinatory, a bit of land with productive gardens, something real to defend, are in vogue.

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