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U.S. Throws More Stimulus Money at Economy to Counteract Coronavirus
SALTA, ARGENTINA – Yesterday brought more excitement… and the first hint of the debacle ahead. The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. It’s Public Enemy #1 in the bug world. As for the stock market, Warren Buffett said it was the damndest thing he had ever seen, “a big one-two punch.” Advice for a Crisis Our old friend Chris Mayer described what was happening back in Maryland:
Chris went on to give us his investment advice for a crisis situation:
That works for us. We‘re sitting on gold. And we’re going to sit tight until the price goes so high you can buy the Dow for 5 ounces or less. But a lot of people either didn’t buy right or don’t want to sit tight. Off to Argentina Once again, yesterday, we watched the tape as we made our way down to Argentina. People were selling heavily, knocking another 1,465 points off the Dow. While we were en route, the Argentine president, by executive order, imposed a 14-day quarantine on visitors coming from America, Europe, and China. Fortunately for us, we weren’t coming directly from the U.S.; we’ve been in Nicaragua for the last month. But imagine what this does to the tourist industry. And business travel. Who’s going to go anywhere if he risks being confined to a hotel room for two weeks? We got to the airport in Salta at midnight. Our man on the scene had left the pickup truck for us, with the keys under the floor mat. “Don’t steal another pickup,” he advised, kidding us about a misadventure two years ago. Compromised Immune System Back in the U.S., the drama is playing out as expected. Mr. Market is taking asset prices down to more reasonable levels. Mr. Jackass Meddler is trying to stop him with, what else, stimulus! And what does he have to stimulate with? Only more fake money… the same stuff that compromised the U.S. economy’s immune system in the first place. From CNBC:
But it’s not just the Fed that is swinging into action. Donald Trump proposed to reduce payroll taxes to zero until after the election. He was thinking out of the box! But it would blow out the federal budget completely. Even his neutered pet Republicans couldn’t swallow that. The Big Save Mr. Trump also told the nation that he had something real exciting up his sleeve and he would announce it on Tuesday. The day came and went, with nothing from POTUS, which led a lot of people to think he didn’t really have anything at all. Then, yesterday, he addressed the nation… … and all hell broke loose again, with the Dow futures down the limit. Bloomberg:
Gamblers were counting on another Big Save from the feds. But the smart money is beginning to realize that the Big Save this time is not going to be like the Big Save in 2000 or 2008. Bloomberg:
This time, the scam – adding more fake money to the system – won’t be so easy. And the fake money itself will begin to give way… ….bringing a whole new level of disaster. Stay tuned… Regards, Bill
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