War is off so risk is on – Ep. 526
The Peter Schiff Show Podcast
Peter Schiff
4.6 • 5.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 January 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
NASDAQ, Dow, S&P hit new record highs. Trump is eager for Dow to hit 30k so he can tweet up a storm claiming credit.
Risk premiums for crude and gold are still there although gold mining stocks got obliterated as war became less imminent. Investors were spooked as gold dropped from $1610 to $1540 in a 24 hour period. Despite gold mining stocks getting crushed, gold itself is up 2% for the year. This presents an even better buy for gold stocks as they catch up to gold’s $1550 support.
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| 0:00.0 | The Peter Shifchow |
| 0:08.6 | Well, what a difference 48 hours makes. |
| 0:11.2 | You know, when I was recording the supplement to the podcast that I put up on Tuesday night, |
| 0:16.8 | Iranian missiles were blowing up on US Air Force bases in Iraq, and nobody knew what was |
| 0:23.1 | going to happen next. |
| 0:24.4 | People were worried what the United States might do in response that now we're going to |
| 0:28.2 | have this hot war in Iran. |
| 0:30.4 | The Dow futures were down to 300 points. |
| 0:33.1 | Crude oil was up three bucks. |
| 0:34.4 | It was over 75 dollars in barrel. |
| 0:36.8 | Gold had moved up to an eight year high. |
| 0:39.6 | Gold got up to over 1,610. |
| 0:42.9 | And everybody was concerned. |
| 0:45.6 | And then within a few hours, really, of my finishing up that podcast, the whole situation |
| 0:51.0 | was miraculously diffused. |
| 0:53.0 | I mean, first of all, Donald Trump came out with a tweet that basically said all as |
| 0:57.7 | well, nothing to worry about, which was a very calm tweet for the president. |
| 1:02.5 | A lot of people might have expected, oh, that's it. |
| 1:04.9 | You know, war is on. |
| 1:05.9 | I mean, they, you know, I told these guys not to do anything. |
| 1:08.9 | And you know, they, now I've got to, I'm going to put the hammer down. |
| 1:11.7 | No, it was a very mild, held back tweet. |
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