They are an excellent diversifier of risk and one of the best asset classes to own in
deflationary periods.
Gold's purchasing power, its relative value versus commodities, has risen for centuries during
deflationary periods.
He continued by explaining how the situation in Europe is not similar to Japan's
deflationary period, touching upon the finer points of Europe's inflation and describing how the European economic recovery is advancing.
Agree but I think we're still in for
a deflationary period before we get to an inflationary one.
There's more talk now about an impending
deflationary period than we've heard in several years and the thing about this churn is that even if we don't truly experience textbook extensive deflation, the sentiment alone could easily drive investors in droves into assets that perform well during periods of deflation.
Not exact matches
He compares it o changing seasons, with the first half (spring and summer) a
period of growth, followed by a plateau of contentment (autumn), then a
deflationary depression (winter).
See sustainable and functioning economies with minimal disruptions, rather see a global economy with some green shoots, but weighty asset values globally, and generally, near
deflationary conditions despite, 9 years after the GFC began, a
period of what I would describe as sub-par, when there has been a continued rise of global debt, in some paces as China, great verticality in such.
This has now been negative since May, portraying a pace of economic activity that is well below potential and therefore continues to be consistent with both (a) a continuing ultimately
deflationary economic Supercycle Bear Market
Period, or Winter, and (b) our working model for after - shock, double double - dip business cycle contractions over the next four years.
This time around bonds are pricing in an extended
period of
deflationary depression.
However, at its meeting in July, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) highlighted how far the country's economy still has to go to overcome
deflationary pressures, as the central bank further reduced its inflation forecasts for the
period up to early 2019.
This time around bonds are pricing in an extended
period of
deflationary depression.
It's clear that a
deflationary threat to gold has subsided and the world is headed back into an inflationary
period.