Peter Schiff On Recovery Talk: ‘Would Have Thought People Might Have Learned Something By Now’

In his latest entry on The Schiff Report YouTube video blog, Peter Schiff really called out the economic Pollyannas for their talk of a real, sustainable recovery. Schiff, who correctly-called the U.S. housing crash and “Panic of ’08,” warned in yesterday’s posting:

Don’t confuse rising asset prices with a real recovery. Asset prices are rising because the Fed is artificially-stimulating the economy. And as long as the Fed is artificially-stimulating, we will never have a legitimate recovery. Stocks and real estate prices are rising for the wrong reason. They’re rising for the same reason as they were rising in 2004, 2005, 2006. And we all know how that movie ended. Well this movie is going to have an even worse ending. This is basically the same movie, only we’re making the same mistakes on a grander scale.

And it’s amazing for me to watch it, as all the people who were so clueless back in ’04, ’05, and ’06, who said that “no one could have seen this coming.” In the aftermath of the crisis in 2008 and 2009, these are the same guys that are oblivious today. And people like me who did see it coming, we’re the ones that are warning about the next crisis. And our warnings are being received with the same reaction as they were the last time around. You would have thought people might have learned something by now.

Despite all the evidence that the economic recovery is just a story- it’s wishful thinking at best, and maybe, more like propaganda- the market continues to march on.

The CEO/Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital revealed that he’s been buying gold. Schiff explained:

The only reason we’re getting the rally in the stock and bond market, the only reason it’s not “the end of the world,” is because the Federal Reserve and other central banks are doing precisely what I feared they would do, which is exactly why I’ve been buying gold. So the reasons to buy gold have never been greater. And I think this new-found pessimism is going to create the backdrop- the wall of worry- that can launch the market into new highs.

“Stocks rise as recovery fantasy fades, oil breaks out, potential bottom in gold & silver”
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