| By Dan Denning, Coauthor, The Bonner-Denning Letter The coronavirus has already triggered a bear market in stocks. Now, it threatens to trigger a global depression. But if you’re over 60, that’s not the biggest risk you face right now. The biggest risk is to your health. You may never see another one-two punch like this again. That’s why I’m writing to you today. Bill and I, along with colleague Tom Dyson, have been in regular email and phone contact. Bill, as you know, is down on his ranch in Argentina. Tom is staying with his in-laws in Florida. And I’m hunkering down in Australia. We all agree that there are unprecedented financial and economic moves afoot. If you’re a Bonner-Denning Letter reader, hopefully you followed our advice and put in place a sensible asset allocation plan. Our long-standing recommendation has been to invest in a mix of cash, bonds, gold, crypto, and collectibles, in addition to your stocks. This would have cushioned the blow from the more-than-30% peak to trough plunge of stocks. (Note that our asset allocation strategy changed this week, in light of recent events in the financial markets. If you’re a Bonner-Denning Letter subscriber, find the latest – called the Crisis Portfolio – here.) Today, I want to bring your attention to three items. The first is the potential for further falls in stocks. The second is the explosion in stimulus money from governments and central banks that’s on the way. The final is the only trade worth making right now – in gold. | Recommended Link | Are You Ready For Phase 2 Of The 5G Boom? According to 5G insider Jeff Brown, we're on the cusp of the next phase of the 5G boom. If you get in now, he believes you could capture the biggest gains of all. In his first-ever State of 5G Summit, he's sharing: The exact day this next phase is set to get underway… and he'll even perform a 5G "live demo." | | | - | The Fed Is Trying Fight the Downturn in Stocks As I told Bonner-Denning Letter readers recently, three bear markets since the 1929 crash saw declines of 40% or more. The average of these declines was 51%. And it took, on average, 58 months (nearly five years) for stocks to hit a fresh high. If this bear market repeats that average 51% plunge, the S&P 500 would fall to 1,663 points from here. That’s a 33% fall from today’s level. If you buy back in too early, in other words, you go underwater. And you need an even bigger gain just to break even. That brings us to the Federal Reserve. It’s trying to fight the downturn by rolling out various asset-buying programs – what’s typically referred to as quantitative easing, or QE – to bail out Wall Street and corporate America. As you can see below, the Fed’s balance sheet stands at more than $5.8 trillion – or almost 27% of U.S. GDP. (Every new dollar on the balance sheet represents a new dollar the Fed’s pumped into the economy.) 
The Fed added almost another $600 billion to its balance sheet this week, buying Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities. The Fed has added over $1 trillion to its balance sheet in the last two weeks alone. It should easily hit $10 trillion by the end of the year. Just Announced: The Top Three Tech Royalties for 2020. It’s worth mentioning that last year, Bill and I calculated that the Fed’s balance sheet would grow to 40% of GDP by the time the next crisis was over. Now, that estimate looks conservative. So does our prediction that the U.S. national debt would grow to $40 trillion in the next 10 years (from $23 trillion today). It could hit $50 or $60 trillion before this thing is over. Given those numbers, we believe the deflation in financial asset prices will give way to massive inflation. That’s good news for gold. But there’s a catch… | Recommended Link | The War Against Capitalism Why are Treasury bonds suddenly going down… when they should be going up? Why is cash suddenly becoming so scarce... when the Fed is supplying hundreds of billions of dollars every week? Stocks are down 30%. Is it the bottom… or is there more damage to come? Our team of experts has been ready for this downturn for decades, and Bill is answering these questions in his urgent briefing that you can read right here. There may even be a potential to profit, if you’re prepared… Don’t wait, as this story is unfolding right before our eyes. | | | - | What Gold Does in a Stock Crash Something odd happens to gold at the start of a stock crash. Leveraged traders sell their gold and other liquid assets to raise cash. That’s why gold fell by about 30% at the height of the 2008 crisis. Gold dipped recently, too. But if things play out like they did in 2008, gold will rally from here. Between its bottom in 2008 and its peak in September 2011, gold rallied 166%. Just Announced: The Top Three Tech Royalties for 2020. In short, a wall of stimulus money is coming toward economies in this and the coming quarter. When it does, we believe gold will become the only safe-haven asset worth the name “risk-free.” The biggest risk is we’re wrong about the coming inflation. If we are, the global economy will enter a depression. But the gold bullion you own will be more valuable than ever. Gold is a tangible asset. It can’t be printed or created with a few keystrokes. That’s why we think the setup is great for trading the financial assets (gold stocks) and owning the physical ones (bullion). Until next time, Dan Denning
Coauthor, The Bonner-Denning Letter P.S. Bill has been busy in isolation. He just finished a detailed review of the political, economic, and monetary consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. What’s next? What changes are coming to our government, our society, and our economy? And what should you do with your money today? Bill set out to answer those questions in a full report, After Armageddon… along with a Crisis Portfolio I put together to guide you through these dangerous times. If you’re a Bonner-Denning Letter subscriber, you’ll find Bill’s After Armageddon report here, and our new Crisis Portfolio here. If you’re not a subscriber yet, read on to learn how you can get access to both reports – and more. Like what you’re reading? Send your thoughts to feedback@bonnerandpartners.com. 
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