– “Why hedge because everything is going straight up”?
– Now “is exactly the time when should hedge” as volatility in U.S. markets is low
– “September is the most dangerous month of the year for equities”
– Gold is an “excellent way to hedge for the longer term against the possibility that both equities and bonds go down together at some point and that is quite likely in the next 12 months…
– “Hedging is a form of insurance. You want to buy it when it is cheap and you hope never to use it”
– “The best time to hedge is when prices are low”
Watch Bloomberg Video of BNP Paribas’ global head of equity derivative strategy Edmund Shing on hedging the U.S. markets and gold as a long term hedge and insurance
News and Commentary
Gold rises on dollar weakness, physical demand (Reuters.com)
Asian Stocks Head for One-Year Low, Yen Advances (Bloomberg.com)
Nasdaq falls as U.S. lawmakers grill Facebook, Twitter executives (Reuters.com)
US Mint Gold Coins sales sink in August (ScrapRegister.com)
U.S. Trade Gap Widens Most Since 2015; China Deficit Hits Record (Bloomberg.com)
Source: Bloomberg.com
ASIA’s super rich advised to add more gold to their portfolios (SCMP.com)
Gold And Silver Are Acting Like It’s 2008. They May Be Right (DollarCollapse.com)
Gold’s Ratio to Silver Hits Its Highest Level Since 2008 (Bloomberg.com)
Emerging-Market Contagion Fear Sparks Deepening Rout: Inside EM (Bloomberg.com)
Why Pain in Argentina And Turkey Is Hurting Indonesia (Bloomberg.com)
America’s Finances Seem Fishy (BonnerAndPartners.com)
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