Federal Reserve Announces QE4 – Another $540 Billion Annually!

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Mike Gleason:

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Markets often move counter-intuitively. They can zig when you think they should zag, and zag when you think they should zig.

A case in point is Thursday's market action in the precious metals. Instead of rising on the Federal Reserve's announcement of more Quantitative Easing the day before, they fell. Silver got whacked especially hard, falling nearly 3% and currently trades at $32.60 an ounce. Gold settled back down into the high $1,690s.

You'd think silver would have moved in the opposite direction. It's hard not to interpret the Fed's latest round of QE as being damaging to the value of the dollar and bullish for precious metals. The Fed will buy $45 billion per month in U.S. Treasuries – That's on top of its previous commitment of $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities, for a total of $85 billion per month. The Fed's balance sheet is set to expand even further to an astonishing $4 trillion in 2013.

Talk about excess leverage! Far from ensuring stability in the markets, the Fed is transferring and concentrating risk on its balance sheet, forestalling the day of reckoning. But make no mistake, the Fed is putting all holders of dollars at greater and greater risk with each new vow of asset purchases paid for by dollars created out of thin air.

In the Fed's new bond-buying campaign, it won't be "sterilizing" its purchases, meaning offsetting them with sales of short-term obligations. Some are calling this "unsterilized" program "unsanitary" – not to mention unsound as monetary policy. The Fed is effectively monetizing the government's debt, something Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke previously vowed he wouldn't do.

Nobody can predict what the markets will do with certainty, especially on a day-to-day basis. We're bound to experience more counter-intuitive takedowns. And we'll eventually see moves to the upside that surprise you with their ferocity and persistence.

The name of the game in volatile and unpredictable markets is diversification. Most investors aren't well diversified. They're overexposed to dollar-based assets such as bonds and equities. When conventional markets zag, it's often the case that gold and silver zig. That's why it's important to maintain a core position in them. And to keep accumulating precious metals on a regular schedule or when you are able – especially when the market puts them temporarily on sale.

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Well that will wrap it up for this week's market wrap. This has been Mike Gleason with Money Metals Exchange reminding you that we remain fully committed to getting you the most value for depreciating dollar... with speed, with privacy, and with top notch service.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend everybody.

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