Commodity Culture, Released on 2/28/24
Michael Pento thinks commodities will be a great place to be, just not right now. A confluence of factors including untenable government debt, a weak banking sector, and extreme overvaluation in the broad market means that stocks are set for a brutal correction, and Michael believes it’s better to play defense for the time being, and then look to gold, silver, uranium and other commodities when there’s blood in the streets.
00:00 Introduction
01:45 Brutal Market Downturn
05:58 Fed Reaction to Crash
07:38 State of the US Economy
12:30 Where do Commodities Come In?
15:43 Which Commodities Will Shine?
17:48 Thoughts on Gold and Silver
22:16 How is Michael Positioned?
26:30 Defensive Stocks
28:15 Time in the Market or Timing the Market?
Michael Pento is a specialist in Austrian economics and is the President of Pento Portfolio Strategies. Prior to starting Pento Portfolio Strategies he served as a senior economist and VP of the managed products division of another well known financial firm. Michael has also created ETFs and UITs that were sold throughout Wall Street. Earlier in his career, he worked on the floor of the NYSE. He is the author of The Coming Bond Market Collapse: How to Survive the Demise of the U.S. Debt Market.