Roubini: A Big Crash Is Coming, But I Don't Believe in Gold
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... , Oct, 23, 2009: Nouriel Roubini believes that a "wall of liquidity" is chasing all kinds of assets, yet once the economy disappoints expectations, it will all come crashing down. Yet for Dr. Doom, gold isn't the answer. According to him, despite the temporarily asset bubbles right now, we're still in a deflationary world and we'll realize it soon enough once growth stagnates and all kinds of inflated asset categories come falling down. IndexUniverse: Roubini: I don’t believe in gold. Gold can go up for only two reasons. [One is] inflation, and we are in a world where there ...
Nouriel Roubini doesn't believe in gold
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Nouriel Roubini shares some thoughts about gold in this interview with IndexUniverse, drawing the same conclusion that millions of investors have drawn - gold can't go significantly higher without high inflation or Armageddon, neither of which are imminent. I don’t believe in gold. Gold can go up for only two reasons. [One is] inflation, and we are in a world where there are massive amounts of deflation because of a glut of capacity, and demand is weak, and there’s slack in the labor markets with unemployment peeking above 10 percent in all the advanced economies. So there’s no inflation, and there’s not going to be for the time being. The only ...

