A History of Accurate Calls v. Banal, Inaccurate Drivel

The “James Bond” of Gold Reveals His Latest Forecast [Wiggin Sessions] April 20, 2022 The “James Bond” of Gold Reveals His Latest Forecast A History of Accurate Calls v. Banal, Inaccurate Drivel “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton [Addison Wiggin]Dear Reader, Anyone can forecast the future. The tricky part is getting it right… in time to act. Over the past two decades, my network and I have identified major trends and perils long before the mainstream media caught on. The advanced knowledge gave our readers a chance to prepare and prosper when time proved us right. Today I want to show you why you can expect that tradition to continue in The Wiggin Sessions — for example the “James Bond” of gold, Jim Rickards, shares his latest forecast for Russia, China and, yes, gold, here: [Click here to learn more]( For Jim Rickards latest forecast [click here?]( The Wiggin Sessions are designed to help you avoid market pitfalls and take advantage of fast-breaking opportunities… why you ignore politics at your peril… and what you really need to know about the economy and the markets… and where we go from here. First, for credibilities’ sake, I want to look back at some of our most startling predictions that came true… proving that it is possible to consistently stay ahead of the curve. You don’t need special insights or inside information, either. Forecasting always starts with common sense. You read the trends in place, then extrapolate forward. That strategy has been our bread and butter for over two decades. The Tech Disaster No One Saw Coming (Except Us) Investment banker George Soros famously said his secret for success was to “find the trend whose premise is false, and bet against it.” And at the dawn of the millennium, the internet was the trend to beat. Investors were going crazy over internet stocks — bidding up start-ups to incredible highs based on little more than sketchy business plans. As a well-known entrepreneur, my friend and mentor Bill Bonner received more than a few funding requests for web-based ventures. He was also hearing from colleagues who were convinced the financial publishing industry wouldn’t survive the move from print to digital. Bill’s replies and reassurances became the basis for The Daily Reckoning. His message was simple: the internet is changing how the game is played, but the victory conditions are still the same. People will always pay for what they value. The burden is on the company to deliver what its customers need. But to do that, the company also needs sales and profits to stay in business. If management doesn’t have a plan to grow both, it will not succeed. The early issues of The Daily Reckoning built on those themes. On Jan. 3, 2000, we spelled it out as plainly as we could, predicting: The premise of the New Era will be discredited. The Rocket Chips [dot coms] will fall to earth. Watch your head. Just a few months later, the carnage began. After a sell-off in March 2000, Barron’s repeated what we had been saying all along — that many Internet companies wouldn’t be around much longer. Sure enough, former high-fliers began folding — taking their investors’ wealth with them. The major indexes tanked... losing up to 74% of their value. If you had listened to our warnings, you would have pulled your money out of the most over-hyped stocks before the bottom fell out of the market… reaping gains before everyone else lost their shirts. You would have learned the best places to put your cash during the carnage — piling into defensive stock plays and opportunistic options strategies. And you would have been in a great position when the recovery started… just in time to avoid the next bubble that we saw forming. Avoiding the Housing Collapse When the markets went into freefall, the government and government-sponsored agencies like the Federal Reserve went into overdrive — doing whatever they felt was necessary to restart the economic boom. Eventually it started having an effect, and the markets began to recover. That’s not how the mainstream press saw it, however. They were telling everyone that Wall Street had learned its lessons… and now there was no stopping the New Era of endless profits. Of course, what was really happening was that the government intervention was setting the stage for another disaster. In 2005, with house prices soaring and financial institutions encouraging everyone to take out a mortgage, we put out an alternative view — a report called “The Total Destruction of the Housing Market.” It warned: Hold on to your wallets. Like it or not, your life — and the lives of over 72 million Americans — is about to change dramatically. After 10 years of unprecedented growth, the bottom is about to fall out of the U.S. housing market.... [It’s] just the start of a nightmare scenario — whether the U.S. government or mainstream media admit it or not — that could collapse not just the U.S. housing market but the entire financial system as we know it. We're talking about a collapse far greater than the 1929 Stock Market Crash — or any of the top 10 financial catastrophes of our lifetime combined! Over the next three years, everything we said would happen came true. The housing market collapsed. The financial world melted down. Meanwhile, people who listened to our specific recommendations to prepare for the housing collapse scored gains of up to 462%. I could spend all day sharing more examples with you… From Gold’s Resurgence to Trump’s 2016 Victory It isn’t easy to go against what everyone else is saying. But we don’t do it just to be contrarian. Instead, our experts just use their extensive understanding of history to determine where things will go next. Of course, sometimes we get things wrong. But we’re right more often — which you can see reflected in other big calls we’ve made through the years, like: - Our 2002 prediction that gold was due to surge. About a year later, the price for a single ounce of the precious metal was up 50% - In 2009, we warned financial hardships in Greece would lead to “increasing social conflict.” The country soon saw a wave of deadly riots - In 2013, we said the major stock indexes were finally on solid ground. The S&P 500 went on to deliver its best annual gain in 16 years. - In 2014, while most of the financial press was waiting for the Federal Reserve to finally start raising interest rates, we told our readers the reversal was years away. As predicted, the Fed didn’t increase rates until 2019 — surprising everyone but us! - In 2016, polls were proclaiming the Brexit vote would fail and Hilary Clinton would be elected president of the United States. One of our experts explained why the mainstream press was wrong on both counts… Today: Cryptocurrencies, Science Breakthroughs, Inflation and Fed Moves In the years since, we’ve had a string of winners during the bubble in pot stocks. We’ve ridden two waves of intense interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a new investment class. We’ve made prescient recommendations in biotech companies developing vaccines and therapies — before the pandemic swallowed up all the attention in this market segment. Today, we’re still on the forefront of the cryptocurrency craze. Gold, precious metals and the latest commodities surge. And our analysts have been tracking supply chain interruptions, the onset of inflation in consumer prices… and the Fed’s moves to combat it. The point is, the themes that led to these predictions — from failed government policies to breakthrough technologies — are still with us today. A friend of mine, Juan Enriquez, put it this way: “Forecasting is not seeing the future, but recognizing the trends in place today, then following them to their logical conclusion.” The experts and forecasters who made these bold predictions have and will be sharing their latest thoughts with you in The Wiggin Sessions. Each episode offers a glimpse of what you can expect from Wall Street, the economy, the government, the Fed, the scientific community... all with the goal of helping you develop a strategy for surviving and thriving during turbulent times ahead. By talking with each expert one-on-one, I’ll be able to dive deeper into their predictions than ever before. I’ll be asking the exact same questions you would if you were in my shoes — making sure you get the answers you need to make good decisions with your money and your life. Don’t forget, too, that I encourage your feedback. You can email me at [The Wiggin Sessions](mailto:WigginSessions@5minforecast.com) with your questions and comments. Right now I’ll bet you’re wondering what we do see coming next. Tune in tomorrow to find out… Follow your bliss, Regards, [Addison Wiggin] Addison Wiggin Founder, The Wiggin Sessions P.S. We’re almost to the end of this special introduction to The Wiggin Sessions. To review what to expect from the episodes featuring exclusive interviews with top analysts and thinkers you won’t find anywhere else. Click here: [Click here to learn more]( Look for details in your inbox tomorrow. Follow the Wiggin Sessions on Social Media! 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