15 August, 2011

The Problem With The Federal Reserve Policy

The problem with the Federal Reserve policy of essentially zero interest rates is that they are essentially throwing money at the system, but they don’t control where the money will flow to. It can flow at some point into commodity-related stocks. It can flow into gold, oil, treasuries, but it doesn’t flow evenly into these assets. In my opinion, the Treasury, the long-dated Treasuries are essentially the short of the century thing here. - in Bloomberg

Related ETFs: United States Oil Fund (USO), SPDR Gold ETF (GLD), Energy Select Sector SPDR (ETF) (NYSE:XLE), Market Vectors Etf Trust (NYSE:GDX)

Marc Faber is an international investor known for his uncanny predictions of the stock market and futures markets around the world.