'We are reaching the end game in Europe'

[samhill]

I understand that increasing the money supply and keeping interest rates way below the rate of inflation really hurts people who save and also those on fixed incomes. However, if there is 4 billion more people than 30 years ago, there needs to be more paper money, or there isn't enough to go around.
Must be an equilibrium somewhere.

[errolanderson]

samhill . . . if you are talking governments printing money globally to get out of this problem, ain't gonna work.

This could potentially trigger a currency war, like that of the 1930's. That the outcome wasn't so great.

this market is the 'ghost of inflation's past' . . . .

[ado089]

The EU will be forced to undertake some sort of major QE. It stands to reason a good place to park capital is in one of the beat up European equity markets. They should see the same stock market inflation the US had with QE.

[ColevilleH2S]

Ado, the issue I see with that is they'd have to convert that capital to € to make the investment. If the EU prints like mad, come cashout time your investment would be converted out of € which are now worth less. Or so the theory goes.

[farmaholic]

Like Chermeny, where everyting is goot yaw?

[errolanderson]

(IMO) the effectiveness of QE for the EU is now far too late.

[sumdumguy]

We are on the last Canola field, so as soon as I am free I am taking my money to Australia, even if I have to move there -I think!

[cottonpicken]

Farm just an opinion but paper assets take the hit. Bond holders currency holders pensions. Assets will rise but the nominal return is key. Zimbawe had one of the best preforming stock markets but at the end of it your portfolio could by you breakfast. Farmers are in a good position realitivly

[cottonpicken]

Qe is the monetization of debt. That is game over nothing left but the crying

[mbdog]

errol...you might not be far off your Monday call. Weeklies just a big ugly.