{"id":6817,"date":"2023-10-11T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:17:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:17:55","slug":"the-biggest-mystery-in-financial-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/articles\/the-biggest-mystery-in-financial-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Mystery in Financial Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n The biggest<\/span> mystery<\/span><\/strong> in\n financial markets<\/strong> today is how so many people have been\n suckered<\/strong><\/span> into\n buying<\/strong><\/span>\n iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)<\/strong>. We\n can\u2019t<\/strong><\/span>\n imagine<\/strong><\/span> any kind of\n bullish<\/strong><\/span> investment thesis<\/strong> for\n TLT<\/strong>. In our opinion, investors<\/strong> who have\n purchased<\/span> TLT<\/strong> were\n seeking a safe haven<\/strong><\/span> but\n mistakenly<\/span> purchased<\/span><\/strong> the\n worst possible<\/span> asset<\/span><\/strong> they\n could buy<\/strong><\/span> at this time.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n Since May 7, 2021, TLT<\/strong> has seen its\n shares outstanding increase<\/span><\/strong> from\n 87.2 million up to<\/span> 434.4 million<\/strong>\n at Tuesday\u2019s close of trading! This is a\n 5-fold increase<\/strong><\/span> in\n TLT ownership<\/span><\/strong> in only\n 29 months<\/strong>! The fact<\/strong><\/span> that\n millions of Americans<\/strong> have\n invested into<\/span> TLT<\/strong> at the\n worst possible<\/span> time<\/strong> is the\n #1 most bullish<\/strong><\/span>\n scenario<\/strong> for gold<\/strong><\/span>!\n <\/p>\n\n \n

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\n SPDR Gold Trust (GLD)<\/strong><\/span> would have provided the\n perfect safe haven<\/strong><\/span>\n asset<\/strong><\/span> investors were seeking, but\n social media<\/strong>\n brainwashed<\/strong><\/span> them into\n burning away<\/strong><\/span> their\n savings<\/strong> by\n buying<\/span> TLT<\/strong>! Since September 21, 2020,\n GLD<\/span><\/strong> has seen its\n shares outstanding decline<\/span><\/strong> from\n 437.8 million down to<\/span> 298.6 million<\/strong>\n at Tuesday\u2019s close of trading \u2014 a\n 31.8% decline<\/strong><\/span> over\n 37 months<\/strong>, the\n longest ever duration<\/strong><\/span> of a\n decline<\/strong><\/span> in\n GLD<\/span> shares outstanding<\/strong>.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n Between December 10, 2012, and December 17, 2015,\n GLD<\/strong><\/span> saw its\n shares outstanding decline<\/span><\/strong> for\n 36 months<\/strong>. Gold<\/span>\n bottomed<\/span><\/strong> on December 17, 2015 at\n $1,050 per oz<\/strong><\/span> and over the following\n seven months gold<\/span>\n rallied by 30.95%<\/span><\/strong> as\n VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX)\n gained 138.30%<\/span><\/strong> and\n VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)\n gained 180%<\/span><\/strong>. Some of the\n highest-quality<\/span>\n gold exploration stocks<\/span><\/strong> achieved gains of\n 1,000%\u201310,000%<\/span><\/strong> during this same\n seven-month<\/strong> period.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n The odds<\/strong> are high<\/strong><\/span> that\n GLD<\/span> shares outstanding<\/strong> are at or near a\n bottom<\/strong><\/span> and will\n rapidly rise<\/strong><\/span> in the months ahead as\n managed-money gold<\/span>\n shorts<\/span><\/strong> are\n forced<\/strong><\/span> to\n cover<\/strong><\/span> in the\n futures + options market<\/strong>.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n This perfect storm scenario<\/strong><\/span> of\n GLD<\/span> buying<\/span><\/strong>\n after a record<\/span> 37 months<\/strong> of\n outflows<\/strong><\/span> alongside a\n short<\/span>\n squeeze<\/span><\/strong> in the\n gold<\/span> futures + options market<\/strong> will not only\n send gold<\/strong><\/span> to\n new all-time highs<\/strong><\/span>, but will send shares of\n the highest quality<\/span>\n gold explorers<\/span><\/strong> to prices\n 1,000%\u201310,000% above<\/strong><\/span> today\u2019s levels.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n \n It won\u2019t be long<\/span> until TLT investors realize that their\n best hope to regain<\/span> their\n losses<\/span> from the\n collapsing<\/span> bond market is by\n investing into<\/span>\n GLD<\/span> and\n gold mining \/ exploration stocks<\/span>!\n <\/strong><\/em>\n <\/p>\n\n

\n \n Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide\n investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions. This message is not a\n solicitation or recommendation to buy, sell, or hold securities. This message is meant for informational and educational\n purposes only.\n <\/em>\n <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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The biggest mystery in financial markets today is how so many people have been suckered into buying iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT). We can\u2019t imagine any kind of bullish investment thesis for TLT. In our opinion, investors who have purchased TLT were seeking a safe haven but mistakenly purchased the worst possible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[245,28,9],"class_list":["post-6817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-bonds","tag-etfs","tag-gold"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6820,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6817\/revisions\/6820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}