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About Black Swans, Gray Rhinos and Golden Bulls
About Black Swans, Gray Rhinos and Golden Bulls
Ronald-Peter Stöferle
Managing Partner & Fund Manager
Incrementum AG
@IGWTreport
Agenda
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1. The Black Swan That Wasn‘t
Nassim Taleb
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Bilder white/gry/swan
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What a Difference A Month Makes…
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US Inverted Yield Curve Was Already Flashing Red!
100%
80%
?
60%
40%
20%
0%
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
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The Everything Bubble: A Bug In Search Of A Wind Shield
600% Everything Bubble
500%
400%
300%
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
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2. (When) Will Trust in Central Banks Start
Eroding?
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Unprecedented Monetary & Fiscal Stimulus
UNLIMITED UNPRECEDENTED
QE FISCAL STIMULUS
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US Inflation Expectations (lhs), in %, and Gold (rhs), in USD,
01/2008-04/2020
3 2.000
1.800
1.600
2
?
1.400
1.200
1
1.000
800
0 600
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
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Deflation Has To Be Avoided – Whatever It Takes!
US CPI yoy%, 1785-2019
Gold/Silver Backing (short interruptions) Classic GS Partly Debt Based Pure FIAT
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
-10%
-20%
Deflation in 43% of all years Deflation in 12% of all years
-30%
1785 1800 1815 1830 1845 1860 1875 1890 1905 1920 1935 1950 1965 1980 1995 2010
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3. GOLD:
What Is The 7th Sense Of Financial Markets
Telling Us?
Italian proverb
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Gold (lhs) and VIX (rhs), 2008 vs. 2020
130
80
70
120
60
110 50
Gold (indexed)
VIX
40
100
30
20
90
10
80 0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Number of trading days
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Annual Gold Performance in Various Currencies
EUR USD GBP AUD CAD CNY JPY CHF INR Average
2001 8.1% 2.5% 5.4% 11.3% 8.8% 2.5% 17.4% 5.0% 5.8% 7.4%
2002 5.9% 24.7% 12.7% 13.5% 23.7% 24.8% 13.0% 3.9% 24.0% 16.2%
2003 -0.5% 19.6% 7.9% -10.5% -2.2% 19.5% 7.9% 7.0% 13.5% 6.9%
2004 -2.7% 5.3% -2.3% 1.8% -1.9% 5.3% 0.7% -3.4% 0.6% 0.5%
2005 36.8% 20.0% 33.0% 28.9% 15.4% 17.0% 37.6% 37.8% 24.2% 26.1%
2006 10.6% 23.0% 8.1% 13.7% 23.0% 19.1% 24.3% 14.1% 20.9% 17.2%
2007 18.4% 30.9% 29.2% 18.3% 12.1% 22.3% 22.9% 21.7% 16.5% 21.7%
2008 10.5% 5.6% 43.2% 31.3% 30.1% -2.4% -14.4% -0.1% 28.8% 15.5%
2009 20.7% 23.4% 12.7% -3.0% 5.9% 23.6% 26.8% 20.1% 19.3% 16.5%
2010 38.8% 29.5% 34.3% 13.5% 22.3% 24.9% 13.0% 16.7% 23.7% 25.2%
2011 14.2% 10.1% 10.5% 10.2% 13.5% 5.9% 4.5% 11.2% 31.1% 11.2%
2012 4.9% 7.0% 2.2% 5.4% 4.3% 6.2% 20.7% 4.2% 10.3% 7.5%
2013 -31.2% -28.3% -29.4% -16.2% -23.0% -30.2% -12.8% -30.1% -18.7% -24.1%
2014 12.1% -1.5% 5.0% 7.7% 7.9% 1.2% 12.3% 9.9% 0.8% 6.2%
2015 -0.3% -10.4% -5.2% 0.4% 7.5% -6.2% -10.1% -9.9% -5.9% -3.8%
2016 12.4% 9.1% 30.2% 10.5% 5.9% 16.8% 5.8% 10.8% 11.9% 12.3%
2017 -1.0% 13.6% 3.2% 4.6% 6.0% 6.4% 8.9% 8.1% 6.4% 6.3%
2018 2.7% -2.1% 3.8% 8.5% 6.3% 3.5% -4.7% -1.2% 6.6% 2.6%
2019 22.7% 18.9% 14.2% 19.3% 13.0% 20.3% 17.7% 17.1% 21.6% 18.3%
2020 ytd 11.7% 7.5% 16.4% 25.8% 17.0% 9.5% 7.4% 8.6% 15.3% 13.2%
Average 9.7% 10.4% 11.8% 9.8% 9.8% 9.5% 9.9% 7.6% 12.8% 10.1%
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Gold in Local Currency vs. Domestic Stock Index, ytd 2020
31%
30%
25%
20% 17%
11%
9%
10% 7% 6%
0%
-10%
-9%
-20% -16%
-40%
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Gold/S&P-Ratio: Breakout!
1,8
1,6
1,4
1,2
1,0
0,8
0,6
0,4
0,2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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4. INFLATION and STAGFLATION
The Ultimate Pain Trades?
„The two main risk factors for the average portfolio are less
than expected growth and more than expected
inflation.“
Ray Dalio
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Rising Inflation, The Ultimate Contrarian Call?
7%
5%
3%
1%
-1%
-3%
1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027
Inflation
Source: Federal Reserve NY, The Economist, Bloomberg, Incrementum AG
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Rising Inflation: The Biggest Pain Trade in History?
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16
14
12
10
0
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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Which Asset Classes Perform Best In Rising Inflation?
30%
26%
25% 24%
20%
15%
15% 14%
11%
10%
7%
5%
5% 4% 4% 4%
2% 3%
0%
-5%
-4%
-10%
-11% -10%
-15%
Falling inflation rates Stable inflation rates Rising inflation rates
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OFID, July 20 2011 It‘s not a sprint, it‘s a marathon!
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Performance of the S&P and Gold During Various Phases of a Recession
Source: Incrementum AG
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5. Gold Mining Stocks
Are we here?
+600%
200
40
1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940
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BGMI/Gold Ratio (log), 01/1940–02/2020
7
0
1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
BGMI/Gold ratio Median (BGMI/Gold ratio)
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Bull Markets in Mining Shares: The Party Has Only Started!
800
10/1942-02/1946 07/1960-03/1968 12/1971-08/1974
500
400
300
200
Source: Nowandfutures, TheDailyGold.com, Barrons, Nick Laird, goldchartsrus.com, Reuters Eikon, Incrementum AG
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6. The Golden Future
Bob Farrell
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Gold Now in Public Participation Phase
3. Distribution
Phase
Source: Incrementum AG
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Generalists and Institutional Investors Have Not Joined The Party Yet
ETF-Holdings as % of Total US Market Capitalization
1,2%
1,0%
0,8%
0,6%
0,4%
0,2%
0,0%
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
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Actual Gold Price and Projections, in USD, 1971–2049
25.000
20.000
15.000 2030:
4,100 USD (growth rate since 2000)
3,420 USD (growth rate since 1971)
2,530 USD (growth rate since 1990)
10.000
0
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040
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Commodities – The Biggest Contrarian Investment?
GSCI TR/S&P 500 Ratio, 01/1971–02/2020
10 Gulf War 1990
9 GFC 2008
Oil Crisis 1973/74
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Median: 4.09
4
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Everything
2 (except commodities)
Bubble
1 Dot-Com Bubble
0
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
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Bullish on Gold? Then Silver Provides Relative Value!
300 Years of Gold/Silver Ratio, 1718–2020
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2020: G/S ratio = 113
~2.8x above average
~5.6x above median
100
80
60
40
20
0
1718 1768 1818 1868 1918 1968 2018
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Our Core Views
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Our 14th In Gold We Trust report
will be published on May 27th!
https://ingoldwetrust.report/?lang
=en
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„All roads lead to gold.“
Kiril Sokoloff
www.incrementum.li
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Addendum
Because we care…
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Biography: Ronald-Peter Stoeferle
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About the In Gold We Trust report 41
• Published for the 13th time in English and German and for
the first time in Chinese on May 28, 2019
@IGWTreport
#igwt2018
About Incrementum AG
Incrementum AG is an owner-managed and fully licensed asset manager & wealth manager based in the
Principality of Liechtenstein.
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Contact Us
Incrementum AG
Im alten Riet 102
9494 – Schaan/Liechtenstein
www.incrementum.li
www.ingoldwetrust.li
Email: ingoldwetrust@incrementum.li
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Disclaimer
This publication is for information purposes only. It represents neither investment advice nor an investment analysis or an
invitation to buy or sell financial instruments. Specifically, the document does not serve as a substitute for individual-investment
or other advice. The statements contained in this publication are based on knowledge as of the time of preparation and are
subject to change at any time without further notice.
The authors have exercised the greatest possible care in the selection of the information sources employed. However, they do
not accept any responsibility (and neither does Incrementum AG) for the correctness, completeness, or timeliness of the
information as well as any liabilities or damages, irrespective of their nature, that may result therefrom (including consequential
or indirect damages, loss of prospective profits, or the accuracy of prepared forecasts).
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