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March 2016 - Page 22 of 27 - Money Morning - Only the News You Can Profit From

The Next Wave of Stimulus Brings Us This Multitrillion-Dollar Opportunity

Eight long years of excruciatingly accommodative monetary policy have done a lot to inflate asset prices and concentrate some $112 trillion in wealth in the hands of just 34 million people… but it hasn't come anywhere close to the goal of stimulating broader economic growth.

Now instead of admitting the mistake and trying structural reforms, politicians and bureaucrats have come up with yet another crackpot idea to spend their way to growth.

That means there's likely some serious "helicopter money" headed our way.

It might not achieve growth, either, but it is going to be a powerful profit catalyst for the investment I'm about to show you...

Silver Prices Today Showing This Bullish Pattern Shift

Thanks to very bullish action in gold, silver prices have been able to gather the same kind of momentum over the past week.

But over the past three months, gold prices have outpaced silver prices by an astonishing 12%, leaving some to wonder about silver's viability in this renewed precious metals bull.

In order to address that very question, we'll look at the relationship between these two precious metals to determine what just might be in store for the price of silver over the coming months and even years.

A Major New Stock Market Crash Warning Sign Was Just Revealed Today

Even though the markets have rebounded in the first week of March, we just received a major new stock market crash warning sign today (Monday).

The Bank for International Settlements warned today that there's a "gathering storm" in the global economy. According to the bank, the storm is the result of global governments exhausting their monetary policy options.

Fortunately, Money Morning experts have developed a plan for investors to protect their money during a stock market crash situation. But before we get to that, let's dig deeper into today's stock market crash warning...

This Credit Market Barometer Shows Heavy Storms Ahead

Private equity firms serve as a startlingly accurate credit barometer. The less productive their behavior, the more likely the cycle is reaching its late stages.

When credit is mispriced, the credit cycle is far advanced, and debt investors should be running in the other direction from bond and loan offerings involving private equity‐owned borrowers… because private equity firms are doing two destructive things.

And that's what we saw up until the end of 2014 when the music in the credit markets stopped. Here's what to watch for...