Long stocks. Long bonds. Buy gold. Sell the dollar. That is what billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones called the “first rate cut 101.”
Well, after several years of failing to breakout out of the $1300 range, gold has soared to 6 year highs as President Trump’s rhetoric around the world has raised geopolitical tensions while the Federal Reserve has turned decidedly dovish.
The ongoing surge in gold has been accompanied by a collapse in bond yields and a record amount of negative yielding debt. Here’s a quick snapshot:
(Bloomberg)
Earlier this week, Goldman pointed out