The Dollar Milkshake Theory (w/ Brent Johnson) | Expert View | Real Vision™

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Santiago Capital CEO Brent Johnson rejoins Real
Vision with a plethora of predictions that revolve around a
strengthening dollar. Johnson believes that a global currency
crisis looms, but that there is a bull case to be made for the
greenback, gold and U.S. equities.

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Transcript:
We've seen a nice bounce in the dollar after losing 10% to 12% on the dollar over the last 12 to 18 months. So I think it's a good time to discuss this. I really think the dollar move higher is really just getting started. Now, that doesn't mean that there's not going to be starts and stops, and in the short term, it's probably due for somewhat of a pause or even a short pullback. But one thing I want to get across to people is this move is only just getting started. The dollar, in my opinion, is going to go much, much higher over the next year to two years.
And so as I get into what the actual dollar milkshake theory is, it really comes down to the fact that I think the whole world is really one trade right now. And it's the trade on the dollar. Everything wraps around the dollar. I'm going to talk about gold after a while, but I think even gold-- all roads go through the dollar. So even though I'm very bullish gold long-term, that road also goes through the dollar. And so at the end of the day, why I think the dollar is so important is because whether you're talking about a company, whether you're talking about a family, or whether you're talking about a country, everything comes down to cash flow. Everything investing ultimately comes down to cash flow. And if you don't have enough supply of cash, then you need flow of cash coming through to keep operations going. And I really think that's where the whole monetary system is right now. And that's really the heart of the dollar milkshake theory. And so I'm going to get into that as we go further into the conversation. Now, one thing I want to make clear is this is not a story that ends well. This is a story that ends very, very badly. But I think the road to badly is much different than a lot of my peers think it is. To get really into the theory, we all know that the central banks of the world injected $20 trillion of new money into the global economy over the last 10 years. And I kind of title this as this is the milkshake that all the different countries created. They pushed down on their syringes, and they injected this tons of liquidity into the market-- euros, yen, pounds, yuan, dollars. And they created this soup or this milkshake of all this liquidity out there. But now, while the rest of the world is still pushing down on their syringes, the United States has-- we've gotten this monetary policy divergence, where we're not using a syringe anymore. We're no longer injecting liquidity. In fact, we've swapped out our syringe for a straw. And so as we lift up on our interest rates, that sucks that liquidity to the US domestic markets. It sucks that liquidity up into our domestic markets. And I think it's going to push asset prices higher. In other words, we're going to drink the milkshake that the rest of the world is still mixing.
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This dude is spot on, the Dollar Index is now at 105. Gold and silver didn't go anywhere.

charleschenhua
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this certainly is aging like milk. oops!

fullthrottlewrx
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If you had a milkshake, and I had a straw...

josephb
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And what effect will higher rates on USD debt have?

geedoubleu
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And what happens if Russia or China stands up on the gold standard and people start trading in The Yuan or The Ruble?

phatvegan
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Until the world realizes milk is bad for you and switches to water.

larryharvey
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Best be sure that straw not get caught in the mixer...

slaapjynog
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Reducing liquidity decreases asset prices not increases

sumitar
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I doubt it. Speaker seems to love the movie "There Will Be Blood" and so he has come up with an all encompassing idea where he gets to use that phrase. Well. Sorry. World isn't that simple.

surfreadjumpsleep
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Brent self-contradicts all the time. Too simplistic.. It isn't about now it is about what happens next - QE4. Also forex hedged UST bond buying drying up... and simply aversion to UST due to US deficit/debt balloon. USD will be going down in relation to real assets (gold)... as it has done for 100+ years since the FED got the licence to print money. .. …

KChris