PEREGRINE PRIVATE CAPITAL CORPORATION APRIL 24, 2015 The Greater Fool Theory

News Flash: easy the era of easy money has become, however, “The Times They are a “IMF’s Lagarde Sees ‘New Reality’ of switzerland just sold 10-year bonds that Changing.” The Fed is no longer pumping Mediocre Growth.” investors are actually paying to hold. billions into the each month. The april 09, 2015 / Reuters This turns on its head the basic free economy is slowing. The dollar has gone market assumption that capital is a scarce up and corporate earnings are going at the risk of being immodest, we told resource. The more of something there is, down. Therefore, only TGFT is currently investors nearly 5 years ago what you see is the less it’s worth, right? maintaining the market’s momentum. what you get. The past, present and future Pause for a moment and consider how zero interest rate environment is the new The new bottom line is that central alan Greenspan’s “Irrational exuberance” economic reality. It simply reflects flat line bankers have created such a glut of capital experience ended in 2000. economies in both europe and Japan and that rates of return have not only been our own that is stuck in first gear. driven down but are now negative. how is To protect yourself from this, I would this supposed to help savers, fixed income immediately reduce my exposure to we told investors then and are repeating it investors and retirees? It clearly doesn’t. and other potentially volatile traded now, we are in the middle of our own “lost For the majority of folks, it simply drives securities and raise cash. I would then economic decade.” however, “the powers down income and their life style follows. work overtime to find some nice safe real that be” (IMF’s lagarde, Fed’s Yellen, estate with minimal moving eCB’s Dragi, etc.) can’t admit this because; as an investor this leaves you with two parts and a nice tax advantaged yield. In options. either you pursue “The Greater n It’s politically incorrect many instances, renting is still the low cost Fool Theory” (TGFT) which the n It’s prima facie evidence their alternative. Given what could be coming, market has become or you consider the collective monetary policies have that’s a good thing. alternative asset universe. Both the stock failed and market collapse in 2000 and housing n It puts the lie to their myth of market bust in 2007 have their roots in omniscience. TGFT. In both instances the Fed pursued however, their unwillingness to admit policies that inflated asset prices and ended defeat results in central banks printing badly when we finally ran out of fools. Robert S. Smith more and more money. so much money Today’s is again showing President/CEO has been printed that cash is essentially symptoms of this affliction. The current Peregrine Private Capital worthless. This is reflected in our new era market bubble is due to the Fed’s asset in bonds: Zero yield or less. purchase program under which fixed Until april 8th, no country had ever sold income were removed from 10-year debt that gives investors a yield the market, forcing yields down and driving of below 0%. But in the latest sign of how money into stocks. Discipline. Drive. Commitment.

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