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2023 predictions didn't pan out as some expected. Will crystal balls be more accurate for 2024?
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James Rickards said:...
My next forecast is that a bigger and more acute Stage 2 of the banking crisis is coming after the quiet period that has prevailed since June. This new crisis will be focused on about 20 banks with $200–900 billion in assets — the so-called midsized regional banks that are not too big to fail.
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The investment choices are clear. It will be a bad year for stocks, a good year for Treasury securities and a down year for commodities, except for energy and gold. The winners will be Treasuries, gold, oil and King Dollar.
Rickards' Five Forecasts For 2024 | ZeroHedge
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