Dec 7, 2021
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Enrique Abeyta of Empire Financial Research rejoins the podcast
to discuss his views on the omicron strain of Covid-19 and
inflation, and share his excitement about the metaverse.
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, could become the
world's first $5 trillion enterprise.
Not intended as investment
advice.
Content Highlights
- The market didn't go down because of omicron or because of what the Fed chair said. What caused the selling instead (5:09);
- Omicron is not the first Covid strain. It won't be the last. Society and the economy have been able to deal with the variants (6:28);
- Inflation is another boogey man (8:10);
- The spike in the VIX is more noteworthy -- and a bullish indicator for stocks (12:39);
- What about gold? (16:56);
- The metaverse: It's already here. People just don't realize it yet (24:07);
- Meta, the stock formerly known as Facebook, is as good a way as any to profit from these developments (27:29);
- Oil and gas "could go to the moon" (39:52).
More Information on the Guest
- Website: EmpireFinancialResearch.com;
- Twitter: @EnriqueAbeyta;
- Everything about HardMoneyMag.