Ron Paul Says it Wouldn’t be a Total Shock for Gold to Spike 50 Percent by October – Investing News Network (press release) (registration) (blog)

Paul said in a weekend interview that he wouldn't be surprised to see US markets fall 25 percent and gold rise 50 percent in the next several months.

The gold priceclosed Monday (July 3) at $1,219.70 per ounce, but according tolibertarian pundit Ron Paul it could be significantly higherbefore the end of the year.

If [US]markets are down 25 percent [by October] and gold is up 50 percent it wouldnt be a total shock to me, he told CNBC during an interview this past weekend. That would place the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) at 1,819 points and gold at $1,867.

Paul, whos also a former Republican congressman and presidential candidate, said that the US economy is not as strong as many people think it is, and emphasized that uncertainty is a major issue. In particular, he mentioned that the NASDAQ Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC), the US dollar and bonds look a little shaky, and questioned whether Trump will be able to pass reform measures.

Theres a lot of subjectivity in the markets, reassurances, Paul also noted. People have been convinced that everything is wonderful right now and that stocks are going to go up forever, its a new era. I dont happen to buy this. I think the old rules always exist, and theres too much debt and too much mal-investment the adjustment will have to come.

While US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently expressed confidence in the US economy, saying another financial crisis will likely not happen soon, other market watchers have views that that are more in line with Pauls.

For example,Marc Faber,a notedThailand-based Swiss investor known as Dr. Doom, is calling for a drop in the US stock market. In conversation with CNBC he said, we have a bubble in everything. Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital also recently describedthe US economy as a bubble.

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