Bertin Acosta

Humanity is facing the worst economic crisis since 1872 on record, while the main financial indices are reaching historic highs. Is the real economy detached from the financial markets? What does this imply?

By observing the relationship between the S&P 500 and the US GDP it is evident how the growth of the index exceeded the growth of the product, as well as the adjustments that took place in the dotcom crisis (2000) and the financial crisis of 2008.

The increase in the indexes does not reflect the dynamics of the economy as a whole. Technology and the internet are leading growth, while in the energy sector the change in its energy matrix and the expected transition in energy consumption and production are being addressed.

Los precios record del oro a partir del año 2019 expresan la vulnerabilidad del sistema monetario internacional derivada de la guerra comercial EEUU-China y recientemente del impacto del COVID-19 en la economía global.

Si el precio del oro está vinculado a los movimientos en los mercados financieros internacionales y a la política monetaria expansiva del banco central de EEUU: ¿El actual precio de oro expresa especulación? ¿Hay expectativas de crisis que surgen del shock pandémico?

El actual precio de oro expresa el valor de refugio ante una situación de incertidumbre, canalizado por los inversionistas a través de dos grandes fondos. Las expectativas de crisis ya estaban en el año 2019 cuando el precio comenzó a subir como reflejo de la guerra comercial y de la caída del crecimiento el PIB americano.

During the pandemic, the United States and its institutions have taken measures that have had an impact on providing liquidity to the international system. In Latin America these have come through the IMF but also through agreements with the US central bank (FED).
In the context of the bankruptcy of companies, hotels, restaurant chains and the loss of investment grade, the US has seen a doubling of dividends per share versus earnings per share in banking. In these conditions, stock markets have, on the contrary, shown a strong recovery, even reaching new highs (Nasdaq).
The increase in liquidity by the FED and the central bank has allowed the stock exchanges to recover without a recovery in production, and high levels of unemployment, low levels of consumption and destruction of production, in a contradiction that leads to an increase in the already existing inequality.