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Monetizing the Costs of COVID-19

How are we paying for COVID?

Created byRon Surz
4.2
(5 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated May 21, 2022
Monetizing the Costs of COVID-19

What You'll Learn

check_circleAppreciate the magnitude of the costs of COVID
check_circleRecognize that mountains of money cause inflation
check_circleSee how COVID money has been spent
check_circleBe aware that inflation causes increases in interest rates, lowering bond prices
check_circleBe alerted to the fact that increases in interest rates cause reductions in stock values

About This Course

Current money printing is approaching $16 trillion. That’s more than the US spent in its 13 most expensive wars combined. I use wars because they’re the most expensive things I can think of. Money printing for Quantitative Easing (QE) appears to have worked, so the plan is to load on a bunch more paper money.

Is there no limit? COVID spending is approaching $6 trillion so far. Poking the inflation bear is bringing inflation that will burst current stock and bond market bubbles that rely on zero interest rates to stay inflated.

Field of Study: Economics

Your Instructor

Ron Surz
Ron Surz

Serial entrepeneur specializing in target date funds and baby boomer investment education.

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Ronald J. Surz is co-host of the Baby Boomer Investing Show and president of Target Date Solutions and Age Sage, Target Date Solutions serves institutional investors, namely 401(k) plans. Age Sage serves do-it-yourself individual investors. His passion is helping his fellow baby boomers at this critical time in their lives when they are relying on their lifetime savings to support a retirement with dignity, so he wrote a book: Baby Boomer Investing in the Perilous 2020s .

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