The Market Doesn't Care About Omicron or Inflation: Enrique Abeyta

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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.