S&P 500, Dollar Are Overpriced — But Peter Schiff Warns Of A Bigger Mistake For U.S. Investors

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Thus, Schiff argues the worst mistake is not overexposure to equities, but hiding in cash. Holding U.S. dollars during a period of structural devaluation guarantees a loss in real terms, even if account balances appear stable.\nInstead of a retreat, he advocates for repositioning – pivoting toward assets that resist currency debasement, namely gold and foreign equities.\n“The biggest mistake U.S. investors can make is holding too much cash. Sure the U.S. stock market is overpriced, but so is the dollar. A weakening dollar, and the monetary and fiscal policies that will drive it lower, will support nominal stock prices. Own gold and foreign stocks,” he wrote on X.\nUnlike fiat currency, gold cannot be printed, manipulated, or diluted by policy decisions.  In periods of aggressive monetary expansion—the very forces Schiff identifies as drivers of dollar weakness—gold historically preserves purchasing power.\nHowever, 2026 has complicated gold's narrative. After a massive rally in 2025, gold experienced sharp volatility in Q1, including a dramatic March selloff of over 13%, its worst since the 2008 Financial Crisis.\nThis decline puzzled many, especially amid geopolitical turmoil, including escalating conflict in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.\nThe explanation lies not in geopolitics, but in interest rates. Gold is highly sensitive to rate expectations. As inflation surged alongside oil prices (Brent crude at $110), expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts evaporated, giving way to chatter of a rate hike.\nYet structurally, gold's bull case remains intact. Owing to central bank accumulation, the de-dollarization trend, and persistent fiscal deficits, support for long-term demand remains in place.\nAlongside gold, European stocks have emerged as an option. Ritholtz Wealth Manager CEO Josh Brown coined the term HALO: \"Heavy Asset, Low Obsolescence\"—companies built on physical infrastructure that cannot be easily disrupted by artificial intelligence.\nEuropean equity markets have an advantage, with roughly 38% of real-asset industries—energy, utilities, transport, and materials—compared to just 18% in the U.S. This composition makes it a natural refuge in an era when AI threatens capital-light, software-driven business models.\nThe immunity factor is critical. You cannot automate away electricity grids, mineral extraction, or transportation networks. These industries are not only essential but often capital-intensive, and in true European fashion, regulated and protected by high barriers to entry.\nMeanwhile, hybrid \"extremely HALO\" firms like ASML (NYSE:ASML) occupy a unique sweet spot—producing the physical machinery that powers the AI revolution.\nImage: Shutterstock\nTo add Benzinga News as your preferred source on Google, click here.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":false,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"isVideo":false,"video":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":0,"need_auth":false,"code":"91000000","status":"200"},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"tenantId":"TBGLOBAL","deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.39.0","shortVersion":"4.39.0","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2625846609","isCrawlerRequest":true}