Brandon Biggs' economic crash prophecy, explained
A widely shared prophecy about a coming "wave" of easy money is being read as a warning, not a promise — the gains are meant to be temporary, and the big ones in gold and oil have already come and gone.
- Brandon Biggs described a shallow wave carrying cash, gold, crypto and oil, with the message to ride it because it would not last long.
- That wave largely already happened: gold ran up hard into January, then fell about 20–25%, and oil spiked past $100 a barrel during the Iran conflict before starting to drop.
- People who bought gold and oil early and sold near the highs made money; people still holding are watching those gains shrink.
- The promised "economic boom" from lower interest rates is described as fake — a pig with lipstick — because the Fed can only cut rates once something breaks.
- Rates fall when things go bad: a market crash pushes people out of stocks and into bonds, which drags borrowing costs down and gives the Fed cover to cut.
Outlook: No asset stays high forever, so the next leg likely comes with a stock market drop that forces rate cuts rather than a genuine boom.