Rickards: When Fed Tapering Is Done, Weakness in Stocks, Economy 'Will Become Apparent'

``After the Fed's prior two quantitative easing operations, both the economy and the stock market suffered, he notes. Rickards is the author of "The Death of Money: The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System." "It's happening again, but in slow motion, because the QE3 taper was gradual and from a higher level," he tells CNBC. "When this third taper is done in November, the weakness will become apparent." ''