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The war in Ukraine may be a more destabilizing event than many realize. According to GoldMoney’s head of Research Alasdair Macleod, it may be accelerating the evolution of a new monetary system comprised of commodity-backed currencies. Alasdair predicts such a regime will favor countries like Russia and China, and threaten to fully expose the worsening problem of purchasing power devaluation that afflicts the current major world fiat currencies – like the dollar, yen and Euro. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/szQJoFknlG8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Energy analyst Doomberg returns to the program to explain just how cornered Europe is in terms of energy. Currently, it is dependent on Russia for natural gas that can't be sufficiently replaced by alternate means for at least several years. Europe will be forced to continue to remain vulnerable to its Russian supplier for the foreseeable future. Poor policy has led to this decision. Will Europe be able to chart a wiser course from here? It's unclear at this point, as several of the most promising options are still being ignored/decommissioned. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/u32uuhX4Vno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weeks video, Lance and Adam discuss the unfavorable market reaction to comments made by Jerome Powell and other Federal Reserve staff this week that interest rate hikes will be faster and more aggressive. Will the Fed really deliver on this? That's the key question that the future of the markets hinges on right now. Lance and Adam also discuss Lance's recent trades, explain why now may be a good time to buy bonds despite conventional opinion, and share a rant about the potential for student loan forgiveness. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/3yFnowEKrjw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contrarian macro analyst David Hunter returns here in Part 2 of our interview discussing his bold prediction that the SP500 will meltup over the next 3-6 months, to be following by an epic market crash of 80% David sees very little safe harbor during the crash. Long-dated US Treasury bonds will likely perform best. Cash is a safe choice, as well. Gold will likely fall, though not as badly as stocks and corporate debt, David thinks. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ubGu2q1f8mk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few experts I interview generate as much controversy as today’s guest. He is a contrarian by nature, and so is most comfortable when his forecasts differ extremely from the consensus view. And despite today’s grim macro outlook of spiking inflation, rising cost of debt, a struggling consumer, inverted yield curves predicting recession – he is doubling down on his forecast that the SP500 will leap higher by 40-50% over the coming 3-6 months. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/njFhmvUNcZM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we speak with the most well-connected economic networker I know, John Mauldin. John has published his own macroeconomic analysis for decades in his widely-read Thoughts From the Frontline newsletter, which in the process of doing his research for, brings him into contact with the people at the very top who run our financial and political systems – I’m talking about CEOs of the largest companies, managers of the largest institutional funds, Secretaries of State, Federal Reserve economists and the world’s top think tanks. I love talking with John because he’s a walking, talking Cliff Notes guide to what all these top experts are thinking right now. And given the fast-rising uncertainty of today’s world, being able to tap the collective wisdom of that brain trust is especially valuable. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/h5GSjiAwb6g Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Consumer spending powers the economy, making up 68% of GDP here in the US. And, like it or not, much of that consumer spending is funded by debt -- credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, etc. But rising interest rates are now starting to make the cost of that debt more expensive. That trend, combined with increases in the cost of living caused by today's spiking inflation, is pinching folks' ability to borrow and spend. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/QQTSs3c1uC8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Lance and Adam discuss whether the Fed has much runway or not to hike interest rates much further. Lance is of the mindset that it doesn't have much room -- that something important in the financial system will start to buckle once the Fed funds rate gets near 1% (it's currently at 0.25%). When that happens, Lance sees the Fed reversing course and returning back to Quantitative Easing in attempt to rescue things. Lance and Adam also enjoy a rant near the end of the discussion about Elon Musk's recent attempted purchase of Twitter and how it's revealing a lot of hypocrisy in how media and Wall Street operate in order to protect their current privilege. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ahMSmwYTakc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yesterday we posted Part 1 of our recent interview with money manager Michael Pento. In it, he explains why he expects the worst bear market of our lifetime to unfold over the coming year. How then should we be preparing our portfolios? That's exactly what Michael details out here in Part 2 of our interview with him. But he cautions that there's little time left before the market turmoil begins in earnest. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/kDYP1NvVzOQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Money manager Michael Pento returns to our program with a big warning — the prediction he made last year is coming true: He forecasted that, beginning in Q2 2022, we will start hurdling towards a recession as well as one heck of a bear market correction. And he believes that script is now set to play out before our eyes. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/gIWh9MKZRWAg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back in January, we interviewed Stephen McBride, chief analyst for RiskHedge, about the emerging Phase 2 crypto ecosystem. What are Phase 2 cryptos? Forget for a moment Bitcoin, Ethereum and other tokens that claim to serve as a superior currency or store of value. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/be342LX9zWg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Building off of their analysis in Part 1 of this interview, David Rosenberg and Stephanie Pomboy continue explaining why a recession looms dead ahead, one likely to be accompanied by serious downward corrections in stocks, bonds (except long-dated US Treasurys), real estate and many other assets. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/sHOQvB-YGjs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/-rR4QdXFxzs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stephanie Pomboy steps in to guest host this interview with economist David Rosenberg - one of Wall Street’s most-awarded analysts over the past 30 years. In it, they discuss the darkening storm clouds of slowing economic growth, rising interest rates, inflated asset prices and brewing market volatility. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/Ei6VJOwKTuE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Energy and geopolitical expert David Knight Legg returns here in Part 2 of our interview with him to discuss the mega-trend that will drive commodities higher for the next 30+ years: the movement of 1.5 billion out of poverty. As these people move towards a more middle class lifestyle (of developing world standards), the demand they will place on the world's natural resources -- especially energy fuels like coal, oil and gas -- will be tremendous. Investing in those commodities, the companies that produce them, as well as the companies that service those sectors, will likely be a winning strategy over the next several decades (i.e., the remaining investing lifetime of most people watching this video). See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/NbqfIuC-kAU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if Putin didn't miscalculate? That's the question raised by a recent New York Times op-ed. What if his main objective was not regime change, but instead capture of Ukraine key eastern and coastal resources? If looking through that lens, the incursion seems less like a bungled regime change and more like a strategic success for Russia, as Russia now is largely in control of these assets. In this video we hear from David Knight Legg, the energy expert whose thesis sparked the NYTimes piece. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/dBXk_963Kec Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We at Wealthion are always trying to think of new and better ways to deliver the insights you want most. So we recently asked ourselves: Why not simply let folks ask our experts their most burning questions directly? And the result was this morning's "All Things Money" Question and Answer session with Lance Roberts and the New Harbor team -- the first livestream Wealthion has ever produced. Viewers from around the world got the chance to ask the questions they cared about most. We covered market instability, inflation, bonds, Fed policy, precious metals, risk management and real estate along with many other topics. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/7ewN1l0RDJk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/sVMMgFcjgic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here in Part 2 of our interview with Simon Hunt, he advises investors prepare for the buying opportunity later this year to ride the "rescue" our central banks will attempt to conduct by reverting back to Quantitative Easing from their current Quantitative Tightening campaigns. Simon projects that will be the last upward rally before the epic bust he thinks will follow. Investors should use it as a time to sell and amass dry powder to deploy later on, when prices will be much lower. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/tvDX2hD_vlM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this interview, I talk with Simon Hunt, one of the world's foremost experts on the copper industry. Why? Because copper is often referred to as "Doctor Copper" given its ability to predict turning points in the global economy. Due to its widespread use across nearly every commercial sector, demand for copper is akin to the economy's heartbeat, which is why it's viewed as such a dependable leading indicator of economic health. So what is Dr Copper telling us now? I ask Simon this question and his answer is one of the most comprehensive, detailed and actionable predictions I’ve yet heard. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/yB5gW2rulx4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Part 2 of our interview with former Wall Street insider Nomi Prins, we explore the potential for new Distributed Finance, aka Defi, technologies to disrupt the financial system and reduce the control big banks currently have over it. Will DeFi prove to be Wall Street's Kryptonite? Possibly, though the banks aren't taking the fight lying down. Nomi also shares her preferred investments given her macro outlook. She's a fan of the inflation trade, as well as technology and infrastructure plays. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/tFCyv5I49h4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For those of us interested in what's truly going on within the financial system -- the who, what, why and how behind it all -- there are few better sources than a highly-informed investigative financier with a talent for engaging storytelling. One of the best is Nomi Prins, former partner at Goldman Sachs turned financial journalist and author of such Wall Street exposés as the books All The Presidents Bankers and Collusion: How Central Bankers Rigged The World. Here’s an interview Adam recorded with her last month back in February, before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that we're now finally able to make available to the general public. We delve into the distortions the Federal Reserve has created in the markets, as well as Wall Street’s cartel-like stranglehold on our financial system – both of which will definitely make your blood boil a bit. But we also talk a bit about how the promise of new Decentralized Finance or “defi” solutions may take some of the advantage away from the bankers. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/qDqdtkeSwcA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, Lance maintains that we're still in a bear market rally -- so in light of recent gains, he recommends taking profits in stocks and to start building a position in long-dated US Treasury bonds. Lance and Adam also discuss the future outlook for the real estate market as well as how to use position sizing correctly in building and rebalancing your portfolio. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/JcZgeUrWH18 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Macro researcher Jim Bianco returns for Part 2 of our interview with him on the Federal Reserve's conundrum: it can either save households by raising interest rates to fight inflation, or it can defend the markets. But it can't do both. Jim thinks the Fed is much more serious about raising rates than the market is currently pricing in. Right now, he recommends hard assets and short-term US T-bills. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/VZW97k28R-s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These days, the Federal Reserve is walking a knife’s edge. High inflation is forcing its hand, and to tame it, the Fed has returned to Quantitative Tightening, hiking rates by 0.25% and promising 6-7 more hikes within this year. But if the Fed hikes too much too fast, it risks driving the economy — which has been slowing dramatically recently — into recession. A painful recession or persisting inflation. The Fed may very likely be forced to permit one in order to contain the other. If indeed faced with that choice, which one will Fed Chair Jerome Powell pick? For an answer to this vital yet very tricky question, we were very lucky to get the chance to sit down with macro researcher Jim Bianco. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/XSfKreBuH38 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Few people (perhaps none!) understand interest rates like Jim does and he confirms we're in uncharted territory. In this video, he shares his predictions on what will come next during this "wild time in money" and offers several assets today's investor would do well to consider. Initially recorded on 1.19.22, this discussion with Wall Street legend James Grant first aired at Wealthion's online conference back in January. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ojh0Nb2RYE0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The price of gold hit an intra-day record high of $2,078.80/oz two weeks ago. Though the price has since retreated to $1,925/oz, GoldSilver.com's precious metals analyst Jeff Clark says that's just a healthy retracement and that he expects new record highs ahead. One reason for that is because M-A activity is finally heating back up in the gold mining sector. After many years of underinvestment, the sector is now starved of available supply right as demand is rising. It takes a long time for the "major" mining companies to bring new mines into production, so it's much faster for them to simply purchase smaller players with proven projects already underway. And even non-mining companies are getting into the action, as evidenced by the recent surprise purchase of Hycroft Mining by meme stock darling AMC Theaters. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/HM3NbRKQ9Zc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, Lance makes the case that the US is about to enter (or is already in) a recession, based on the forward-looking indicators he monitors. Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/D3Rb1eSvOV4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Part 2 of our interview with former bond portfolio manager Alfonso Peccatiello, he transparently shares how his portfolio is positioned right now, as the Federal Reserve embarks on its new Quantitative Tightening campaign, potentially hiking interest rates seven times in 2022. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ldXnQumL6ls Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Wall Street it's often said the bond market is where the smart money resides. After decades of rising prices and declining yields, a secular reversal may now be in play. Yields have been steadily rising since the pandemic lows in 2020 and now the Federal Reserve and other world central banks are embarking on interest rate hikes. To find out what the bond market is telling us about the future it sees ahead we welcome macro analyst and former portfolio manager Alfonso Peccatiello to the program. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/JtyECvIf_Jg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, and Warren Buffett, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, have both held the top honor of “World’s Richest Person”. Musk currently retains the title at around $220 billion in net worth. Buffett hasn’t held it since 2008, though he’s still doing OK – he’s current fifth on the list at around $120 billion. These two moguls have extremely different personalities and approaches to building wealth – Buffett the avuncular oracle with a slow and steady hand on the tiller, Musk the brilliant and reckless maverick. Those differences have sometimes spilled into the headlines, with the media eager to sense a feud between these two titans. Famously, Buffett has referred to Bitcoin as “rat poison squared” while Musk has often endorsed it and other cryptocurrencies. But based on recent comments both have made, they both agree on the following: inflation is becoming a real problem. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/4QsVEhQENJk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the Russian invasion into Ukraine continues into its 3rd week, despite the world's hopes for resolution uncertainty continues to grow. What will the geopolitical situation look like after a cease-fire is declared? IF one is declared. How badly will the trade disruptions with Russia worsen inflation, given Russia's role as a top exporter for many key commodities? Are we weakening the US dollars' role as the global reserve currency by giving other nations cause to accelerate their efforts to de-dollarize? The cost of capital is increasing as interest rates are on the rise -- right as we anticipate the Federal Reserve to kick off a new era of Quantitative Tightening at its meeting this week. Are a further correction in the markets and possibly a recession now more likely as a result? To help us understand what is likely to emerge from all this swirling uncertainty, we welcome Peter Boockvar, Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Advisory Group and Editor of The Boock Report. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/qlEpEVKZeAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. In this week's episode, Lance explains the 3 phases of a bear market and why it's likely we're in Phase 1 right now. A near-term bounce from here is likely (Phase 2), but then may roll over into a deeper, steeper down cycle (Phase 3) See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/1C1FDrW1M0E Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonds, stocks, real estate - nearly every asset class is in a speculative price bubble claims legendary investor and hard assets guru Jim Rogers in Part 2 of our recent interview with him. Commodities are the one exception. Even after the dramatic price spikes seen recently in oil, gas, wheat, gold, silver, etc -- Rogers still calculates they are dramatically undervalued relative to all other assets. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/c2pWtp7MpM0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As inflation spiked over the past year, commodity prices started rising dramatically from their multi-year lows. But following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the prices of all major commodities -- from oil to gas to gold to nickel to wheat -- have positively gone berserk, with many up 20-40% (and some a lot higher) in just the past week or two In trying to understand where things are headed, I can't think of a better expert to consult than Jim Rogers, legendary international investor, financial commentator and author of several books including the best-seller "Hot Commodities" Well, commodities are so hot right now they're nearly thermonuclear. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/I5AyUiyhWAk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Suddenly commodities -- oil, natural gas, wheat, gold, nickel, uranium, you name it -- are at the epicenter of the world's focus. They've now been weaponized in the recent international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The US and its allies are enforcing embargoes against Russian exports, while Russia simultaneously tells the West it won't sell to them anymore anyways. Given that Russia is a top world supply of many key natural resources, the prices of many commodities are going ballistic. A number of them leaping by over 20-40% over the past week alone. Thank goodness natural resources expert Rick Rule is able to join us today to help us make sense of the frantic action currently playing out before our eyes. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/Fj90FtxSoZk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to today's guest, energy expert and petroleum geologist Art Berman, the world is now experiencing an oil shock -- the magnitude of which we've rarely seen before. Oil prices had risen tremendously over the past two years off of their 2020, but the recent outbreak of war in Ukraine has propelled them into a higher orbit. The trade embargoes currently under consideration against Russia in response to the invasion sent oil futures briefly up to $139/barrel last night. That's nearly twice the price oil traded at the start of the year, just two months ago. And it's not just oil. The price for natural gas in Europe has increased 5-fold since 2020. How much worse is the situation likely to get? And what economic repercussions will these runaway energy prices cause? See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/kTEMGCixF5c Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. In this week's episode, Lance explains how the economic sanctions and trade embargo against Russia is spiking the prices of many key commodities higher, further stoking inflation. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/3ta4TqDuzDQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here in Part 2 of this interview with Marc Faber, Marc addresses whether we are entering a new commodity supercycle, explains why he expects the purchasing power of fiat currencies to erode much further from here, and expounds on what true wealth is (e.g. more than just money). See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/tX5sI28hiis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So far, 2022 has brought hot inflation. Slowing economic growth. Shaky financial markets. And now War. And we're only two months into the year so far. Will things start getting better? Or are even worse times ahead? To learn the answer, we seek the counsel of Dr Marc Faber, PhD in economics, author and long-time Editor and Publisher of the Gloom Boom Doom Report. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/Ud7ld2MsVuA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world has quickly become less stable over the first 2 months of 2022. Financial system stability, especially in the all-important bond market, was eroding at a concerning pace prior to last week, but Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine is serving as an accelerant to the situation. The severe economic sanctions being applied against Russia, including banning it from the SWIFT international payments platform, are near-certain to create painful consequences for ALL parties involved. To give us an understanding of the key risks to monitor, we welcome market analyst Gordon Long to the program. Gordon has issued several recent warnings about the credit markets in his latest investor letters and I'm eager to hear him explain why. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/3Gyc6nyFn6I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the world issuing new economic sanctions on Russia following its current incursion into Ukraine, the value of the Russian ruble, as measured in dollars, is plunging News reports abound of Russians scrambling to exchange money for dollars, though Russian authorities are putting measures in place to thwart that. We're fortunate to be joined briefly here today by Brent Johnson, fund manager at Santiago Capital who is well-known for his Dollar Milkshake Theory which predicts that as instability and crisis occurs in the world, it will drive demand for the US dollar -- which we appear to be seeing playing out in real time right now. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ghgDMgSN9Zk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. In this week's episode, Lance explains how the markets surprised everyone after Russia began military operations against Ukraine this week. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/O9HEsV5VfXI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of the Macro Dream Team roundtable continues here. These analysts share their predictions on which assets they conclude will fare best (and worst) in the coming year given the trends in play. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/yXbdC1bnT54 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are extremely fortunate today to be joined by 4 of the most accomplished macro analysts in the world of online finance. In today's video, I'll be moderating a roundtable including: Danielle DiMartino Booth, Lyn Alden, Ivy Zelman, Stephanie Pomboy. This is a powerhouse of talent folks. And it required no small amount of sacrifice on each of their parts to make themselves all available at the same time for this roundtable discussion. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/zuXps6CmQeE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This video is a fascinating update to the field trip I took back in December to see the world’s largest crystalline gold nugget. Mining analyst Jeff Clark and had I traveled to Ironstone Vineyards in Murphys California to see the Crown Jewel, a remarkable 640 troy ounce crystalline gold nugget, which at the time, we were informed was the largest in existence in the world. But soon after the video of our road trip aired, I received an email from a private collector informing me that he owns a crystalline pure gold nugget that is 45% larger. It’s on display at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas, and he invited me to come see it with him whenever I was next in town. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/cVVOO5Ukmrc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Geopolitical risk has been relatively subdued as an investment theme over the past decade. But it’s now moving quickly to the forefront, as today’s headlines about Ukraine, Russia and NATO make clear. There’s another, much more quiet and poorly understood threat that I want to bring to your attention today. It was raised by macro analyst Luke Gromen at last month’s Wealthion conference, where he explained that China is exploiting the US dollar system to lock up a growing number of key global resources. In Gromen’s words “China is conducting an LBO of the world using the Eurodollar system, backstopped by the Federal Reserve and protected by the US military” They have basically hacked the game America forced everyone to play, and have bent the rules to their interest. As Luke says, Nobody’s a bigger fan of the US dollar system than China, except for a few politicians and CEOs getting rich of the current scheme. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/as5oBtlZU1k Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors joins Adam Taggart to summarize the notable developments in the financial markets over the past week. In this week's episode, Lance does a deep dive into bonds, specifically why it appears to make sense to buy long-dated US Treasurys right now despite the Federal Reserve's plan to hike interest rates. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/hxw6fEkSlDk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spiking energy prices in oil, natural gas and other key fuels are the direct result from bone-headed policies. Doomberg returns to remind us that "energy is life", and when you mess with energy, you mess with all of the systems we depend on. He also explains what's wrong with the popular ESG movement -- notably, that we have over-focused on the "E" to the sacrifice of the "G". See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/DaGB84yEnQk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Systemic pressures are building everywhere. Inflation, slowing economic growth, prolonged supply chain outages, falling consumer confidence, the trucker blockade in Canada, Kazakhstan as an energy flashpoint, tensions in the Ukraine. These are all interconnected signals that the status quo is failing. To learn why, listen to this important interview with Doomberg, one of the most important new voices in finance today. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ofAQS3Zd2oI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices