Podcast Episodes 151–200
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Ep. 200: Half a Century of Gold-Bug Wisdom
Fergus Hodgson, September 14, 2020
The hard-money movement has had a bumpy ride over the last decades—from gold being illegal to essential and the explosion of countless cryptocurrencies. Gary Alexander, former editor of the Gold Newsletter in the 1980s, recounts the evolution of the precious-metals industry and what lessons remain for new investors. More…
Ep. 199: What the Fed’s Inflation Target Really Means
Fergus Hodgson, September 7, 2020
The mainstream press has called the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to let inflation run higher amid the pandemic a historic change. For David Collum, a chemistry professor at Cornell University and investment analyst, it is actually the admission that the fiat-bubble economy needs ever-lower interest rates to sustain itself. More…
Ep. 198: How Inflation Finally Caught Up with the Fed
Fergus Hodgson, September 1, 2020
The pandemic has pulled the rug from under the Federal Reserve. For Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, even when the health crisis is over, demand will push consumer prices higher, given disrupted supply chains. More…
Ep. 197: The Monetary Roots of Generational Alienation
Fergus Hodgson, August 24, 2020
Young people in the United States nowadays feel hopeless in the face of mountains of debt. For Jay Taylor, this is the crystallization of decades of wealth transfer to the top and currency debasement. More…
Ep. 196: Tone Vays: How to Spot a Scamcoin
Fergus Hodgson, August 17, 2020
Altcoins have come and gone over the last decade, but bitcoin stays. Why? For analyst and trader Tone Vays, the first cryptocurrency remains king because it is unconfiscable, uncensorable, and sound money. More…
Ep. 195: Markets Are Not Efficient—and That’s Okay
Fergus Hodgson, August 13, 2020
If markets were as efficient as portrayed in textbooks, investors could only hope to obtain the average return. However, several funds and managers have consistently beaten the market over the years, points out John Dobelman. More…
Ep. 194: Why a New Gold Standard Is Inevitable
Fergus Hodgson, August 3, 2020
Governments across the world have no choice but to keep interest rates near or below zero. For Jan Nieuwenhuijs, a precious-metals analyst with Voima Gold, the current fiat international monetary system is coming to an end. More…
Ep. 193: Why Dennis Gartman Dumped Gold
Fergus Hodgson, July 30, 2020
The world-renowned investor Dennis Gartman has gone from “it’s time to own gold” to “gold is too crowded” in a matter of months. However, he has not become a pessimist; rather, he is waiting on the sidelines for the inevitable correction to start buying again. More…
Ep. 192: Corona-Recession: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Fergus Hodgson, July 27, 2020
The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States will resume as soon as the stimulus checks stop flowing. For Lyn Alden, an independent financial researcher and publisher, the federal government’s response has the potential to trigger inflation. More…
Ep. 191: The Printathon Has No End
Fergus Hodgson, July 20, 2020
The US Federal Reserve has dug its own grave by creating one bubble after another. For Lawrence Lepard, an investment manager with Equity Management Associates, the pandemic money-printing spree might well be the last one before currency collapse. More…
Ep. 190: Herd Behavior Backs Need for Technical Analysis
Fergus Hodgson, July 13, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has blown up traditional financial models, leaving fundamental analysts at a loss for guidance. Technical analysis is the right approach for turbulent economic downturns, argues Murray Gunn, head of global research at Elliot Wave International. More…
Ep. 189: Don’t Miss Out on Imminent Gold Run
Fergus Hodgson, July 6, 2020
A gold fever is coming, and the average investor knows neither why nor how to include precious metals in their portfolio. That is why E. B. Tucker has published a book to help newcomers invest in gold the smart way. More…
Ep. 188: How America Can Be Better Post-Collapse
Fergus Hodgson, June 29, 2020
For visionary author Max Borders, the US government lacks a sustainable path and is heading toward disintegration. America’s dying hierarchy and money problems will usher in a post-political age. More…
Ep. 187: Gold, Real Estate Stand the Test of Time
Fergus Hodgson, June 19, 2020
A financial strategist and educator, Russ Gray advocates combining gold, a cash-generating property, and debt to short the US dollar and generate long-term wealth. More…
Ep. 186: Why Bitcoin Is Always Cheap
Fergus Hodgson, June 11, 2020
Adam Dubove, the co-founder and director of financial-intelligence service Ichimoku Fibonnacci, argues bitcoin is on the path to becoming digital gold. More…
Ep. 185: How to Position for the Mining Bull Market
Fergus Hodgson, June 4, 2020
As generalist investors pour funds into the gold market, momentum is building up for discovery and exploration projects. For Gwen Preston, a.k.a. the Resource Maven, a financing frenzy has taken over the gold sector almost overnight. More…
Ep. 184: Doug Casey: America Is Dead and Buried
Fergus Hodgson, May 22, 2020
Doug Casey, the self-declared speculator and founder of Casey Research, points out that personal freedom in the United States has declined dramatically over the last century. The pandemic has accelerated that trend with unprecedented lockdowns. More…
Ep. 183: Pandemic Spending Puts Economies on Path to Argentina
Fergus Hodgson, May 15, 2020
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments across the world have kept printing currency like there’s no tomorrow. Helicopter money, once a radical idea, is the new normal. Economist Federico Fernández has seen the future of such policies in his own country, Argentina. More…
Ep. 182: Charter Cities: The Ultimate Investment in Development
Fergus Hodgson, May 8, 2020
As the pandemic-driven recession tanks fiscal revenues, governments are seeing radical ideas with new eyes. Mark Lutter, founder and executive director of the Charter Cities Institute, argues for privately built and managed urban centers to attract investment and jobs. More…
Ep. 181: What the US Oil Sector Must Do to Survive
Fergus Hodgson, May 1, 2020
The plummeting global demand due to COVID-19 lockdowns has tanked oil prices and put producers in dire straits. For Mark Rossano, CEO of C6 Capital Holdings and a Bloomberg TV contributor on energy markets, the price war is just heating up. More…
Ep. 180: Peter Schiff: The Dollar’s Days Are Numbered
Fergus Hodgson, April 23, 2020
COVID-19 has sparked a rapid economic downturn not seen since the Great Depression. For Peter Schiff, the elephant in the room is the debt bubble. The famed economic analyst, broker, and author points out politicians are spending and borrowing as if there were no tomorrow. More…
Ep. 179: Pandemic Helicopter Money Exports Inflation
Fergus Hodgson, April 16, 2020
Governments across the world are rolling out stimulus packages to businesses and households amid the containment measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic. For PhD economist Daniel Lacalle, the race toward global monetary expansion is futile and will only make citizens poorer. More…
Ep. 178: Next Steps to Cryptocurrency Adoption
Fergus Hodgson, April 9, 2020
Unlike precious metals, the crypto-industry is not mature enough yet to be a safe haven, argues Jessica Walker, an author in emerging financial technologies and head of media production at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit. More…
Ep. 177: Pandemic Has Gold Flying Off Shelves
Fergus Hodgson, April 2, 2020
An overwhelming demand for precious metals in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is creating an extreme disconnect between the paper and physical gold markets. Dana Samuelson, the founder of American Gold Exchange, explains why investors are willing to pay unprecedented premiums for sound money. More…
Ep. 176: The Dollar’s Loss Is Mining’s Gain
Fergus Hodgson, March 26, 2020
As the world braces for a pandemic-driven recession and governments devalue their currencies, demand for gold, silver, and other precious metals has skyrocketed. Ross Beaty, the chairman of Equinox Gold and Pan American Silver, argues he has never seen better macroeconomic fundamentals for higher gold and silver prices. More…
Ep. 175: Stakeholder Capitalism Perverts Adam Smith’s Legacy
Fergus Hodgson, March 19, 2020
Paz Gómez from Ecuador, a policy analyst with Econ Americas and a research associate with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, explains why “woke” capitalism is misguided and misses the point of Adam Smith’s famous invisible hand analogy. More…
Ep. 174: How to Profit from Gold Newsletter
Fergus Hodgson, March 12, 2020
Our co-host and prominent metals investor Brien Lundin, editor of the Gold Newsletter, shares memories and insights from his three decades in the business. He walks us through all the publications available under the Gold Newsletter umbrella, some of them for free. More…
Ep. 173: Behind the Curtain of Mining ETFs
Fergus Hodgson, March 5, 2020
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are eating the stock market, and the mining industry is no exception. Joe Mazumdar, a specialist in junior-mining analysis and editor of Exploration Insights, explains retails investors feel attracted to gold ETFs, for instance, because they provide easy exposure to a safe-haven asset. More…
Ep. 172: The Siren Song of Feel-Good Investing
Fergus Hodgson, February 27, 2020
One of the latest trends in finance are the so-called environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds, which seek to promote ethical investment. Nick Hodge, an author, investor, and the president of the Outsider Club, argues profit remains the best investment criteria in a world of diverse moral views. More…
Ep. 171: Zero-Interest World Makes Inflation Inevitable
Fergus Hodgson, February 20, 2020
Ronald Stöferle, a partner with Incrementum AG and the publisher of the annual In Gold We Trust report, argues that negative interest rates ripple across societies in the form of unserviceable public debt, discontent, and ultimately inflation. More…
Ep. 170: How to Anticipate the Gold Bull Market
Fergus Hodgson, February 13, 2020
A booming stock market and a strong dollar usually mean bad news for gold bugs. Jordan Roy-Byrne, editor of the Daily Gold and a Chartered Market Technician, makes the case for optimism in the long run. More…
Ep. 169: Will Bitcoin Pass the Baton to Stablecoins?
Fergus Hodgson, February 6, 2020
Bitcoin turned 11 years old on January 3, 2020. It continues to be the world’s most famous cryptocurrency, but many roadblocks to its widespread adoption remain. Price volatility is one limitation that new competitors called stablecoins are trying to solve, explains Demelza Hays, editor of the Crypto Research Report. More…
Ep. 168: Why Alberta Is Losing Faith in Canada
Fergus Hodgson, January 30, 2020
Tension among Canadian provinces is rising, with activists in Alberta and Saskatchewan even calling for independence. Marco Navarro-Genie, president of the Haultain Research Institute, explains federal policies are choking the Prairie Provinces economically. More…
Ep. 167: Gold Is Bet on Global Monetary Reset
Fergus Hodgson, January 23, 2020
Unicorn startups are just one sign there is something deeply wrong with the stock market. Chris Irons, a financial pundit with Quoth the Raven Research, blames the huge valuations on the media’s pretense of knowledge. More…
Ep. 166: Two Myths about Central Banking
Fergus Hodgson, January 16, 2020
Scott Sumner, an economics professor and researcher with George Mason University’s Mercatus Center, dispels two common myths: that low interest rates always mean easy money and that the Fed directly controls interest rates. More…
Ep. 165: Shift from Greed to Fear Favors Precious Metals
Fergus Hodgson, January 9, 2020
In times of fear, investors flock to a proven safe haven: precious metals. Listen to our latest episode with Rich Checkan, president and COO of Asset Strategies International, Inc., and find out why gold is the best way to protect one’s savings. More…
Ep. 164: Why the Largest US Oil Find Remains in the Ground
Fergus Hodgson, December 23, 2019
Wayne Christian, the Texas Railroad Commissioner, claims Democrat officials are holding back the production of billions of oil and gas barrels from deposits in West Texas and New Mexico. More…
Ep. 163: All You Need to Know about the UK Election
Fergus Hodgson, December 17, 2019
Jack Buckby, an author from northern England and a research associate with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, explains the ins and outs of Boris Johnson’s victory and the looming Brexit. More…
Ep. 162: How to Prepare for the End of Dollar Hegemony
Fergus Hodgson, December 9, 2019
Christopher Martenson, CEO and co-founder of Peak Prosperity, argues the faith in the US dollar is not eternal, and those holding bonds, stocks, and fiat currency will bear the brunt of the fallout. More…
Ep. 161: Ron Paul: How the Fed, Deep State Destroy the Middle Class
Fergus Hodgson, December 2, 2019
As a towering libertarian figure and former presidential candidate, Ron Paul has been advocating for reform of the Federal Reserve for years. Recent political drama obscures the fact that the current monetary system, he argues, works to the benefit of an out-of-control government and its insiders, not the average citizen. More…
Ep. 160: Make the Fed Have One Job Again
Fergus Hodgson, November 25, 2019
Danielle Dimartino Booth, CEO of Quill Intelligence and former advisor to the Dallas Fed, believes the US central bank lost its way in the 1970s when Congress tasked it with ensuring both maximum employment and price stability. More…
Ep. 159: Mercenary Geologist: Resource Dependence Erodes US Sovereignty
Fergus Hodgson, November 22, 2019
What would happen if China or Russia cut off the United States from key supplies of aluminum or uranium? This scenario is what keeps Michael Fulp, AKA the Mercenary Geologist, up at night. More…
Ep. 158: Kevin Williamson: Debt Fundamentally Altering US Economy
Fergus Hodgson, November 18, 2019
Whereas some analysts predict the popping of the US debt bubble in an explosive event, National Review‘s roving correspondent Kevin D. Williamson believes the snowballing could go on for a long time. More…
Ep. 157: How Modern Monetary Theory Exacerbates Inequality
Fergus Hodgson, November 14, 2019
Asset manager Adrian Day argues the 2008 bailout of Wall Street has inflated the stock market and deepened the divide that is corroding our social fabric. More…
Ep. 156: Stablecoins Offer Bridge to Usability, Compliance
Fergus Hodgson, November 11, 2019
Diana Barrero of Yale University’s Blockchain Initiative explains that stablecoins, given their lower volatility, offer better integration into the existing regulatory framework. More…
Ep. 155: Why a Gold Standard Will Return
Fergus Hodgson, November 4, 2019
Grant Williams, the experienced financier and co-founder of Real Vision Group, identifies trends of extreme monetary policies and social unrest over inequality similar to those prior to the Great Depression. More…
Ep. 154: Wyoming Offers Haven for Blockchain Community
Fergus Hodgson, October 28, 2019
Caitlin Long, a veteran Wall Street financier turned bitcoin evangelist, has helped the state enact forward-looking legislation to foster the next generation of crypto ventures. More…
Ep. 153: What Crowd Psychology Means for Gold
Fergus Hodgson, October 21, 2019
Steven Hochberg, chief market analyst with Elliott Wave International, argues there are recognizable patterns of aggregate human behavior one can keep an eye out for to make investment decisions. More…
Ep. 152: Junior Mining the Victim of Regulatory Zeal
Fergus Hodgson, October 16, 2019
The price rises of gold and other precious metals in recent months should have propelled the junior-mining industry. What is holding it down? For Frank Holmes, CEO of US Global Investors and a regular commentator on financial television networks, the answer is regulation. More…
Ep. 151: The Ticking Time Bomb of State Debts
Fergus Hodgson, October 10, 2019
Many US states claim to balance their budgets, but for decades they have underreported or understated huge liabilities in pension benefits. Every year, Bill Bergman, director of research with Truth in Accounting, shines light on the real situation. More…
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