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RWH012: Fear the Fed w/ Jim Grant

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

18:35 - How the Great Inflation of 1965-81 shaped Jim Grant’s views on our current predicament.
25:31 - How history shows us that human behavior around money has never really changed.
30:50 - Why it’s futile to forecast interest rates, but wise to know what’s happened in the past.
42:53 - How the Federal Reserve sparked rampant inflation, why it’s scary, & how to deal with it.
55:16 - How central bankers illustrate the perils of overconfidence & the need for humility.
1:03:20 - How the Fed could wreck the U.S. economy while attempting to tame inflation.
1:07:01 - What investment opportunities Jim sees in this high-risk economic environment.
1:10:43 - Why he’s bearish on bonds as a 40-year cycle of falling interest rates comes to an end.
1:19:40 - Why Jim likes gold, not Bitcoin, as a protection against financial chaos & monetary folly.
1:35:07 - Why he adamantly refuses to invest in China.
1:28:47 - What Jim thinks of great investors like Seth Klarman, Paul Tudor Jones, & Bill Miller.
1:36:14 - How to handle the emotional challenge of investing when the stock market is tumbling.
1:40:57 - What we can learn from Bernard Baruch, one of the best investors of the 20th century.
1:44:22 - What you can learn from a classic investment book about the secret of “dying rich.”
1:53:10 - What Jim regards as “the most precious commodity” in life.

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BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Join the exclusive TIP Mastermind Community to engage in meaningful stock investing discussions with Stig, Clay, and the other community members.
Jim Grant’s website for Grant’s Interest Rate Observer.
Subscribe to Almost Daily Grant’s, a free (almost) daily commentary on financial markets.
Grant’s Current Yield Podcast, which is co-hosted by Jim & his colleague Evan Lorenz.
Jim’s annual investment conference in New York City.
Jim’s book Bernard M. Baruch: The Adventures of a Wall Street Legend.
Jim’s book Bagehot: The Life and Times of the Greatest Victorian.
Jim’s investment recommendation, Palm Valley Capital Value Fund.
William Green interviews Bill Miller about Bitcoin on the “Richer, Wiser, Happier” podcast.
William Green’s book, “Richer, Wiser, Happier” – read the reviews of this book.
William Green’s Twitter.

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