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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