

Macro Voices
Hedge Fund Manager Erik Townsend
Weekly market commentary by Hedge Fund Manager Erik Townsend and interviews with the brightest minds in the world of finance and macroeconomics. Made possible by funding from Fourth Turning Capital Management, LLC
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Mar 24, 2022 • 1h 9min
MacroVoices #316 Daniel Lacalle: Energy in the New War Economy
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Tressis Chief Economist Daniel Lacalle to the show to discuss everything from inflation to bond yields to the dollar’s role as reserve currency. https://bit.ly/3iB4fRg
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Mar 17, 2022 • 1h 5min
MacroVoices #315 Joseph Wang: Post-FOMC Rundown
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome former Federal Reserve Open Market Operations trader Joseph Wang to the show. Erik and Joseph discuss all things federal reserve, from this week’s rate hike to the question of whether confiscation of Russia’s FX reserves will lead other central banks to cast doubt on the USD as global reserve currency.
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Mar 10, 2022 • 1h 16min
MacroVoices #314 Lakshman Achuthan: Inflation is Neither Transitory or Secular, it’s Cyclical
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Economic Cycles guru, Lakshman Achuthan to the show to explain why a Fed policy error is now almost a certainty, and what ECRI’s indicators portend for economic cycles in the year ahead.
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Mar 3, 2022 • 1h 19min
MacroVoices #313 Dr. Pippa Malmgren: WWIII Has Already Started
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome former U.S. Presidential advisor, Dr. Pippa Malmgren to the show. They discuss the situation in Ukraine - but looking at it in the context of a bigger picture that led Pippa and other prominent thought leaders to predict a major escalation of war tensions long before this particular crisis erupted.
WWIII Has Already Started - By Dr. Pippa Malmgren: https://bit.ly/3pCtJSa
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Feb 25, 2022 • 1h 18min
MacroVoices #312 Charlie McElligott: Tightening Cycle Is A Headwind Until It Becomes A Tailwind
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Nomura’s head of cross-asset Macro Strategy, Charlie McElligott to the show to discuss how prior tightening cycles have played out in markets and his prognostications for what present Federal Reserve policy will mean for the markets.
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Feb 17, 2022 • 1h 26min
MacroVoices #311 Jim Bianco: Has the Fed Signaled a Policy Error?
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Bianco Research founder Jim Bianco to the show. Their discussion includes everything from inflation to bond yields to the equity market outlook, and even touches on what the decentralized finance revolution might mean to fixed income markets in years to come.
Link: https://bit.ly/3rXnzxL

Feb 10, 2022 • 1h 16min
MacroVoices #310 Alex Gurevich: The Trades of March 2020
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Alex Gurevich to the show to discuss inflation, the U.S. Dollar, bond yields and stock prices in the face of central bank tightening, before discussing his new book -The Trades of March 2020: A Shield Against Uncertainty.
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Feb 3, 2022 • 1h 14min
MacroVoices #309 Izabella Kaminska: What Shape Will the COVID Recovery Take?
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Izabella Kaminska to the show. They discuss everything from inflation to sustainability of Uber and Airbnb’s business model. Then be sure to stay for the postgame segment to get an update on bond markets from Patrick.
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Jan 27, 2022 • 1h 20min
MacroVoices#308 Ronald Stoeferle: Precious Metals Update
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome precious metals guru Ronald Stoeferle to the show to discuss the big picture of what's going on with the Fed and this past week's equity market volatility, before moving on to precious metals update.
Link: https://bit.ly/3II4Lbo

Jan 20, 2022 • 1h 21min
MacroVoices #307 Viktor Shvets: Inflation is still a pendulum but will eventually yield to disinflation
MacroVoices Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Macquarie Chief Macro and Asia-Pacific strategist Viktor Shvets to the show. They touch on inflation and then move on to what’s driving various macro asset classes around the globe.
*Please note that the market wrap commentary was recorded mid-session with the S&P still up on the day, before the late-day crash to new lows*
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