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Marc Faber, a renowned contrarian investor and the mind behind the ‘Gloom, Boom & Doom Report,’ dives into the pressing issues of our time. He explains how government actions exacerbate economic inequality and contribute to inflation. Faber critiques the consequences of excessive spending and borrowing, suggesting that we're on the brink of a market bubble. He highlights the undervaluation of gold and emerging markets, particularly in agriculture, as compelling investment opportunities amidst global economic shifts. Buckle up for a thought-provoking discussion!

Lyn Alden, a leading macro strategist and founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, discusses her insights into the current economic landscape. She covers the alarming rise of U.S. fiscal deficits and the complexities of financial dominance in markets. Alden delves into the implications of tariffs, the risks posed by high interest rates, and how these factors may push the U.S. towards a scenario similar to Japan’s economic model. Her thoughts on financial repression and investment strategies for navigating economic volatility are particularly engaging.

Marko Papic, Chief Strategist at BCA Research and author of "Geopolitical Alpha," shares his insights on the evolving geopolitical landscape. He discusses the shift from U.S. exceptionalism to a multipolar world, examining the complexities of global power dynamics. Marko highlights significant geopolitical flashpoints, particularly in the Middle East and Taiwan, and their implications for investment strategies. He emphasizes the importance of understanding historical contexts and adopting a long-term view in asset allocation while navigating market volatility.

David Hunter, Chief Macro Strategist of Contrarian Macro Advisors, shares his bullish vision for the markets. He discusses the disconnect between the economy and stock prices, the impact of tariffs, and the potential of Dogecoin. Hunter believes sectors like technology and semiconductors are undervalued and offers insights on gold reaching new heights. He emphasizes maintaining investor confidence and calm amid fluctuations, while highlighting the need for strategic awareness in today's financial landscape.

Doomberg, a team of entrepreneurs known for their sharp insights on energy and geopolitics, discusses the precarious state of global finance. They delve into the risks of a potential World War III and critique the UN Security Council's relevance amid escalating tensions. The conversation highlights de-dollarization efforts by nations like Iran and China, the implications for oil prices, and the rising significance of gold as a secure asset. They also touch on how energy dynamics could shape the AI landscape and influence future geopolitical strategies.

Interview recorded - 20th of June, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Professor Steve Hanke. Steve is the Professor of Applied Economics and Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University. He is also the co-author of the recently released book “Making Money Work: How to Rewrite the Rules of our Financial System”During our conversation we spoke about Steve's outlook for the economy, how uncertainty is created during this system shift, change in banking policy, how the FED are too hawkish, potential for a recession and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:48 - Outlook on the economy6:22 - Drivers of money supply7:40 - Higher interest rates11:04 - Changing bank policy?13:15 - Uncertainty in markets?16:49 - Recession?17:50 - Trump economic revolution?21:52 - FED too hawkish?25:12 - One message to takeaway?Steve H. Hanke is a Senior Fellow, Contributing Editor of The Independent Review, and a Member of the Board of Advisors at the Independent Institute. He is a Professor of Applied Economics and Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is also a Senior Adviser at the Renmin University of China’s International Monetary Research Institute in Beijing, and a Special Counselor to the Center for Financial Stability in New York. Hanke is also a Contributing Editor at Central Banking in London and a Contributor at National Review. In addition, Hanke is a member of the Charter Council of the Society for Economic Measurement and a Distinguished Associate of the International Atlantic Economic Society. He is ranked as the world’s third-most influential economics influencer by FocusEconomics in Barcelona, Spain.Steve Hanke: Book - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-63398-0X - https://x.com/steve_hankeBio - https://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=516WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4X - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 20th of June, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Henrik Zeberg. Henrik is also the Head Macro Economist at Swissblock.During our conversation we spoke about the volatile markets, the FED ignoring data, bond market, economy vs markets, global economics, and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:17 - What is Henrik watching?3:45 - Volatile markets5:33 - The FED ignoring data7:45 - Bond market11:35 - Economy vs markets14:33 - Money on the side-line15:51 - Global economies18:28 - Tariff impact?22:46 - Wealth divide26:38 - Secular rates increase30:35 - AI societal improvements32:52 - One message to takeaway?Henrik Zeberg is a Macroeconomist (M.Sc. Econ) from the University of Copenhagen. He is a Business Cycles student, Elliott Wave practitioner, and Chartist. You can find out more about his newsletter on his Website.Henrik Zeberg - Newsletter - https://www.thezebergreport.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/HenrikZebergWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 6th of June, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Clive Thompson. Clive has years of experience in the wealth management industry & a unique insight into central banks.During our conversation we spoke about what Clive is seeing in the economy, financial repression, changing system, US dollar and what industries Clive is watching. I hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Introduction2:35 - What is Clive seeing in the economy?6:13 - Financial repression?9:21 - Changing system11:48 - BRICs vs Western system?13:38 - FED mistake?15:47 - US Dollar18:13 - Capital flows19:40 - Europe vs US21:12 - Strong industries?23:20 - AI eliminating corporate workers?27:12 - The Fourth Turning32:35 - Investing in AIClive has 47 years of experience in finance & wealth management. This encompasses structuring and advice relating to quoted investments, Private Equity investments, family businesses, tax, residency, real estate, inheritance, Wills, legal, lending, Trusts, Companies and Foundations and all kinds of personal and private advice. He has been actively involved for decades in the arena of Trust structures. This often involved negotiating and discussing the contracts relating to the sale of family companies.Clive's latest position before retirement was as Managing Director in the Anglophone Private Clients Department of Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, based in Geneva. He was responsible for wealth management services provided to a small number of wealthy English and French speaking families.Clive continues to remain very active in the world of wealth, with a strong focus on Private Equity, and direct Equity Investing via the global stock markets. His passion is the financial analysis of Balance Sheets, P&Ls, Cash Flow and business projections. Clive loves examining business opportunities, like Private Equity, and digging into the fundamentals of quoted companies to achieve a market beating performance.Clive Thompson - YouTube -  @clivethompson-jc9my  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-thompson-661997251/Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9aye4wQ8OkWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 3rd of June, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Dr Komal Sri-Kumar. Dr Komal is the President, Sri-Kumar Global Strategies.During our conversation we spoke about the US Debt crisis, outlook on the economy, risk of stagflation, the bond market, what Powell should do and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:53 - Outlook on the economy3:22 - Stagflation4:36 - Dual mandate6:18 - FED creating new tools8:07 - Tight monetary situation?10:10 - Bond market13:56 - Failed bond auction?15:19 - Possible to remove deficit17:32 - Yields to continue to rise?19:31 - What should Powell do?22:48 - Global yields increasing26:20 - Yield curve control29:00 - Dollar to continue to drop?30:05 - One message to takeaway?Dr. Komal S. Sri-Kumar is President of the Santa Monica, California based Sri-Kumar Global Strategies, Inc., a macroeconomic consulting firm he formed in January 2013 to advise multinational firms and sovereign wealth funds on global risk and opportunities. Prior to founding the firm, Sri worked at the Los Angeles-based Trust Company of the West (TCW) from 1990 to 2012, serving for the last several years as the firm’s Chief Global Strategist.He was the Chairman of TCW’s Comprehensive Asset Allocation Committee from 1997 to 2015. The Four-Morningstar rated TCW Conservative Asset Allocation Fund that he was a manager of (TGPCX) was rated “Category King” by the Wall Street Journal for performance as of September 30, 2015. The fund was ranked First among 365 similar funds.Before his work at TCW, Sri was Senior Vice President at the Beverly Hills-based Drexel Burnham Lambert, and Executive Vice President of DBL Americas, specializing in country risk analysis.He is a Senior Fellow at the Milken Institute, and was a member of the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Alumni Board. He is a member of the Economic Club of New York. His articles and interviews have been published in the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. He is often interviewed on CNBC, Bloomberg Radio and TV, and Fox Business. Sri is a contributor to Bloomberg View on global macro issues and their impact on markets (www.bloombergview.com).Sri holds an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University. His doctoral dissertation at Columbia University was supervised by Robert Mundell, Nobel Laureate in Economics (1999).Dr Komal Sri-Kumar - Website - https://srikumarglobal.com/X - https://x.com/SriKGlobalSubstack - https://srikonomics.substack.com/WTFinance -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseasThumbnail image from - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cost-of-insuring-against-default-on-u-s-government-debt-reaches-all-time-high-according-to-s-p-global-market-intelligence-8b71b2d2

Interview recorded - 5th of June, 2025On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Danielle DiMartino Booth. Danielle is the CEO & Chief Strategist for QI Research. She is the author of Fed Up and a global thought leader in monetary policy, economics and finance with 9 years experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.During our conversation we spoke about Danielle's thoughts on the economy, the FED stalling elections, the bond market, BOJ increasing global yields, recession comparison and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:07 - Danielle’s economic outlook3:22- FED stalling6:37 - Worried about Covid repeat?7:50 - Cut before election?10:07 - End of Powell?12:13 - Bond market?13:41 - BOJ increases impacting global yields14:27 - Dollar depreciation16:02- US in a recession?19:16 - Global economy20:18 - Recession comparison21:31 - Risk-off?22:46 - Retirees selling?24:05 - One message to takeaway?DiMartino Booth set out to launch a #ResearchRevolution, redefining how market intelligence is conceived and delivered to guide portfolio managers and promote financial literacy. To build QI, she brought together a core team of investing veterans to analyze the trends and provide critical analysis on what is driving the markets – both in the United States and globally.Since their inception in 2015, commentary and data from DiMartino Booth’s The Daily Feather and The Weekly Quill have appeared in other financial sources such as Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox Business, Institutional Investor, Yahoo Finance, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, Seeking Alpha, TD Ameritrade, TheStreet.com, and more.A global thought leader in monetary policy, economics, and finance, DiMartino Booth founded QI Research in 2015. She is the author of FED UP: An Insider’s Take on Why the Federal Reserve is Bad for America (Portfolio, Feb 2017), a business speaker, and a commentator frequently featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox News, Fox Business News, BNN Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance and other major media outlets.Prior to QI Research, DiMartino Booth spent nine years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. She served as Advisor to President Richard W. Fisher throughout the financial crisis until his retirement in March 2015. Her work at the Fed focused on financial stability and the efficacy of unconventional monetary policy.DiMartino Booth began her career in New York at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette where she worked in the fixed-income, public equity, and private equity markets. DiMartino Booth earned her BBA as a College of Business Scholar at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She holds an MBA in Finance and International Business from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.Danielle DiMartino Booth - Website - https://quillintelligence.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/DiMartinoBoothYouTube - @DanielleDiMartinoBoothQI WTFinance -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas