Interview recorded - 18th of July, 2024On 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, a research and analytics firm.During our conversation we spoke about her outlook for the economy, unemployment and whether it could stick, how bad could the recession be and more. I hope you enjoy.0:00 - Introduction1:44 - Outlook for the economy?3:15 - Unemployment going to stick?5:35 - Is the economy soft?6:40 - What will FED do?9:45 - Further fiscal deficit?12:30 - Both parties to increase fiscal spending?13:30 - How bad could the recession be?17:55 - Are interest rates really high?18:23 - Trust the economic numbers?20:50 - Bonds back to safe haven?22:05 - One message to takeaway from conversation?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

Interview recorded - 9th of July, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Professor Richard Wolff. Richard is a well-known critic of an alternative contemporary economic system, host of the Economic Update and Founding Director of Democracy at work. During our conversation we spoke about his thoughts on the economy, why the US may not be the strongest economy, causes of economic inequality, direction of travel and more.0:00 - Introduction1:30 - Richard’s outlook on the economy?4:34 - United States strongest economy?9:56 - Side-effect of one world power?12:41 - Challenge with bureaucracy 17:02- Causes of inequality?24:27 - Globalisation of wealth27:22 - What is the direction of travel??32:52 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City.Earlier he taught economics at Yale University (1967-1969) and at the City College of the City University of New York (1969-1973). In 1994, he was a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Paris (France), I (Sorbonne). Wolff was also regular lecturer at the Brecht Forum in New York City.Prof Wolff is the co-founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. Professor Richard Wolff:Democracy at work: https://www.democracyatwork.info/Website: https://www.rdwolff.com/X: https://x.com/profwolffYouTube:  @RichardDWolff  WTFinance -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 - 8th of July, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back David Collum. David is a Professor of Organic Chemistry and leading thinker on markets and the larger world around us. During our conversation we spoke about Dave's thoughts about the world, why he is still bearish, governments can't afford pensions, shift from boomers to millennials, societal shifts, what has surprised David, Biden and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:28 - Dave’s overview of the world?2:53 - Why is Dave still bearish?5:37 - Definite bust or potential for small pullback?7:08 - What will Dave be watching for catalyst?9:43 - Governments can’t afford pensions15:28 - Shift from boomers to millennials23:28 - Societal shifts?26:10 - What has surprised David?30:56 - Lag for interest rate cuts to kick in31:56 - President Biden39:04 - Next Democrat Candidate?41:36 - Numen next Bernie Sanders?44:46 - Dave’s portfolio50:04 - One message to takeaway from conversationDavid Collum received a BS in biology from Cornell in 1977 and an MA, MS, and PhD in chemistry from Columbia University in 1980. Dave currently is the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. While at Cornell Dave has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, associate chairman, and chairman while running a research program in organic chemistry for forty years, which include collaborations with a host of large-cap pharmaceutical companies exemplified by Merck and Pfizer. In recent years he has become interested in the interface where politics and markets meet. He compiles an annual Year in Review, does several dozen podcasts per year, and occasionally stirs up trouble on more mainstream media sources.Dave Collum - Twitter - https://twitter.com/davidbcollum?s=21&t=xvXQIRnoZm5mxXw68trHEQYear in Review - https://peakprosperity.com/2022-year-in-review-all-roads-lead-to-ukraine/WTFinance -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 - 20th of June, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Liz Ann Sonders. Liz Ann is Managing Director, Chief Investment StrategistCharles Schwab & Co., Inc.During our conversation we spoke about her outlook for markets, the bifurcation of the economy, why the FED were hawkish, immigration, what does this mean for markets and more. I hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Introduction1:55 - Outlook on economy and markets?5:26 - Why is economy bifurcated?8:03 - The K economy10:53 - Services inflation always high?3:53 - Why have FED been hawkish?17:45 - What will FED need to see to cut?18:53 - Don’t trust payroll data21:55 - Challenge of measuring immigration impact23:15 - GDP per capital24:50 - What does this mean for markets?28:15 - Outcome of low interest rates and zombie companies?31:00 - What will happen in markets?33:10 - QT to continue?34:00 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Liz Ann Sonders has a range of investment strategy responsibilities, from market and economic analysis to investor education, all focused on the individual investor.Liz Ann is the cohost of the On Investing podcast and a keynote speaker at numerous company and industry conferences. Liz Ann is regularly quoted in financial publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Barron's, and the Financial Times, and she appears as a regular guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance, Fox Business News, and the Schwab Network. Barron's has named her to its "100 Most Influential Women in Finance" every year since the list's inception, and Investment Advisor has included her on the "IA 25," its list of the 25 most important people in and around the financial advisory profession. Liz Ann has been named "Best Market Strategist" by Kiplinger's Personal Finance and one of SmartMoney magazine's "Power 30." Liz Ann has also been named to Forbes' 50 Over 50.In 1999, Liz Ann joined U.S. Trust—which was acquired by Schwab in 2000—as a managing director and member of its Investment Policy Committee. Previously, Liz Ann was a managing director and senior portfolio manager at Avatar Associates, an original division of the Zweig/Avatar Group. She holds an MBA in Finance from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University and a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from the University of Delaware.Liz Ann Sonders Website - https://www.schwab.com/learn/author/liz-ann-sondersTwitter - https://x.com/lizannsonders?s=21&t=vCJTBKSb-nIJ8eFKe0YAxgLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizannsonders?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_appWTFinance -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

Well known contrarian investor Marc Faber discusses the economy, inflation, precious metals, collapse of empires, Russia & China, market crash risk, unloved investments, miners, and trade challenges on this informative episode.

Louis-Vincent Gave discusses global markets outlook, Chinese economy, Yen weakness, and more. Topics include inflation trends, Chinese Yuan depreciation, and factors impacting US recession indicators. Insights on central banks' rate cuts, commodity shifts, and aligning economic and market data for investment decisions.

Interview recorded - 4th of June, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Henrik Zeberg.During our conversation we spoke about Henrik's current thoughts on markets, why bull market could extend to September, what this means for his portfolio, risk of an economic crisis "much worse than 2008" and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:54 - Current thoughts about markets?2:30 - What has changed outlook?5:20 - Prolonged bull market?8:17 - Key economic indicators?12:31 - Similar to end of 2022?16:17 - Repeat of 2008?21:27 - Exposure to high beta24:18 - Crypto price targets?24:33 - meme stock trend28:05 - Position after top?30:14 - Thoughts on precious metals?32:58 - What happens after crash?37:30 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?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 - 29th of May, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Adam Rozencwajg. Adam is the Managing Partner at Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates.During our conversation we spoke about Adam's outlook for energy markets, how the energy markets are still undervalued, why he sees US LNG as being vastly undervalued, Uranium, precious metals and more. I hope you enjoy.0:00 - Introduction0:42 - Overview of energy markets?1:31 - Adam bullish on US natural gas10:33 - What does this mean for global LNG markets?14:53 - No LNG supply glut20:21 - Oil markets and peak oil26:05 - New oil to replace US?28:52 - Still bullish on Uranium & Nuclear?31:21 - How is Adam positioned?38:03 - Silver have similar trend to Gold?39:57 - Copper outlook?44:30 - One message to takeaway from conversation?Currently, Adam is the Managing Partner of Goehring & Rozencwajg, Natural Resource Investors.Adam has many years of investment experience. Between 2007 and 2015, he worked exclusively on the Global Natural Resources Fund at Chilton Investment Company with Mr. Goehring.Prior to joining Chilton Investment Company, Adam worked in the Investment Banking department at Lehman Brothers between 2006 and 2007.He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Economics/Philosophy from Columbia University and is a CFA charter-holder. Adam Rozencwajg - Website - https://www.gorozen.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/Go_RozenLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-rozencwajg-770614/WTFinance - 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 - 30th of May, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back David Hunter. During our conversation we spoke about David updating his price targets higher, risk of inflation, Russell 2000 to outperform, precious metals, geopolitical risk, US election and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:46 - Current outlook of markets?4:11 - What caused David to update catalyst?7:48 - Inflation?10:50 - Disconnect between the economy and markets?12:57 - Bearish sentiment?14:45 - Russell 2000 to outperform?19:16 - Institutions hedging with precious metals?22:51 - Everything bubble?25:01 - Which industries to benefit?28:19 - Crypto to also perform?29:36 - Geopolitical risk?31:56 - Views on the US election?33:34 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?David is an investment professional with 25 years of investment management experience and 20 years as a sell-side strategist with strong expertise in macroeconomic analysis and portfolio management. His strong macro capabilities combined with a contrarian philosophy have allowed me to forecast economic cycles and spot market trends well ahead of the consensus. David is an intellectually honest, independent thinker comfortable with charting a course away from the crowd. Accomplished stock picker and value-oriented portfolio manager.David Hunter - Twitter - https://twitter.com/DaveHcontrarianLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-hunter-668ba015/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

Interview recorded - 13th of November, 2023On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Michael Oliver - Founder of Momentum Structural Analysis.During our conversation we spoke about Michael's thoughts about the markets, why there is continued stress, what is happening with bonds, what assets will perform and more!0:00 - Introduction0:49 - What is Michael currently seeing in markets?8:42 - Largest companies holding up indexes. Will they remain stable?17:01 - Has cutting rate/QE been good for equities?19:02 - What happens when bond prices decrease?24:07 - What will happen with bonds?28:53 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?J. Michael Oliver entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton’s International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park.  He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton’s Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX.In the 1980s Mike began to develop his own momentum-based method of technical analysis.  He learned early on that orthodox price chart technical analysis left many unanswered questions and too often deceived those who trusted in price chart breakouts, support/resistance, and so forth.In 1987 Mike technically anticipated and caught the Crash.  It was then that he decided to develop his structural momentum tools into a full analytic methodology.In 1992 the Financial VP and head of Wachovia Bank's Trust  Department asked Mike to provide soft dollar research to Wachovia.  Within a year, Mike shifted from brokerage to full-time technical research.  He is also the author of The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism.Michael Oliver - Website - https://www.olivermsa.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/Oliver_MSAWTFinance -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