Michael Pento, President & Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, discusses the current economic outlook and inflation concerns, challenges faced by the middle class, risks of deflation, asset bubbles, strategic investment advice for retirement planning, and the importance of balancing economic forces over excessive money printing.

Financial analyst Doomberg discusses how geopolitical tensions are inflating oil prices, the impact on energy markets, the US energy miracle, and the potential role of low energy prices in preventing a recession. The conversation also touches on the interconnected nature of energy markets, speculation on World War III, and the future of energy in the digital age.

Clive Thompson, with 47 years in wealth management, discusses potential financial crisis, stickier inflation, financial repression, and the rise in precious metals. The conversation explores impacts of low interest rates on banks, challenges faced by American banks, and inflation trends influenced by the Ukraine-Russia conflict. China's increasing gold purchases and contrasting behaviors between Chinese and Westerners towards gold are also analyzed for diversification strategies.

Original Interview - 16th of April, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Larry McDonald. Larry is the Founder of the Bear Trap Report and author of the recently released book “How to listen when markets speak”.During our conversation we spoke about his book, why global inflation could be higher for longer, back to the 60's/70's, the commodity supercycle, debasement of the US Dollar, sanctions, China growth is coming back and more. I hope you enjoy!Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Listen-When-Markets-Speak-Opportunities/dp/05937274950:00 - Introduction1:26 - Influence for writing the book?3:06 - Current views of macroeconomics?5:06 - Global inflation8:03 - Things going back to 60’s/70’s?12:01 - What influenced the 40 year bubble?13:11 - Austerity in the US during the 2010’s15:31 - Why haven’t we experienced a crash?20:03 - Commodity bull market to push economy into recession?21:43 - Secular shift?23:24 - Examples of financial repression?25:19 - Debasing the US Dollar?27:14 - Sanctions28:04 - Commodity countries to benefit?31:24 - More power to OPEC+?33:07 - US has never produced more energy34:24 - China growth is coming back36:24 - Most surprising aspect of researching for the book39:54 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?New York Times bestselling author. Our latest -- "When Markets Speak" -- on sale date from our publisher Penguin Random House is March 26th. Our first book - “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense” is ranked by the CFA Institute in the "Top 20" Books All-Time in Finance. Now one of the bestselling business books in the world, it's translated into 12 languages with over 750,000 copies sold. Right behind PIMCO, Lawrence McDonald is the #2 influencer in the world in Fixed Income by http://www.rightrelevance.com/ - Join our nearly 120k followers on Twitter @convertbond .Managing Director, former U.S. Macro strategy head at Societe Generale. As one of the leading risk managers and market strategists today, Larry is a frequent contributor to Bloomberg, CNBC, MSNBC, and Fox Business. Notably, Larry was a special advisor to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and appeared in the Academy Award-winning documentary, “Inside Job."Larry has delivered over 160 keynote speeches in 20 countries. He details the complexities of Lehman, why it was allowed to fail, and the aftershocks that have rocked the global economy, and continue today. From 2004- 2008, Larry was head of the Distressed Debt & Convertible Securities Trading group at Lehman. He ran an extremely successful joint venture between the firm’s fixed income and equity division. Larry was considered one of the firm's most profitable traders. Featured is his global bestseller, during the 2007-2008 period, he led his team in bets against the subprime mortgage crisis, netting over $100m in profits for the doomed firm.Larry McDonald:Website - https://www.thebeartrapsreport.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/convertbond/Book - https://www.amazon.com/Listen-When-Markets-Speak-Opportunities/dp/0593727495WTFinance -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 - 1st of April, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Jesse Felder. Jesse is the Founder of Felder Investment Research and host of Superinvestors. During our conversation we spoke about Jesse's thoughts on the markets, why we will have a recession, society of speculators, the everything bubble, economic data to watch, how is Jesse positioned and the potential for a commodity supercycle. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:31 - Overview of economy and markets3:41 - Why will we have a recession?6:14 - Bullish sentiment9:36 - Titanic signal?10:41 - What would you compare current market to?13:52 - What is driving market inflows?15:30 - Society is becoming more speculative20:03 - Pressure on Asset Managers23:27 - Everything bubble?28:59 - Economic data to watch?31:38 - Nvidia the stock to watch?33:27 - Semiconductor arms race35:13 - How is Jesse looking to position?38:36 - Recession impact commodities?40:31 - Production glut in Natural Gas?43:45 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Jesse began his professional career at Bear, Stearns & Co. and later co-founded a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Since founding Felder Investment Research, LLC, publisher of The Felder Report, his writing and research has been featured in major publications and websites like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Yahoo! Finance, Business Insider, Investing.com and more. Jesse also hosts and produces the Superinvestors and the Art of Worldly Wisdom podcast.Jesse Felder - Felder Report - https://thefelderreport.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/jessefelderWTFinance -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 April, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Alasdair Macleod - Head of Research for Goldmoney.During our conversation we spoke about how the FED have lost control, what this means for inflation and interest rates, the potential bond yield blowout, why the system hasn't collapsed yet, gold to continue to go higher and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:39 - Overview of markets3:38 - What influenced stop of bond yield blowout?6:57 - Financial repression to save system?8:22 - Onshoring to benefit US?9:42 - Why has system not collapsed yet?11:20 - No strong economy challenging the US?14:57 - What is behind the rise in gold?19:12 - Shift in what credit buys you?22:00 - Speculators benefit from currency depreciation23:15 - Real assets to benefit?28:13 - Other commodities to benefit?30:45 - China indebted?35:59 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Alasdair Macleod is Head of Research for GoldMoney. He is an educator and advocates for sound money through demystifying finance and economics. His background includes being a stockbroker, banker, and economist.Alasdair Macleod started his career as a stockbroker in 1970 on the London Stock Exchange. Within nine years, he had risen to become senior partner of his firm.Subsequently, he held positions at the director level in investment management and worked as a mutual fund manager. Mr. Macleod also worked at a bank in Guernsey as an executive director.For most of his 40 years in the finance industry, he has been demystifying macroeconomic events for his investing clients. The accumulation of this experience has convinced him that unsound monetary policies are the most destructive weapon governments use against the common man. Accordingly, his mission is to educate and inform the public in layman's terms what governments do with money and how to protect themselves from the consequences.Alasdair Macleod - Substack - https://www.goldmoney.com/researchGoldMoney - https://alasdairmacleod.substack.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/MacleodFinanceLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alasdair-macleod-9494b27/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

Matthew Piepenburg, Partner of Von Greyerz AG, discusses the economic disparity between stock market success and the recessionary state of the real economy. They explore the reliance on debt, speculator profits, lack of alternative to the US Dollar, financial repression, and addressing the wealth gap. The conversation highlights historical financial crises, de-dollarization impact, Wall Street tricks, inflation concerns, and the necessity of critical economic analysis.

Interview recorded - 26th of March, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Howell. Michael is the CEO of CrossBorder Capital. During our conversation we spoke about Michael's outlook for liquidity, global central bank outlook, why interest rates are not always important, positive outlook for markets in the long term, deficit challenges, assets to perform and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:30 - What is Michael’s outlook on liquidity?4:25 - What is the difference between taxes this year?8:55 - Global central bank outlook13:35 - Tax income lower than expected?20:00 - Why is Japanese Yen still weak?24:51 - Global Liquidity Slides - why is interest rate not important?34:28 - Positive outlook for markets?36:16 - Chinese liquidity scenario43:08 - Does China have to devalue?46:03 - Deficit challenges globally47:23 - Assets to perform in current liquidity situation49:48 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Michael Howell is CEO of CrossBorder Capital, a London-based FCA registered, independent research and investment company that he founded in 1996. Previously he was Head of Research for Baring Securities and Research Director of Salomon Brothers Inc, the US investment bank. The liquidity methodology he pioneered monitors cross-border flows and Central Bank behaviour across some 80 countries world-wide. Liquidity flows are a central part of CrossBorder Capital's asset allocation advice, which is currently provided to major global investors, including institutional asset managers, government agencies, Central Banks and endowment funds. Michael has been in financial markets since 1981 and is a regular conference speaker and media commentator. He graduated from Bristol and London Universities with a finance doctorate, specialising in Fixed Income.Michael Howell -Website - https://crossbordercapital.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/crossbordercapLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-howell-357b1416/?originalSubdomain=ukWTFinance -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 - 19th of March, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Rick Rule. Rick is the Former President & CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings with decades of experience in the commodities business.During our conversation we spoke about the weaponization of the US dollar, Central Banks buying gold, gold price bonanza, whether gold could go to $8000, which commodities benefit and more!0:00 - Introduction1:12 - Outlook on commodity markets?4:08 - Will India and other markets grow as fast as China?6:29 - Which commodities benefit?9:35 - LNG glut coming online in coming years?12:16 - More energy required13:26 - Nuclear to be the best performing clean energy investment?17:23 - What impact does demand have on Uranium?19:55 - Is nuclear the future of energy?21:10 - What is happening in precious metals?24:20 - Evidence of central banks buying gold?26:17 - When will gold price go up?28:42 - Why have Gold Miners not appreciated?32:43 - How is Rick’s positioned?34:15 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Rick began his career 47 years ago in 1974 in the securities business and has been involved in it ever since. He is known for his expertise in many resource sectors, including agriculture, alternative energy, forestry, oil and gas, mining, and water. In 1990, Rick founded the business now known as Sprott US Holdings” merging in into Sprott Inc. ( SII) in 2011. He retired from Sprott Inc., in 2021, and resigned from the board of directors in 2023, but remains Sprott’s largest shareholder. IMr. Rule is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, and a frequent contributor to numerous media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business News and BNN. Mr. Rule is actively engaged in private placement markets, through originating and participating in hundreds of debt and equity transactions.Rick Rule - Twitter - https://twitter.com/RealRickRuleLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-rule-1058921a/Website - https://ruleinvestmentmedia.com/Seminar - https://opptravel.zohobackstage.com/TheRuleSymposiumonNaturalResourceInvesting2024#/?affl=WTFinanceWTFinance -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 - 19th of March, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back David Rosenberg. David is the Founder & President of Rosenberg Research & associates.During our conversation we spoke about why the recession is still on horizon despite market strength, whether we're in a new economy, whether the FED are taking the right action, unwinding of private credit markets, which assets to perform and more!0:00 - Introduction2:14 - Why have we not seen a recession yet?4:32 - Are we in a new economy since COVID?12:12 - Will recession impact markets?17:55 - Are higher interest rates stimulatory?25:22 - Recession is not about if, but about when27:32 - Atlanta FED GDP predictions quite accurate32:02 - What should the FED be doing?33:52 - FED cutting bullish scenario?35:37 - Unwinding of private credit markets?41:22 - Which assets to perform?48:07 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?David Rosenberg is the Founder and President of Rosenberg Research & Associates Inc., an economic consulting firm he established in January 2020. He and his team have as their top priority providing investors with analysis and insights to help them make well-informed investment decisions.Prior to Rosenberg Research, David was Chief Economist & Strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc. from 2009 to 2019. From 2002 to 2009, he was Chief North American Economist at Merrill Lynch in New York, during which he was consistently ranked in the Institutional Investor All-Star analyst rankings. Prior thereto, he was Chief Economist and Strategist for Merrill Lynch Canada, based out of Toronto, where he and his team placed first in the Brendan Wood survey of Canadian economists for ten years in a row.Mr. Rosenberg is a frequent contributor to most major financial newspapers and publications in North America and makes regular TV appearances in the financial media. He received both a Bachelor of Arts and Masters of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.David Rosenberg - Website - https://www.rosenbergresearch.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/EconguyRosieLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-rosenberg-40800219b/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