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Interview recorded - 23rd of September, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Glenn Diesen. Glenn is a Norwegian political scientist and professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway.During our conversation we spoke about the current geopolitical outlook, US hegemon, risk of the collapse of the US hegemon, a multipolar war, increasing geopolitical tensions, economic optionality and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:03 - Current outlook on geopolitics?2:56 - US hegemony being challenged?4:04 - US hegemony and unipolar world10:11 - World leaders seeing US as hypocrites?19:27 - Could US have prevent challenge of hegemon?24:09 - What is a multipolar world?30:04 - Economic optionality for economies35:56 - One message to takeaway from conversation?Professor Diesen is an academic, author, editor, and political commentator. His research focus is primarily on Russian foreign policy and the geoeconomics of Greater Eurasia and the emerging strategic partnership between Russia and China. Diesen’s latest books are The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order (2024); Russophobia: Propaganda in International Politics (2022), Europe as the Western Peninsula of Greater Eurasia: Geoeconomic Regions in a Multipolar World (2021); Russian Conservatism: Managing Change under Permanent Revolution (2021); Great Power Politics in the Fourth Industrial Rivalry: The Geoeconomics of Technological Sovereignty (2021); The Return of Eurasia (2021); Russia in a Changing World (2020); The Decay of Western Civilisation and Resurgence of Russia: Between Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (2018); Russia’s Geoeconomic Strategy for a Greater Eurasia (2017); and EU and NATO relations with Russia: After the collapse of the Soviet Union (2015).Glenn Diesen: X: https://twitter.com/Glenn_DiesenSubstack: https://glenndiesen.substack.com/YouTube:  @GDiesen1 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 - 10th of September, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Alasdair Macleod. Alasdair is the Head of Research for Goldmoney. We spoke about the risk of a debt trap, commodities, whether the FED can cut out of a recession, japanificarion, gold and more. I hope you enjoy! 0:00 - Introduction1:43 - What is happening in the economy?3:43 - Commodity crash linked to recession?7:42 - Impact of low interest rates?9:40 - Politicians to cut deficit?14:45 - Private debt market to blow up?18:55 - Can US/UK go way of Japan?22:06 - Why is gold unloved?23:26 - Flooding into precious metals?31:56 - What does a building of a gold standard take?39:20 - Only possible with commodity producing company?42:11 - 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 - GoldMoney - https://www.goldmoney.com/researchSubstack - 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

Mel Mattison, a finance veteran with 20 years of experience, dives deep into the looming risks of economic collapse and prolonged inflation. He shares insights on how escalating national debt could impact markets by 2027 and the potential chaos awaiting with dwindling Social Security reserves. The discussion also explores the future of equities, the influence of index funds, and opportunities for real assets like gold. With a thought-provoking perspective, Mel emphasizes the need for strategic financial awareness in a rapidly changing economy.

John Rubino, founder of dollarcollapse.com and seasoned financial analyst, discusses the precarious state of our economy. He warns about excessive bad debt threatening governments and consumers alike. Interest rate cuts may not alleviate overleveraged situations, echoing concerns reminiscent of the 2008 crisis. The conversation shifts to the milkshake theory, exploring how the dollar behaves in crises. John also highlights a growing preference for gold and cryptocurrencies as alternative reserves, signaling a transformational shift in global finance.

Interview recorded - 26th of August, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Lyn Alden. Lyn is one of the foremost macro strategists, Founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy & author of the book “Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better”.During our conversation we spoke about what is happening in the markets, rotation out of the US, which markets are investable, broadening US markets, energy, China and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:50 - What has happened the past few weeks in markets?7:20 - International investors leaving US?9:05 - International markets11:10 - Which countries to benefit?13:50 - Who benefits from rate cuts?15:45 - Broadening of US market?18:38 - Powell made right decision?22:26 - Similarities to 90’s?24:19 - Fiscal repression29:50 - Interest payments impact on deficit?32:28 - Solution for social securities?36:03 - AI to fix outcomes?37:58 - Energy shift43:46 - Chinese manufacturing growth to continue?46:13 - West less control over China?48:32 - Chinese soft power51:23 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Lyn runs an investment research service for both retail and institutional investors at LynAlden.com. Her focus is on fundamental investing with a global macro overlay, with an emphasis on equities, currencies, commodities, and digital assets. Lyn has also worked for over a decade in the aviation industry in a range of roles, starting as an electronics engineer and moving into project and facility management, and engineering finance. Eventually she became the head engineer and head of technical procurement for the facility, before retiring in my 30s. Lyn has a bachelor's in electronics engineering and a master's in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modelling. Lyn Alden - Website - https://www.lynalden.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynalden/Twitter - https://twitter.com/lynaldencontact?lang=enWTFinance -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 - 27th of August, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Michael Howell. Michael is the Founder & Managing Director of CrossBorder Capital.During our conversation we spoke about the liquidity cycle, dollar drop, risk on, treasury actions, financial repression, Bitcoin/Gold as risk off assets and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:47 - Market flying?5:04 - Anything else to pay attention to?9:21 - Surprised by dollar drop?11:34 - Liquidity cycle18:15 - Majority of returns at beginning of liquidity cycle?19:33 - Yellen fiscal dilemma?23:17 - Treasury actions32:11 - Bond yields to rise?33:15 - Basel 4 financial repression34:01 - Risk-on the current strategy?35:35 - Industrial metals to benefit?37:21 - Bitcoin/Gold de-correlating to markets?40:01 - 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 - 21st of August, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Ed Yardeni. Dr Ed is the President of Yardeni Research.During our conversation we spoke about his thoughts on the economy, potential for it being a new roaring twenties, productivity, normalisation of growth, interest rate decisions, impacts on markets and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:40 - Thoughts on global economy?4:40 - Why rolling recessions?11:04 - Employment data revision?13:08 - Illegal migration impact?15:05 - Normalisation of growth?17:16 - Interest Rates & Monetary policy22:38 - FED for a day?27:08 - Higher interest rates on deficit?30:26 - 90’s soft landing again?32:07 - What will the FED do?34:05 - Which industries will perform well?38:11 - One message to takeaway from conversation?Dr. Ed Yardeni is the President of Yardeni Research, Inc., a provider of global investment strategies and asset-allocation analyses and recommendations. He previously served as Chief Investment Strategist of Oak Associates, Prudential Equity Group, and Deutsche Bank’s US equities division in New York City. He was also the Chief Economist of CJ Lawrence, Prudential-Bache Securities, and EF Hutton. He taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and was an economistwith the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He also held positions at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the US Treasury Department in Washington, D.C.Dr. Ed earned his PhD in economics from Yale University in 1976, havingcompleted his doctoral dissertation under Nobel Laureate James Tobin. Previously, he received a master’s degree in international relations from Yale. He completed his undergraduate studies magna cum laude at Cornell University.Dr. Ed is frequently quoted in the financial press, including The Wall StreetJournal, the Financial Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Barron’s. He was dubbed “Wall Street Seer” in a Barron’s cover story. He appears frequently on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and Fox Business. See Dr. Ed’s market calls as reported in the financial press.Dr Ed Yardeni:Website - https://yardeni.com/Twitter - https://x.com/yardeniQuicktakes - https://www.yardeniquicktakes.com/YouTube -  @YardeniResearch 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 - 26th of July, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Simon Hunt.During our conversation we spoke about the risk of a market crash in 2024, BRIC's currency, Global Cold/Hot War, financial system crisis and more. I hope you enjoy.0:00 - Introduction1:52 - Market crash in 2024?9:01 - Control over the heartland?13:13 - BRIC’s currency19:30 - Republicans to cut spending?21:16 - South China Sea27:18 - Cold vs hot world war?31:24 - Financial system correction?34:09 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Simon Hunt began his career in 1956 in Central Africa as a PA to the Chairman of Rhodesian Selection Trust, one of the two large copper companies in what was then Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia.In 1961 he came back to London and joined Anglo American Corporation of South Africa as a PA to one of the Board Directors, followed by being part of a small sales and marketing team for copper. From there, he helped start up a new copper development organisation, CIDEC, financed by copper producers, which he then joined, focusing on conducting end-use studies of copper in Europe.He then went into the City to gain financial experience and founded Brook Hunt in 1975. He was instrumental in setting up the company’s cost studies and end-use analyses. He appeared as material witness and consultant in two ITC anti-dumping cases in 1978 and 1984, winning both at the commission level.He has spent 2-4 months every year in China since 1993 and until a few years ago would be visiting some 80 wire and cable and brass mill factories across the country every year. He now restricts these factory visits to a smaller number, all of which he has known for many years. He also spends many weeks each year traveling around Asia.The focus of the company’s services is on the global economy, including the changing geopolitical and financial structures, China’s economy and its copper sector, and then the global copper industry as each part is interconnected.Simon is the author of the “Frontline China Report Service,” which is marketed by the TIS Group. The Service provides regular reports on China’s economy, politics, and financial outlook.Simon established this company in January 1996.Simon Hunt -Website - https://www.simon-hunt.com/Email - simon@shss.comWTFinance -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 - 24th of July, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of hosting Steve Hanke. Steve H. Hanke 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.During our conversation we spoke about Steve's economic outlook, the quantity theory of money, Hanke Golden Rule, US going into the recession, why FED's models are wrong, tariffs and more!0:00 - Introduction1:12 - Steve’s current outlook?4:17 - What is causing the money supply shrinkage?6:12 - What is the quantity theory of money?10:12 - Why do central banks not look at money supply?14:27 - Hanke Golden Rule16:15 - Economic growth without money supply growth?22:30 - US going into a recession?23:52 - How bad could recession get?25:38 - FED late to the party26:44 - FED to change models?27:36 - What economies is Steve positive about?30:00 - Increasing tariffs impacts32:20 - Impact of money supply on markets?34:15 - One message to takeaway from conversation?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: X -  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=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 24th of July, 2024On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Bill Fleckenstein. Bill is a professional money manager with over 30 years of experience. He writes a writes a daily column and is the author of “Greenspan’s bubbles: the age of ignorance at the federal reserve”.0:00 - Introduction1:07 - Economic and market outlook?6:10 - Stagflation?7:42 - GDP growth10:02 - What has the FED had on the economy?13:22 - QE & QT15:42 - How can financial system be resolved?18:48 - Where could inflation go?21:13 - What could encourage asset appreciation?25:38 - What is Bill watching to gauge markets?26:42 - Long AI, Short Small cap31:53 - What is driving dollar movements?33:23 - Can Japan increase interest rates with debt level?34:28 - How long does monetisation of debt last?36:40 - One message to takeaway from our conversation?Bill Fleckenstein is president of Fleckenstein Capital, a money management firm based in Seattle. He writes a daily Market Rap column for his website, Fleckensteincapital.com, as well as the popular column Contrarian Chronicles for MSN Money.Bill Fleckenstein began writing a daily column on the Internet in 1996. Initially, the Market Rap was a daily recap of market events, with an added "Yes, but..." emphasis. "I quickly learned that the contrarian viewpoint was often misrepresented and under-reported. Since then, my daily column has always called it like I see it. I've tried to write the column in a way that even the novice investor can understand. I believe it's better to teach someone how to fish, rather than just give them an occasional fish."Bill Fleckenstein - Website: https://www.fleckensteincapital.com/Twitter: https://x.com/fleckcap?lang=enWTFinance -Instagram -