PODCASTS

Topics Include: *The most important event of 2019 and how it will impact the future *Why the surge in repo rates from Q4 last year was the beginning of QE4 *Why the Fed is now backed into a corner *How Fed tools may now be less effective *Forecast of US Presidential Election for 2020 *War…

Topics Include: *History of gold – Nixon tariffs, and closing the gold window *Investment case for gold *Why US debt to GDP ratio and increasing debt load creates a systemic problem with specific outcomes, all of which indicate an allocation to gold may be prudent *How low gold sentiment in western markets may indicate a…

Topics Include: *Implications of the USMCA between the US, Canada, and Mexico *The importance of Robert Lighthizer’s role in US trade negotiations *Update on tensions between Russia and Ukraine *Russia’s “buffer states” of outlying countries *How Russia’s gas pipelines running through Ukraine are critical infrastructure *Why Russia purchasing close to 30 tons of gold per…

Topics Include: *Cyberwarfare Update – Chinese embedding hacking chips onto server mother boards used in American Industry and Department of Defense Systems at the factory level *Why infrastructure will be most likely targets for cyberwarfare *How cyber financial-warfare versus financial systems, stock markets, banks is an evolving and real threat *How physical gold is resilient…

Topics Include: *US Dollar Hegemony *Why the US Dollar is considered the world reserve currency *US Dollar as global trade settlement currency *Tools of financial warfare – how the United States controls the majority of currency flows around the world *How the US Dollar Payment system works *How SWIFT works *Secondary market sanctions at a…

Topics Include: *USD/Gold and SDR/Gold were highly correlated up until Oct 1st 2016 *Oct 1st 2016 Chinese Yuan added to the SDR basket *Since Oct 1st 2016 SDR/Gold trading tightly in a range of 875 to 925 *Why market operations by a central bank would explain SDR/Gold staying in such a tight band *Possible actors…

Topic Include: *On the In Gold We Trust report ( @IGWTreport ) by @RonStoeferle and @MarkValek *The New Axis of Gold – How emerging market central banks are accumulating gold and what it means *Conversation with the former head of the IMF, John Lipsky *Why Russia buying gold for 38 consecutive months is a strategic…

Topics Include: *Update on gold markets *New phase of financial warfare with Iran *Financial system chokepoints *US Dollar payments system *SWIFT transfers and third party influence *How the US uses dollar payments leverage to control non US transaction *How Inflation turns people against government and increases probability of civil unrest, limits government options *How the…

Topics Include: In this episode of the gold chronicles, our entire discussion is focused on the common objections to owning gold, and using a gold standard for monetary policy. *There is not enough gold to support finance and commerce *The gold supply doesn’t grow fast enough to support economic growth *Gold has no yield *Gold…