Macroscopic Podcast

Macro strategist Luke Gromen joins Alexej Jordanov to explain why both Fed rate hikes and rate cuts are now inflationary, why the US bond market, not the stock market, is the real bubble, and why he believes gold is headed to five figures. In this conversation, Luke breaks down the fiscal dominance trap facing the Fed, why $40 trillion in US debt makes rate hikes self-defeating, and why 53 out of...

Brent Johnson and Francis Hunt go head-to-head over the future of the US dollar and the Dollar Milkshake Theory. Hunt argues that rising Treasury yields increasingly reflect a loss of confidence in US debt, driving capital toward gold, commodities and eventually away from the dollar. Johnson pushes back: dollar strength was never the end goal of the theory, but a catalyst for a broader sovereign d...

Alexej Jordanov speaks with Rabobank strategist Michael Every about a global system increasingly driven by statecraft, military power and control over physical resources rather than conventional market forces. They examine whether the United States is becoming overstretched across Iran, Russia, Ukraine and China—and how a further escalation could test NATO, disrupt energy infrastructure and rapidl...

John Butler explains why the US bond market may be entering a dangerous new phase and why gold could be the ultimate winner. We discuss rising Treasury yields, government bond buybacks, America’s debt burden, recession risks, Japan’s US Treasury holdings, and the growing threat to confidence in the dollar. John also reveals why gold is rising alongside real yields, how central-bank gold buying sig...

Francis Hunt returns to Macroscopic to explain why Japan’s bond crisis could become America’s problem. We discuss the yen carry trade, the growing pressure on US Treasuries, and how an interconnected debt crisis could spread across global markets. Francis also shares his outlook for gold, silver and platinum including why another precious-metals washout may come before the next major move higher....

The AI boom is masking serious weakness across the US economy. David Rosenberg sees stagnant employment, falling real incomes, contracting housing and business investment, and a consumer increasingly dependent on stock-market wealth and record credit-card debt. Markets have shifted from pricing Federal Reserve cuts to expecting higher interest rates following the US–Iran war and oil shock. Rosenbe...

Peter Schiff’s central warning is blunt: America’s fiscal position cannot support the US dollar indefinitely. Rising debt costs, persistent inflation and weakening demand for Treasuries could end in a sovereign debt and reserve currency crisis. He argues that Japan could accelerate the reckoning. Higher Bank of Japan rates and a stronger yen may unwind the yen carry trade, forcing sales of US bond...

Jim Rickards warns that a global economic shutdown may be approaching as the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea disruptions collide with depleted strategic reserves, rising energy prices and fragile supply chains. In this interview, Rickards explains why he expects a severe US recession, higher inflation and a major escalation in the Iran war. He also shares his outlook for gold, including a possible dr...

Grant Williams joins Macroscopic to discuss why the 40-year easy money era may be coming to an end and why he is now more focused on protecting wealth than chasing returns. We cover gold and silver, the possibility of a financial reset, China’s gold strategy, changes in Japan and Europe’s economic problems. Grant also explains how investors approaching retirement can protect their purchasing power...

In this interview Alexej Jordanov speaks with Michael Oliver, the founder of Momentum Structural Analysis who explains why the U.S. stock market may be completing a long and laborious top, why rising Japanese and U.S. bond yields could force central banks to print aggressively, and why capital is already beginning to rotate into gold, silver, miners and commodities. Michael also explains why the r...

In this episode of the Macroscopic Podcast, Alexej Jordanov speaks with Alasdair Macleod about China’s new gold clearing system in Hong Kong, the shift of physical gold and silver from West to East, and why Beijing may be preparing for a future without the U.S. dollar. Macleod explains why China is accumulating gold, silver, copper and other strategic commodities, how the Shanghai Gold Exchange an...

In this episode of the Macroscopic Podcast, Brent Johnson returns to explain why the dollar system may be entering a new phase. We discuss the rise of stablecoins, the battle between onshore and offshore dollars, the future of the Eurodollar market, and how the U.S. Treasury could use digital dollar rails as a geopolitical weapon. Brent also breaks down why gold can sell off during a crisis, why d...

Rick Rule returns to the Macroscopic Podcast for a timely conversation on gold, silver, copper, oil, platinum, interest rates, and the next phase of the natural resource bull market. After a major correction in precious metals and mining stocks, Rick explains why lower prices may not be bad news for long-term investors and why he believes the “easy money” in resources may be gone, while the “sure...

Is the financial system designed to take your wealth? In this in-depth interview, Alexej Jordanov sits down with Simon Dixon — economist, author of Bank to the Future, and one of the earliest Bitcoin investors — to follow the money behind central banks, gold, the collapsing petrodollar, and the rise of what he calls the Financial Industrial Complex (FIC). From the dot-com crash that wiped out his...

Recorded: 3rd of June 2026 Lyn Alden returns to the Macroscopic Podcast where we cover a lot of ground: why sovereign bond yields keep climbing across the G7, what the Strait of Hormuz closure actually means for energy markets and global supply chains, and why Lyn thinks the risk is still underpriced. We also get into gold officially overtaking US Treasuries as the world's top reserve asset — what...

Francis Hunt aka The Market Sniper returns to break down why silver is the trade of the cycle, his $330/oz price target, and the "Trump Trauma Triangle" squeezing oil, bonds, and gold into a tighter and tighter corner. We cover: - The Trump Trauma Triangle and why it's shrinking - Why silver is the "Porsche Turbo" of this bull market - The $330 silver target still on track - China's silver buying...

Two of the world's most respected gold experts — Peter Schiff and Jim Rickards — sit down in Amsterdam for a no-holds-barred 2h45m debate on the future of gold, the death of the dollar, and the coming financial reset. They agree on one thing: gold is going dramatically higher. They disagree on almost everything else: hyperinflation vs. deflation, Trump's tariffs, the Fed's relevance, and whether $...

William White, former Chief Economist at the BIS, returns for a candid conversation on the breaking points of the global monetary system. We discuss the regime change underway at the Fed, why financial repression is already here, the biggest energy shock the world has ever known, and the transatlantic battle over stablecoins versus the digital euro. Bill explains why "banks create money out of not...

Michael Howell returns to the podcast to break down why the real threat to markets is not just war or recession fears, but a tightening global liquidity cycle. He explains how the Iran shock, rising energy prices, China’s gold buying, and the coming debt refinancing wall are all converging into a powerful macro shift. The discussion covers gold, oil, bonds, the dollar, repo stress, and why markets...

In this interview of the Future of Gold series, Isabella Kaminska explains why stablecoins are a new tool of American power. We discuss whether the US is shifting from republic to empire, why tariffs are really about sovereignty, how the dollar system is defended through geopolitical force, and what all of this means for gold, China, and the future of global finance. A wide-ranging conversation on...

In this Future of Gold interview series, John Butler explains why he believes gold is gradually returning as global money and why gold could reach $100,000/oz. He discusses the failures of the current debt-based monetary system, the growing role of BRICS, and why rising geopolitical tensions and de-dollarization could accelerate gold’s remonetization.  He also explores how a future gold-backed sy...

In this final Future of Gold roundtable from Cape Town, Alexej Jordanov hosts Izabella Kaminska and John Butler on for a discussion that goes deep into some of the most debated and controversial questions in the gold market. The panel explores what Basel III really means for gold, why so many investors misunderstand its role as collateral, and whether gold is truly being elevated inside the financ...

Alasdair Macleod returns to Macroscopic with a stark warning: the conflict with Iran is not just another geopolitical flashpoint, but a potential catalyst for the endgame of the global fiat currency system. In this conversation, he explains why the real story is not only war or oil, but the chain reaction from energy disruption to higher bond yields, collapsing credit, and a broader monetary crisi...

Francis Hunt on why the global system is entering a debt-fiat breakdown, why private credit may be the next major fault line, and why he believes today’s instability is not random but coordinated. The discussion covers redemption limits in private credit funds, rising bond yields, the long-term implications for the dollar, why stablecoins cannot absorb the scale of sovereign debt issuance, and why...

Brent Johnson joins us in this Future of Gold Series to unpack why stablecoins may become far more than a crypto story. In this conversation, he argues that stablecoins could reinforce U.S. monetary power, reshape global commerce, and even evolve into a geopolitical tool of empire rather than just a new source of Treasury demand and potentially replace the Federal Reserve. We also discuss the futu...