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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com Oh, my goodness me. I don’t think I’ve ever seen volatility like it. We have a huge speculative bubble on our hands, and it’s popping. What’s more, this bubble is full of chancers, charlatans and chief executive officers. The Mail has got onto the story. That is not a good sign. If I told you ten days ago that th...

I am writing today’s dispatch from Prague Airport, on my way back to Blighty. What a splendid city Prague is, and what a lovely bunch the Czechs are. It feels like this is still very much a high-trust society. Twice I left my bag in public places – full of very nickable laptop, passport and other gubbins – and both times I came back to find my bag untouched, but safely put to one side. At night th...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com I am travelling to the bitcoin conference in Prague this week - come say hi if you’re there - so you are likely to get a lot of bitcoin-related content over the next fortnight, as I re-indoctrinate myself. Indeed, we are talking bitcoin and gold today — and we start with this. The Bitcoin Treasury Boom UK-listed...

I have a friend — we’ll call him Steve. Steve’s a comedian — a very good one. He started around the same time as me, maybe a bit later. Back in the day, we all thought Steve was going to be a huge star. If there were any justice in the world, he would have been. But there isn’t. We all know that. Steve ended up one of those many jobbing, circuit comedians, with a brilliant act — good enough to sto...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com Greetings to you from Palm Springs, California, Something most unusual is happening in financial markets, the like of which I haven’t seen for years. Junior mining companies are behaving well. Silver is going up. Platinum is going up. It feels like a proper bull market. These things have been utter dogs for years...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com Let me quickly flag three things: * There is a short note at the end of this piece on the subject of bitcoin treasury companies, which I know is of interest to some of you. * We now have a video version of last week’s thought piece about the housing market. * I am in Palm Springs, California, all next week. If an...

Enjoyed this vid? Then please like, share and all that stuff. It helps! If you want to read the original article on which this video is based, hee it is. Subscribe to this amazing publication, why don’t you?. If you are thinking of buying silver or gold bullion to protect yourself in these ‘interesting’ times - and I recommend you do - the bullion dealer I use and recommend is the Pure Gold Compan...

If you enjoy this article. Please like it, share it and so on. It all helps. I thank you. It’s time for my annual slagging off of silver . Why now? Because, according to one of my WhatsApp chats, it’s breaking out. Silver is always breaking out. It never actually does. Was ever there a metal with as much potential as silver? Probably not. Was ever there a metal you could so wholly depend on to let...

Please do not share, copy, reproduce or distribute any part of this report without my express permission. Thank you. Many thanks to all the new subscribers who have joined this week, both paid and unpaid. I put this video of my recent North Sea Oil piece up on YouTube, X et al and it generated something of a flurry. So welcome. I hope you both enjoy and benefit from The Flying Frisby. Before we ge...

There is also now a video version of this article, if you prefer, here: I’ve been viewing houses this past fortnight, so I thought I’d share my anecdotal 2p on the state of the London property market. I’m looking in Brockley, SE4, which, if you don’t know it, used to be rough AF, but is now where all the cool kids are. The area has benefited from the various London rail line extensions – you can b...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com I’ve had a flood of new readers sign up to the Flying Frisby this week, I’m delighted to report, largely as a result of this article on bitcoin treasury companies and of this video on North Sea oil and the next Labour U-turn , which has been doing the rounds on the net. So welcome everyone. I hope you enjoy the r...

Good Sunday morning to you, I am just on a train home from Glasgow, where I have been gigging these past two nights. I’ve had a great time, as I always seem to do when I go north of the wall. But Glasgow on a Saturday night is something else. My hotel was right next to the station and so I was right in the thick of it. If I ever get to make a cacatopian, end-of-days, post-apocalyptic thriller, I’l...

Tell your friends about this vid. You’ll find the full list of North Sea Oil Cos here, in the second half of the article: Subscribe to this wonderful publication. If you are thinking of buying gold to protect yourself in these uncertain times, the bullion dealer I use and recommend is the Pure Gold Company . Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, the US, Canada...

At the Battle of Ideas last October I went head to head with comedians Simon Evans, Nick Dixon, Paul Cox, Cressida Wetton and Ethan Green to debate who is the greatest. I made the argument that it was John Cleese. My initial pitch has just been released, so here, for your Sunday morning consideration, it is. I ended up winning the debate, but it was a close shave. Who, in your view, is the greates...

Today, using the political compass as our mapping tool, we explore diversity of opinion in BBC Radio comedy. The political compass, as I’m sure you know, incorporates the, in my view, more important authoritarian and libertarian, as well as left and right. If you enjoyed this video, please give it a like, share it somewhere, all that stuff. Thank you! And please subscribe to this excellent Substac...

Fun fact: the only countries that own more bitcoin than the UK are the US (which own 207,000) and China (194,000). The UK has 61,000 bitcoin - worth almost $6 billion. They are mostly seized bitcoin, a lucky legacy from the early days when the UK was at the heart of bitcoin’s evolution. (Remember Satoshi Nakamoto wrote in British English, the Times was referenced in the Genesis block, and many of...

I thought I might share a few random bits and bobs from my little life for you to ponder today, starting with various interviews. Here I am on the mighty James Delingpole’s podcast, talking about most subjects, though squabbling about conspiracy theories. Then there is this interview with Jasmine Birtles for the Money Magpie podcast , talking mostly about gold and property. ( Audio on Spotify ; vi...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com I spoke about gold this week to ABC Australia . This little interview may be of some interest. Here it is. Meanwhile … It’s as though the whole tariff thing never happened, the way stock markets are rallying. I think it’s seven green days in a row now. Everybody is getting very excited about a rare technical sign...

We have a video for your Sunday thought piece today, in which I walk round my local supermarket and identify all the foods which have seed oils (spoiler - almost all of them). Ever wondered which foods in your supermarket are packed with seed oils? Join me on a clandestine mission around my local shop to unveil some hard truths about pizzas, hummus, sausage rolls, and even granola. Seed oils infil...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com Gold again today. I just can’t stop writing about it. Another day. Another new high. We touched $3,500 in the early hours of yesterday morning. That’s 27 new highs in the gold price so far this year. Yet there is still something about this bull market that doesn’t feel right or complete: it’s not confirmed by sil...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com Congratulations to all who bought. Gold is now trading above $3,300. Goldman Sachs has raised its target to $4,000/oz. It’s all going swimmingly. But nothing lasts forever. (Actually gold does, but you know what I mean). So, today, I want to ask: when do we sell our gold? To answer that question, I am going to lo...

I’m excited to share a brand-new video diving into one of the most gripping questions in finance and geopolitics: How much gold does America actually have? You may have read my piece on this from a few weeks back . Here it is in video form: a deep dive into the rumours, history, and high stakes surrounding US gold reserves—and what the upcoming audit might reveal. My thanks go to Will Freeman for...

Gold broke out to new highs on Friday: $3,237/oz. It is proving one of the prime beneficiaries of all the market mayhem, and no surprise. Gold is your hedge against government, and this is all a creation of government. Where to park capital? Equities are all over the place and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. With US authorities transparent about wanting it lower, the US dollar is n...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com I don’t normally put out market commentary on a Sunday, especially on a Sunday evening, but the events of last week were so extraordinary I feel I have to. We are in full-on crash mode, it seems. The price action reminds me of the Covid panic or even 2008. It almost doesn’t matter what you own. Portfolios around...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com To watch a video version of this article, click here: We have more stock tips for you today with multibag potential. But first, let’s get political. Remember how the Conservative Party from David Cameron onwards effectively abandoned the right and became social democrats? Increased state spending everywhere, so t...