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Hedge fund expert Thomas Thornton returns in Part 2 of our interview with him to explain why the markets could well move sideways in a limited trading range for the next few years. https://youtu.be/ZIIjPrUKWTM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It remains a whipsaw year for investors, as both stocks and bonds are now up materially from their late June lows. Is this the 'all clear'? Will prices rise further over the remainder of the year? Or is this a classic bear market rally? One that lulls the bulls back in before returning to maul everyone? In uncertain times like these, it's wise to tap the counsel of those with decades of long-term...

In this week's recap, Lance and Adam discuss everything that mattered to markets this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Researcher and money manager Louis Gave returns in Part 2 of our interview with him to discuss the acceleration away from the US dollar as a trade currency by many non-West countries. America's weaponization of semiconductors against China and of the West's financial system against Russia have forced those two countries to speed up their efforts to conduct trade in currencies other than the dollar...

Many of the most important developments shaping events here in 2022 are happening outside of the US Obviously, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has upended the geo-political chessboard, as well as world trade and the energy & financial markets. China, too, is making waves that all nations feel. What decisions these two world powers make, especially in terms of what kind of relationship they choose to...

As the Fed is poised to crash the economy in order to stop the inflation it arguably caused, we ask one simple question: Do we really need a central bank or can the free market work things out? https://youtu.be/ZPcp4M9i5LM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The market is at a key juncture. So far, the major indices have put in a higher bottom and have been slowly coiling despite bad news and downgraded forecasts. That suggests the conditions for a continued rally are firming up. Yet financial advisor Lance Roberts thinks that, fundamentally, it doesn't seem likely that current stock prices have yet fully priced in the impacts of the serious recession...

Portfolio manager Michael Lebowitz returns here in Part 2 of our interview with him to explain that a Fed pivot may not deliver the happy rescue many investors are currently anticipating. Like Bill Fleckenstein, Michael thinks if/when the Fed pivots, if inflation is not fully tamed (which looks increasingly unlikely to happen anytime soon), the bond market's confidence in the Fed will be broken. A...

For decades now, nations have been taking on debt far faster than their GDP has grown. They've kept the borrowing binge alive by having their central banks conspire to push interest rates ever lower. But that process is unsustainable. It's a limited-time swindle that ends when the debt service costs become too onerous. And the massive amounts of new debt issued in the wake of the pandemic have roc...

As governments increase their debt, servicing that debt becomes a bigger and bigger problem. That's especially true if the pile of debt is growing much faster than the underlying economy, which has been the case for decades. This forces central banks to print more new currency in order to enable their governments to handle the debt service payments. But once inflation starts becoming an intractabl...

TIPS are issued by the US Treasury and are indexed to inflation in order to protect investors from a decline in purchasing power of their money. They have a fixed inflation rate and a principal that is adjusted according to the changes in the CPI-U This video explains how they work, their advantages & disadvantages, and how they compare to I-bonds. https://youtu.be/qFtPlqnQJ9A Learn more about you...

The US dollar index hit a 20-year high of 109 this week. This is creating increasing pain for other countries, especially those with Eurodollar loans, as servicing those is becoming more expensive — at the same time that import costs are rising. Multinational companies are also feeling the squeeze, as their overseas revenue declines due to weakening demand and increasingly unfavorable exchange rat...

Hot inflation is crashing corporate profits, as consumer spending falls and the Fed's rate hikes make the cost of capital more expensive. As a result, stocks remain under pressure and bond default risks grow. Meanwhile, the economy is fast contracting into a recession. Likely a painful & prolonged one, warns Jeff Snider here in Part 2 of our interview with him. In this video, Jeff kindly shares th...

Here at the mid-point of 2022, investors are assessing the terrible first half of the year and wondering what the second half will bring. And as we peer ahead right now, the stormclouds outnumber the sunbeams. Measured inflation remains hot. And recession and stagflation are on everyone's lips -- it seems a foregone conclusion to many at this point. The Fed remains committed to raising the cost of...

Despite starting the year off with stunning price increases, many commodities and the share prices of the companies that produce & service them have been beaten down over the past two months. Many bruised resource investors are wondering if the worst is now over, or yet to come? If you’re one of those folks, I’ve got good news for you.  Veteran hard asset investors Rick Rule and Brien Lundin are b...

This 3rd LIVE "money Q&A" with Wealthion's financial advisors will stream on Monday, July 11th @ 3pm ET/noonPT.  SCHEDULE YOUR FREE PORTFOLIO REVIEW with Wealthion's endorsed financial advisors at https://www.wealthion.com At Wealthion, we show you how to protect and build your wealth by learning from the world’s top experts on finance and money. Each week we add new videos that provide you with a...

As inflation, rising cost of capital and recession pressures squeeze revenue & earnings expectations for corporations, the Q2 earnings calls about to start over the next few weeks may be the next trigger to send stocks falling.   Financial advisor Lance Roberts & host Adam Taggart discuss the likely implications and timing of this, as well as how if/when the Federal Reserve "pivot" occurs, it may...

Capital manager David Hay of Evergreen Gavekal returns for Part 2 of our interview with him to discuss the odds for stagflation, recession and to share which assets he most favors right now given his macro outlook. https://youtu.be/bwtXk30waB8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we head into the heat of summer, the US economy finds itself in the doldrums.   GDP growth for the year has been negative both in Q1 and Q2 -- which means we're now officially in a "technical recession".   Inflation remains at a 41-year high. The financial markets continue to suffer one of their worst years so far in history. And now the housing and jobs markets are also cooling fast.   What ca...

Series I Savings Bonds, also known as I-bonds, are offered by the US Treasury as a way to protect the purchasing power of your money from being eroded by inflation. This is protection many investors want badly right now, as inflation has roared back to life over the past year and a half. After decades most spent under 2%, as of the time of this recording, the official Consumer Price Index, or CPI,...

Higher inputs costs and demand destruction from inflation (and the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes) are resulting in margin compression for companies, pinching their profits.    As a result, companies are revising downwards their future earnings expectations.   So as Q2 earnings calls start happening over the next two weeks, expect a tsunami of these revisions to force Wall Street analysts t...

Economist Steve Hanke returns here in Part 2 of our interview with him to explain what impact a Fed pivot back to easing would have on inflation. He also shares his thoughts on how he thinks stocks, bonds, gold and other assets should fare over the coming year given his macroeconomic outlook.  See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/o2keL8Z8Y7M Learn more about your ad...

Inflation remains at a 41-year high and continues to severely pinch households when paying for food, gas and nearly everything else.  How much longer will it plague us? And might it get even worse from here? To find out, we welcome Steve Hanke back to the program. Steve is professor of applied economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland -- and the last time he appeared on this...

Six years ago, I wrote an article titled 'Grasshopper Nation', warning about how poorly prepared Americans are for retirement. Sadly, the data has only gotten worse since then. I’ll deliver the punchline here first, and then get into the underlying data: Right now, as the largest generational cohort in history has reached retirement age, tens of millions of Baby Boomers in America have insufficien...

With inflation driving the costs of living higher, real wages falling behind and financial assets having one of their worst years ever so far, it's a tough time to build wealth right now. And it's likely to get even worse, says today's guest, Robert Kiysosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the #1 best selling personal finance book in history. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: http...