About Erik Townsend

hedge fund manager Erik Townsend

Erik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager. Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. Read More...

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Harley Bassman

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Harley Bassman to MacroVoices. Erik and Harley discuss:

  • Is the bottom finally in?
  • Relationship between inflation and interest rates
  • How far can the fed raise interest rate to fight inflation?
  • Driving force behind inflation
  • Why is the stock market not crashing based on recent events
  • Outlook on gold
  • Wealth disparity between boomers vs. millennials

 

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Lyn Alden

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Lyn Alden to MacroVoices. Erik and Lyn discuss:

  • Energy update
  • Impacts of oil prices and Russia/Ukraine war on inflation
  • Recession risk and supply crisis in oil
  • Outlook on recession
  • Recession impacts on commodities vs. equities
  • Which way will the interest rates go?

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Jeff Snider

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jeff Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeff discuss:

  • Inflation update
  • Anticipation of a deflationary recession
  • Dangers of deflationary money
  • Outlook on commodities
  • Why collateral is the biggest money risk
  • Will the Fed be forced out of tightening cycle?
  • Why rising oil prices signal deflation

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Julian Brigden

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Julian Brigden to MacroVoices. Erik and Julian discuss:

  • Inflation update
  • What is Hyper-Financialization
  • What’s next for the bond market
  • Is it time to short junk bonds?
  • Outlook on precious metals
  • Signs that the bottoms are really in
  • How to invest with the current economic backdrop

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Darius Dale

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Darius Dale to MacroVoices. Erik and Darius discuss:

  • Has the crash already happened or is it yet to come?
  • The Fed will tighten until something breaks
  • Can the Fed save the market?
  • Liquidity cycle and growth cycle
  • Fighting inflation with recession
  • Is price control on the horizon?
  • Food and energy inflation

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Dr. Anas Alhajji

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr. Anas Alhajji to MacroVoices. Erik and Anas discuss:

  • Factors that affect increasing oil price
  • OPEC+ targets and extra capacity to meet demand
  • Russian oil production and its effects on the global market
  • Escalation of energy crisis in Europe
  • Which way will the oil price go?
  • Increasing natural gas and electricity prices in US
  • Alternative energy sources for Europe
  • How to invest in the energy market with the current backdrop

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Luke Gromen

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Luke Gromen to MacroVoices. Erik and Luke discuss:

  • Why foreign divestiture of US assets is a big deal
  • What happened to gold?
  • Strengthening Ruble and Russian energy
  • Dichotomy of US dollar
  • Transitory or beginning of a secular inflation?
  • Why the Fed needs to have negative interest rates
  • Possible inflationary recession and the knock-on effects

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Ronnie Stoeferle

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Ronnie Stoeferle to MacroVoices. Erik and Ronnie discuss:

  • Stagflation 2.0 and impacts on gold market
  • Definition of stagflation
  • Performance of gold
  • Impacts of current geopolitics on the price of gold
  • The Great Moderation is over
  • Recession and the Fed
  • Commodity super cycle and where it’s headed

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Tian Yang

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Tian Yang to MacroVoices. Erik and Tian discuss:

  • Is recession on the horizon?
  • Peaked CPI and what’s coming next
  • Growth slowdown and equity sell-off
  • Outlook on China and Europe
  • 5 Signs of a market bottom
  • Impacts of Europe vs. Russia on commodity supply chains
  • What factors to consider as investors

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Louis-Vincent Gave

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Louis-Vincent Gave to MacroVoices. Erik and Louis discuss:

  • Global financial system meltdown and US dollar’s loss of hegemony 
  • De-globalization of financial flows
  • Flight-to-safety trades going in opposite direction 
  • China vs. Taiwan and why we should be concerned
  • Geopolitics and recent sell-off in markets
  • Outlook on bonds, equities and energy

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MACRO VOICES is presented for informational and entertainment purposes only. The information presented in MACRO VOICES should NOT be construed as investment advice. Always consult a licensed investment professional before making important investment decisions. The opinions expressed on MACRO VOICES are those of the participants. MACRO VOICES, its producers, and hosts Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna shall NOT be liable for losses resulting from investment decisions based on information or viewpoints presented on MACRO VOICES.

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