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

• Energy prices and inflation
• What is driving the stock market to its all-time highs despite the pandemic
• Has the oil market priced in the recovery?
• Perspectives on the recent Copper rally and how far can it go?
• Will Singapore replace Hong Kong as the financial centre of Asia?
• European market outlook

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

• Last year’s bullish outlook - does it still stand?

• Is the current level of spending in the economy being propped up by stimulus?
• APPL, TSLA and the classic bubble
• Why would the FED allow the bond market to clear at a market rate?
• Upside risks to treasury yields
• Perspectives on impending secular inflation

• How long do we have until we have a runaway inflation problem?
• What is the right metric that would indicate when things turn bad?

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jim Bianco to MacroVoices. Erik and Jim discuss:

• Deflation vs. Inflation outlook
• What could contain and remedy the impending inflation?
• Investing strategies for inflation
• Coronavirus update
• Wall Street Bets –who’s behind it and what’s going on?
• Last week was GME, and now it’s Silver – will there be another squeeze?

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Russell Napier to MacroVoices. Erik and Russell discuss:

• How are stocks rallying to new all-time highs amidst the ongoing pandemic?

• Stimulus into real economy – will this still support the stock market?
• How far Bond Yields could go
• Financial repression and inflation outlook
• Inflation may be good in the beginning but for how long?
• Benefits of inflation on the stock market

• Perspectives on commodities including Copper and agriculture
• Gold vs. Bitcoin
• Is there a strategy to evade financial repression?

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Mike Green to MacroVoices. Erik and Mike discuss:

• Are we finally headed toward a global digital currency?

• Benefits of secure digital bearer asset currency 
• Lack of discussion regarding the adoption of the technology behind Bitcoin
• Will the governments eventually accept the use of cryptocurrency?
• CBDC – Central Bank Digital Currency
• Why some large institutions are buying Bitcoin as store of value 

• Bitcoin vs. Ethereum

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

• Is this the beginning of the end for the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency?

• Relative decline to other fiat currencies or loss of purchasing power?
• Democratic control of the Senate – how does this affect yields?
• When will deficits start to matter?
• How do you translate the current state of the dollar into investment strategies?
• Bitcoin vs. Gold

• Are we finally at a point of runaway wage & price inflation?

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Art Berman to MacroVoices. Erik and Art discuss:

• Saudi Arabia’s production cut decision and what this means
• Will U.S. shale industry recover?
• Expected decline in demand in oil
• Analysis of current comparative inventory report
• Pandemic and U.S. consumption recovery – what does this mean for gasoline?
• Perspectives on previous prediction of a big decline in U.S. production in Q1
• Can OPEC compensate for loss of U.S. production?
• Lag times between getting the rig started to actual oil production and what this means
• Price vs. Comparative inventory yield curve

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Ronald Stoeferle and Grant Williams to MacroVoices. Erik and the panlists discuss:

• How to trade a fiat currency debasement
• Hedging or trading inflation
• Gold, silver, platinum and palladium 
• Hard assets like real estate including farmland
• Copper and iron ore and the battery metals
• Energy as an inflation hedge

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Ronald Stoeferle and Grant Williams to MacroVoices. Erik and the panelists discuss:

• Fiat currency debasement
• Yellen, MMT and debasement, how could it play out differently
• Commodities and different ways to hedge
• Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and its role as a debasement hedge

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Kyle Bass to MacroVoices. Erik and Kyle discuss:

• All-time highs despite the pandemic – are we shifting into a new paradigm?
• Impending inflation and how to trade it 
• Is gold still the best hedge against fiat debasement?
• Is the bond bull market finally done and are we headed toward negative yield?
• Negative yields in Europe – will this recover as inflation begins?
• How will Biden administration change the macro outlook?
• Implications of electrification of the economy
• Will Singapore be replacing Hong Kong as the financial center in Asia?
• Perspectives on crypto currencies

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr. Pippa Malmgren to MacroVoices. Erik and Pippa discuss:

• Update on President Trump may start his own news network
• Why Trump running a news network may be more powerful than being the President 
• Upcoming meeting of the electors – how will this impact President Trump’s actions
• What would Trump News Network look like?
• Possible pardoning for Julian Assange and Edward Snowden and its implications
• Perspectives on inflation 
• Outlook on digital currencies 

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

• DXY reaching multi-year lows – is this the beginning of the dollar crash?
• Basics of US dollar crash and related Treasury market destruction
• Has quantitative easing been successful?
• Japanese Inflation & QE – Is US monetary policy following the Japanese model?
• Lower indication in inflation indices despite excessive liquidity
• Is the U.S. dollar’s global reserve currency status being threatened?
• Perspectives on MMT

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome David Rosenberg to MacroVoices. Erik and David discuss:

• Has the market  priced in the vaccine news?
• How does this translate into the stock market
• Shift to secular inflation or return to deflation?
• Where is the stock market headed from here?
• Will US Treasury will go negative on 10yr or will they stay at zero?
• Treasuries vs. Gold

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Daniel Lacalle to MacroVoices. Erik and Daniel discuss:

• Perspective on recent rally in market amidst the pandemic and U.S. Elections

• Spike in COVID cases, are things going to get worse before it gets better?
• Would expectation of more government stimulus lead to lower yields?
• Likelihood of secular inflation due to more money printing and more deficit spending
• Challenges ECB is facing with insolvent countries borrowing at low yields?
• Will foreign policies reverse under Biden administration?

• Is U.S. fracking industry facing a major threat from Biden administration energy policy?

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Lakshman Achuthan to MacroVoices. Erik and Lakshman discuss:

• All-time highs in the stock market despite the pandemic – what cycle does this reflect?
• What cycle is driving the recovery?
• How to manage cycle risks
• What does USFIG (U.S. Future Inflation Gauge)suggest comes next?
• When to expect secular inflation based on leading indicators
• What cycles tell us about the recent upside in the stock market

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MacroVoices #218 Lakshman Achuthan: What cycles teach us about what to espect post-Coronavirus

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Marin Katusa to MacroVoices. Erik and Marin discuss:

• Perspectives on MMT and how it affects the gold market
• How far are we in the gold bull market cycle
• What would change the investment mindset on gold with MMT on the horizon?
• Why investors need to consider currency conversion factor when investing in gold
• What is in store for the natural resources sector?
• Opportunities in gold mining vs. copper mining
• Asset allocation in natural resources sector

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

• Inflation driven commodity super cycle – when will it happen?
• When will  consumer price inflation starts?
• How to manage your portfolio to prepare for inflation
• COVID-19 pandemic impacts on prices
• How to position for commodity super cycle
• How to approach different commodity sectors for allocation
• Outlook on precious metals

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Stephanie Kelton to MacroVoices. Erik and Stephanie discuss:

• Why using taxes to pay for government spending is a myth
• If the government can print money, why are taxes still necessary?
• What measures does MMT use to overcome inflation risk?
• Debunking the myth that the future generation will have to pay for the current national debt
• Risk of dilution in value of dollars due to government money printing
• Constraints of MMT

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Erik Townsend and guest co-host Kevin Muir welcome Mike Alkin & Guy Keller to MacroVoices. Erik, Mike and Guy discuss:

• Future of nuclear power industry
• How big is the Uranium mining industry post-Fukushima
• Collapse of market capitalization of Uranium mining
• How Uranium market works
• Investment opportunities in Uranium market

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr. Pippa Malmgren to MacroVoices. Erik and Pippa discuss:

• Perspectives on recent Presidential debate
• Supreme court legal precedent
• Doespolitical uncertainty in the U.S. create an opportunity for China?
• Accuracy of polls and how investors should consider them

• Possible outcomes and what that would mean for the markets
• Possibility of Donald Trump launching a news network

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