Macro Voices Podcasts

Erik Townsend welcomes Art Berman to MacroVoices. Erik and Art discuss:

• Reflecting on the current oil market
• Where are the comparative inventories
• OPEC decisions and actions dominating price
• Context on OPEC production cuts
• How much new oil is coming from higher prices
• Economics on the shale oil fields
• Perspective on US oil exports
• Exports primary reason behind U.S. inventory reductions
• Underinvestment in exploration and development

SPECIAL POSTGAME GUEST: Energy Markets Commercial Broker Patricia Hemsworth to discuss producer hedging, WTI/Brent spreads and the forward curve price dynamics.

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Erik Townsend welcomes Mark Cudmore to MacroVoices. Erik and Mark discuss:

• Outlook for the US dollar for 2018
• Are rate differentials going to impact the dollar move?
• Considerations on the Yuan oil contract
• Is the bond bull market over?
• Low inflation vs. stagnation
• Is the oil rally sustainable?
• Outlook on the commodity markets
• Considerations on the equity markets
• Perspectives on China’s economy
• Will the European Union survive?
• Outlook for the Euro currency
• Bullish emerging markets and currencies

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Erik Townsend welcomes Josh Steiner to MacroVoices. Erik and Josh discuss:

• Macro drivers of the Canadian and Australian real estate markets
• Canada’s "Minsky Moment"
• Turning up the heat with policies
• Impact on Canadian Banks
• Australian one-cylinder economy
• Perspective on the Australian construction boom
• Negative gearing in Australia and home equity withdrawal
• Considerations on U.S. real estate
• There is still room to run in the U.S. markets

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MacroVoices and Erik Townsend welcome Jeffrey Snider, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen to the show.  In Part 5 of the 5 Part Series, the panel discuss the possible outcomes:

• What sign posts for the big change?
• Potential triggers for a lower U.S. dollar
• Can structural changes be implemented
• Which investment assets will work the best?
• Which investment assets will work the worst?
• Considerations on investment portfolios

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MacroVoices and Erik Townsend welcome Jeffrey Snider, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen to the show.  In Part 4 of the 5 Part Series, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen present:

• Gold as a Reserve Asset
• Gold/Oil Ratio
• Bypassing the US Dollar
• Dollar shortage caused by oil price
• Deficits starting to matter
• U.S. losing its status as a hegemonic power
• Logistics in replacing the U.S. System
• How does the end of Dollar Hegemony occur?

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Erik Townsend welcomes Jeffrey Snider, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen to MacroVoices. In part 3 of the 5 part series, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen present: 

• U.S. Dollar Cyclical Pattern
• Looking at the Dollar Technicals
• Is there room for one more rally?
• Gold and the Oil for Yuan Plan
• Impacts to Emerging Markets
• Demographics, Deflation and Lower Rates
• Welcome to Multi-Polar FX World
• China and Russia’s end-game strategy

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Erik Townsend welcomes Jeffrey Snider, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen to MacroVoices. In part 2 of the 5 part series, Jeffrey Snider presents:

• The post 2007 U.S. Dollar shortage
• How does the dollar scarcity play out?
• Problems facing China at the moment
• Considerations on China’s gold buying
• Is a RMB crypto currency possible?
• Do American politicians even know there is a problem?
• Dollar short squeeze not a U.S. Dollar bull
• Global De-dollarization

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Erik Townsend welcomes Jeffrey Snider, Mark Yusko and Luke Gromen to MacroVoices. In part 1 of the 5 part series, Jeffrey Snider presents:

• Overview of the big picture story
• Perspectives on where we are today
• Bulls vs. Bears (nobody wins)
• Bank of Russia operations in FX repo auctions
• Brazilian Real and the US dollar funding
• China’s management of the US dollar
• The evolving Chinese response

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Erik Townsend welcomes Prof. Steve Keen to MacroVoices. Erik and Steve discuss:

• Reflecting on the 2008 crisis
• What is going to go wrong with the current credit cycle
• False narratives around QE and bank reserves
• Where is the risk to correction in asset pricing?
• Walking dead of debt and the zombies to be
• Considerations on Japan, Canada and China
• How long does this debt cycle last?
• Will the next crisis be more wide spread?

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Erik Townsend welcomes Juliette Declercq to MacroVoices. Erik and Juliette discuss:

• US Economy Late in the Cycle
• China’s Macro Landscape
• Where is Inflation Heading?
• Caution on equities 2018
• Direction for 10year Bonds
• The US Yield Curve and Potential Recession
• When has the Fed gone too far?
• Changing of the guard at the FED
• USD bearish outlook

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Erik Townsend welcomes Marin Katusa to MacroVoices. Erik and Marin discuss:

• Saudi Arabia Politics
• The power shift in the Middle East
• Petrodollar and the Yuan oil contract
• Considerations on American oil
• Understanding the OPEC and Russia relationship
• Saudi Aramco IPO
• Future of electric vehicle market
• The outlook on uranium
• Understanding global uranium enrichment
• Future of Russia and Vladimir Putin

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Erik Townsend welcomes Francesco Filia to MacroVoices. Erik and Francesco discuss:

• Measuring the equity bubble
• Measuring the bond bubble
• What could be the catalyst be for the reversal?
• Fake market narrative
• Chasing narratives and global growth
• Positive feedback loops
• ETFs and their impact on the markets
• Systemic risks from funds not just banks
• Considerations on European junk bonds
• S&P values vs. share buybacks
• Risks to the market from the short VOL trade

SPECIAL POSTGAME GUEST: The Macro Tourist Kevin Muir discussing bonds, inflation and the coming collapse of the short VIX trade. 

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Erik Townsend welcomes Keith McCullough to MacroVoices. Erik and Keith discuss:

• Bullish narrative on equities 
• Valuation is not a catalyst
• Trends in growth and inflation
• Where are we in the economic cycle
• Global economic divergences
• Growth acceleration puts a lid on market multiples
• Earnings considerations
• Considerations on technology valuations
• Long/short strategies
  
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Erik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

• Bastardization of money
• Failure of Primus in 2009
• Reflecting on the failure of AIG
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
• Henry Paulson and Glass–Steagall
• The Eurodollar system going parabolic in the 2000s
• Banks manipulating regulations
• FOMC understanding of Eurodollars
• Big Picture end game of the Eurodollar system

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Erik Townsend welcomes Grant Williams to MacroVoices. Erik and Grant discuss:

• Outlook for the US dollar
• Update on the Petroyuan oil contract 
• Edge of the Cliff 
• Inflation Risks on the Horizon?
• When is the time for gold?
• Thoughts on cryptocurrencies
• Considerations on interest rates and yields
• Australian real estate
• Perspective on China’s credit bubble
• Writing is on the wall in Europe

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Erik Townsend welcomes Harley Bassman to MacroVoices. Erik and Harley discuss:

• Creation of the MOVE index 
• The three Drivers of Risk:  Duration, Credit, and Convexity
• The demographic of the Baby Boomers continues to drive financial markets
• Looking at the long-term profile of changes in the Labor Force
• Changes in Labor Force growth leads 10-year yields
• Labor participation rates are highly demographic
• Considerations on inflation risks:  Yes…..but not until 2024 when the Boomer/Millennial demographic inflects
• Perspective on CAPE ratio levels
• Correlation of buybacks to cumulative flows
• Gold is not an asset, but rather an alternative currency
• Flow of active to passive management is building a negatively convex foundation
• Triggers for a market correction

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Erik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

• The Basel Accords
• Capital Reserve Ratios
• Understanding risk weightings
• Leverage in bank capital
• Considerations on JPM RiskMetrics
• Basic interbank function
• Interbank function under Basel

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Erik Townsend welcomes Art Berman to MacroVoices. Erik and Art discuss:

• Comparative inventory levels on oil 
• Oil price responsive to inventories
• Realization price recovery in crude prices takes time
• Refinery intakes have not recovered
• Where are average consumption levels
• Outlook on gasoline & distillate stocks
• Backwardation on WTI
• Considerations on OPEC-NOPEC production cuts
• Global market balance on oil

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Erik Townsend welcomes Jeffrey Christian to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

• Outlook on the US Dollar
• Global de-dollarization
• Outlook on gold and silver
• Considerations on basic materials
• Why are grains so weak?
• Considerations on new crude oil contract with settlement in yuan, backed by gold 
• The next Fed Chairman
• ECB policy considerations and decentralization trends in Europe
• Considerations on the Russian economy
• Credit issues in China

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Erik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

• The case of the missing money
• Transformation of banking into a wholesale model
• Radical monetary evolution
• Wholesale vs Offshore Eurodollars
• Understanding the great inflation of the 1970s
• Repo markets of the 1970s
• Development of the Shadow Banking System

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