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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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Charles Mcelligott Headshot 250xErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Charlie McElligott to MacroVoices. Erik and Charlie discuss:

  • Curve steepener as a recession signal
  • Dollar, real rates and inflation expectations impact on S&P500
  • Gauging tighter financial conditions
  • Chinese credit/financing impulse
  • Late cycle behavior from autos and homebuilders
  • Fearing the inversion or the steepener on the yield curve?
  • Nabe wage surveys, unemployment and recessions
  • Hedge fund underperformance and the performance chase

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

  • Why uranium and why now?
  • Political and geopolitical considerations
  • Understanding the royalty and streaming business
  • Uranium royalties
  • Private placements in a streaming model
  • Understanding warrants on resource companies
  • Focusing on companies that are acquisition targets

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DDB Headshot NewErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Danielle DiMartino Booth to MacroVoices. Erik and Danielle discuss:

  • Jay Powell as the new Fed Chair
  • Jackson Hole – Draghi and Kuroda absence
  • Jackson Hole – How did Powell do?
  • Impacts from the trade war
  • Should markets be concerned about QT
  • Impact of the rising dollar on Fed policy
  • Where is the economy headed?
  • Inflation expectations moving forward
  • Economic outlook in Europe and China
  • What is the trade into the year end?

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JeffreySniderEurodollar University 02 bErik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

  • Considerations on Federal Reserve Intervention
  • Switzerland as a major supplier of dollars
  • Structural changes to the Eurodollar System
  • Riskless return shifts to returnless risk
  • Banks simply do not want to do it anymore
  • Impact to sustained economic growth
  • Impact on global economies including EM and China

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JeffreySniderEurodollar University 02 bErik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

  • Collateral problems with gold in 2008
  • Liquidity risk, not credit
  • Basic Interbank Function – Basel ‘Conjuring’
  • Larger issue of balance sheet capacity
  • Management of the asset side – dark leverage
  • Impaired assets and OTTI
  • Negative swap spreads assaulting conventional financial sense
  • Pro-cyclical positive monetary feedback loop
  • Balance sheet capacity – the modern bank run

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JeffreySniderEurodollar University 02 bErik Townsend welcomes back Jeffrey Snider to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

  • The Lost Dollar Decade
  • LIBOR and EFF spreads over Fed funds target
  • Global dollar markets in perspective
  • Into the shadows of the crisis
  • Financial crisis and the gross outstanding CDS
  • CDS liquidity crisis

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jessefeldermacrovoicepicErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jesse Felder to MacroVoices. Erik and Jesse discuss:

  • Drivers behind the everything bubble
  • Will Quantitative Tightening be a trigger?
  • Is this a topping process in the markets?
  • Impacts of a high degree of market leverage
  • The Buffet yard stick
  • What is in store for the FAANG stocks?
  • How to position yourself defensively in this market?
  • Positioning on agricultural and gold mining stocks
  • Inflation and the risks of an inflation pickup

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maa photoErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome back Martin Armstrong to MacroVoices. Erik and Martin discuss:

  • Is there room for the equity bull market to continue?
  • Outlook on the global bond markets
  • Is a monetary crisis on the horizon?
  • Outlook for the U.S. Dollar
  • How do the geopolitics playout in Europe?
  • Short bonds long equities?
  • Perspectives on China and their credit markets
  • Where is gold headed next?
  • U.S. politics and the midterm elections
  • What is next for Russia/U.S. relations

SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST- Brent Johnson: CEO of Santiago Capitalbrent johnson

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcom Brent Johnson to the show to discuss everything gold.  They discuss the dollar, short-term and long-term outlook for gold.  

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David Rosenberg headshot 250Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome David Rosenberg to MacroVoices. Erik and Dave discuss:

  • One more leg higher in the S&P500 or is the top in? 
  • Outlook on junk and investment grade bonds
  • How do you do play the short on low grade corporates?
  • Secular and cyclical outlook on inflation
  • Where is the US Dollar heading?  
  • What is going on with 10-year treasury yields and where are they heading?  
  • Update as to where we are in the business cycle 
  • Cyclical vs. defensive stocks in the 2nd half of the year 
  • Outlook on the Canadian dollar 
  • Where are we in the Canadian housing cycle?

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SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST- Angie Setzer @GoddessofGrainAngieSetzer HeadShot

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Angie Setzer to the show to discuss everything about the grain markets.

During the interview, they discuss wheat, corn and soybeans, food inflation and the impact of tariffs.

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

  • Trump, art of the deal, trade wars
  • North Korea, a renegade or Chinese puppet
  • Russia, Syria, US and chemical warfare
  • Russia and a new global reserve currency
  • Facebook’s impact on geo-politics and financial markets
  • Where is social media data mining leading us?
  • The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st century

 

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