Welcome to Macro Voices

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

• US Dollar bear thesis from 2016
• Petrodollar world
• Ascendance of the Renminbi
• Treasury bonds as a reserve asset
• Crude oil contract traded in yuan convertible to gold
• One Belt One Road Initiative
• Has the blow off top on the dollar occurred?
• Incrementalism

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Mark Yusko Interview Part 2: All Things Macro 

• Is there room for further upside on the stock markets?
• Is the secular bond bull market over? 
• Inflation outlook
• Precious metals and commodities

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

• Outlook for the US Dollar and Euro
• Where are the US equity markets going?
• Impact of Global CB policy vs the FED
• Is the 35-year bond bull market over?
• Impact of the hurricanes on the economy
• Outlook for Gold and Silver
• Considerations on European geopolitics
• Perspectives on China’s credit bubble
• Underfunded pension crisis
• Escalation of North Korea tensions

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Erik Townsend welcomes Hugh Hendry to MacroVoices. Erik and Hugh discuss:

• Global economic outlook
• Is wage and price inflation coming?
• Outlook for the US dollar
• Where are interest rates and the yield curve going?
• Bond volatility vs. steepener
• Consideration on precious metals
• Outlook for the Global equity markets
• The credit bubble in China
• Outlook for the Macro hedge fund industry

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Erik Townsend welcomes Luke Gromen to MacroVoices. Erik and Luke discuss:

• Why be bearish on the US Dollar?
• Do budget deficits matter?
• New yuan oil contract changing global landscape
• Impact on global Eurodollar system
• Long gold, short oil
• What is wrong with a new QE?
• Impact on global holding of Treasury Bonds
• Is inflation in the US a risk?
• Is the economic endgame starting?

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

• How Dollar becomes ‘Dollar’
• Bankers’ Acceptances
• The Evolution of Eurodollars
• Where do Eurodollars come from?
• Money as interbank liabilities
• What exactly are Eurodollars?
• Transformation of banking into a wholesale model

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Erik Townsend welcomes Joe McMonigle to MacroVoices. Erik and Joe discuss:

• Is the oil supply glut rebalancing?
• Is OPEC just jawboning the market?
• Import data impacting oil inventories
• Outlook for U.S. oil production
• Update on Venezuelan geopolitics
• What can go wrong with Iran?
• Is the Petrodollar system at risk?
• Is the Saudi Aramco IPO going to happen?
• Is the term structure signaling bullish prices

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

• Perspectives on what is gold?
• Energy defining the price of gold
• Interest rates influence on gold
• Gold vs. cryptocurrencies
• Government sponsored cryptocurrencies
• Outlook for the US dollar
• Forecast for gold prices
• Impact stock market volatility would have on gold prices
• Considerations on silver and bitcoins
• Allocated vs. unallocated gold and gold ETFs

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Erik Townsend welcomes Neil Howe to MacroVoices. Erik and Neil discuss:

• What is the Fourth Turning?
• Why the Fourth Turning started with GFC
• Is there another big global event on the horizon?
• Future changes in political landscape
• What to expect for the next decade?
• Impact of baby boomers retiring
• Understanding the Homelander generation
• Silent vs. Homelander generation
• Reflections on the Fourth Turning book and new consideration

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Erik Townsend welcomes Raoul Pal and Julian Brigden to MacroVoices. Erik, Raoul and Julian discuss:

• Views on the US Dollar
• Perspectives on equities and business cycle?
• Outlook on the bond bull market
• Will we see a new bull market in precious metals?
• Demographics and Japan
• Considerations on the coming pension crisis
• Where is oil going next?
• Parallels to the 1990’s business cycle

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