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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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Luke Gromen

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

  • The fall of SVB and the Fed’s hiking cycle
  • Is the Fed done with QT?
  • What will the Fed do with inflation and what it means for the markets
  • Crude oil – what’s next?
  • How to play the end of the hiking cycle
  • Tensions with Russia & China and what it means for the markets
  • Outlook on the US dollar

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Louis-Vincent Gave

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

  • Hot topic macro themes
  • What is the market signalling?
  • Energy outlook
  • Escalation of conflict between US/Russia and what it means for the markets
  • Where is the bond market headed
  • Recession outlook
  • Fed rate hikes – is it over yet?

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Dr. Anas Alhajji

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

  • Lessons learned after Russia/Ukraine conflict anniversary
  • SPR - What caused the recent big builds in inventory
  • Russian natural gas export
  • Oil price outlook
  • Internationalization of liquified gas and what’s ahead
  • Demand decline vs. demand destruction
  • Phasing out fossil fuels before finding viable replacements

 

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Julian Brigden

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

  • Has inflation topped and will it make its way down?
  • Expectations of a policy reversal
  • War cycle spending and its impact on the markets
  • Precious metals
  • European markets
  • Passive investing trend & return of volatility

 

 

 

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Dr. Pippa Malmgren

SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST- Dr. Pippa Malmgren

 

 

 

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Lakshman Achuthan

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

  • Recession – what do the cycles say?
  • Hiking rates into a global recession
  • Business cycle & job losses
  • 1970s-Era CPI inflation
  • Impact of geopolitics on the cycle 
  • Impacts of development of AI on jobs

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Introduction to Geothermal Energy
  • Deep Geothermal and Geothermal Electricity
  • Relevance of the shale oil revolution to Geothermal energy
  • Supercritical Geothermal Energy: Pumping serious heat
  • Technology breakthrough potential

 

 

 

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ENERGY DOC - Narration Script with Numbered Paragraphs

Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • History of the Crude Oil Market
  • We cannot phase out fossil fuels before phasing in viable alternatives
  • Low Hanging Fruit: Why oil production always gets more expensive over time
  • Hubbert’s Peak
  • Conventional vs. Non-Conventional Oil Production
  • OPEC Spare Capacity is all but exhausted

 

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ENERGY DOC - Narration Script with Numbered Paragraphs

Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Societal Complexity & Pace of Human Advancement are a function of how much cheap, abundant energy is available to the economy
  • The importance of replacing Fossil Fuels with clean energy alternatives
  • Analysis of current energy supply & demand statistics
  • Why Electricity and Hydrogen are not energy sources 
  • What it’s really going to take to solve the problem (wind & solar alone are not enough!)

 

 

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ENERGY DOC - Narration Script with Numbered Paragraphs

Jeff Snider

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

  • Inflation in post-pandemic period
  • Soft landing?
  • Energy
  • European market
  • Has the fed successfully contained inflation?
  • China reopening

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Erik Townsend

In this episode: 

  • Breeder Reactors & Why they’re important
  • Thorium fueled reactors
  • The Waste Burner Reactor: Burning yesteryear’s nuclear waste as fuel
  • Nuclear Fusion & Why it can’t help in the crisis timeframe
  • Erik’s prescriptions for solving the coming crisis

 

 

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