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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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All-Star Dr. Pippa Malmgren and Erik discuss:

  • Bail-out nation: Will the long list of bailout packages tip the economy into secular inflation?
  • Unexpected knock-on effects: What aspects of society will change from the crisis and why?
  • Bio-hazards and Bio-Weapons: Why do governments need bio-weapons laboratories and what if an accident led to another outbreak?

 

 

 

 

 

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This episode of Hot Topic features...

  • The OPEC+ Cut Deal – Negotiations broke down over the weekend – what’s next for the market?
  • Outlook for U.S. Shale after the Coronavirus Crisis: Is a V-shaped recovery realistic?
  • Long-term outlook for energy markets after the crisis

 

 

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Oil-Market Madness - Art Berman Chartbook 

Economics for the Future - Beyond the Superorganism 

The Human Predicament 

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Josh Crumb to MacroVoices. Erik and Josh discuss:

  • Current opportunities in gold market
  • What is the range of possible prices for gold market
  • Gold-Oil ratio: will the gold prices get brought down with oil?
  • Important economic signals come from where people are hedging
  • Is oil price constraining the gold price despite recent central bank policy actions
  • What are the physical dislocations in the gold market due to COVID-19 impact?
  • Is there a disconnect forming between physical and paper price of gold?
  • Outlook on digital currency 
  • Possibilities of global digital reserve currency 

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All-Star Louis-Vinecnt Gave and Erik discuss:

  • Why Asia and Europe had such profoundly different outcomes from the COVID19 Pandemic
  • Three crisis for the price of one: Why markets are currently experiencing three separate crises at once
  • Coming challenges for Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Simon White to MacroVoices. Erik and Simon discuss:

  • This week’s unlimited QE by the FED and its implications
  • Comparison of exogenous shocks vs. recession
  • Are stocks and bonds both starting to sell off?
  • Are treasuries moving up due to the FED buying up bonds?
  • U.S. government’s reaction COVID-19 crisis and how will it impact asset markets

 

 

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This episode of Hot Topic features...

  • Boots on the ground updates from Ground Zero: Northern Italy and Florida Healthcare preparedness updates
  • All the MDs agree Erik’s symptoms are NOT COVID19, yet dozens of listeners from all over the world wrote in with identical symptoms. How does Dr. Steve reconcile this conundrum?
  • What will it take to avoid a complete shutdown of the global economy?

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MUST READ ARTICLE: The Hammer and the Dance 

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All-Star Luke Gromen and Erik discuss:

  • The world is massively short USD and the only way out of this crisis is for the Fed to buy trillions of dollars of debt. Otherwise asset markets will crash.
  • How much is enough? Luke says in theory if the economy shuts down completely, the Fed would have to buy “all” the outstanding debt. That’s $47tn!
  • How is Luke positioned for what’s on the horizon?

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

  • Update on the COVID-19 
  • The impact of the virus on the economy and markets
  • Systemic risks to markets and impact on dealers
  • Has the FED put has expired?
  • Should the markets be shutdown, and what is the alternative?
  • Breaking of the stock vs. bond correlation 
  • Credit risks and the future impact on high yields 

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SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST- Kevin Muir

The MacroTourist 

Kevin Muir Macro Tourist: Governments Are Panicking 

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This episode of Hot Topic features...

  • BLOCKBUSTER: The Imperial College Report—what it says and why it’s making such an impact on policymakers
  • Lessons from Hubei Province: Why shouldn’t we expect a similar outcome in the USA?
  • Making it Personal: Erik’s own experience with “probably having COVID19”

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Imperial College Report on COVID-19 Pandemic 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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All-Star Jeff Snider and Erik discuss:

  • Despite modern complexities in finance and money, the basic issue is old fashioned currency elasticity. Central banks are not suited for it, and the results are obvious now.
  • September's repo event said that money dealers when faced with irregularities would sit on the sidelines regardless of Fed action. They are definitely sitting on the sidelines.
  • Market liquidations come down to repo market - on the collateral side.
  • Stocks, rates, credit, gold, crude; all these asset classes joined by the same factor.
  • QE's are coming not because they work but because that's what central banks do. Bureaucracies care more for their routines than the results.  

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Jeff Snider Chartbook: Elasticity - But What is the Currency 

                                                                 Jeff Snider: Since 2008 major turning points in Gold have been punctuated by Eurodollar anomalies

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