Macro Voices Podcasts

Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Izabella Kaminska to MacroVoices. Erik and Izabella discuss:

• Shifting into endemic phase – what that means for the economy
• Is this inflation transitory?
• Supply chain – shortage in semi conductors
• Instability in Ukraine/Russia relations
• What the current economic situation means for investors
• CBDC in China – will other governments adopt?
• UBER and Airbnb business model
• What happens next in recovery for consumers

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Ronald Stoeferle to MacroVoices. Erik and Ronald discuss:

• Return of volatility

• Is recession upon us?
• Price of gold
• Rate hike cycle and inflation
• Velocity of money and inflation expectations
• Relationship between gold and crypto

• Performance of mining shares
• General market outlook

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Viktor Shvets to MacroVoices. Erik and Viktor discuss:

• The inflation pendulum
• Monetary policy and its relationship to the stock market
• Negative interest rates and gold
• Will the Fed tighten or ease?
• Post Covid geopolitics between US/China/Russia
• What’s priced wrong and where are investment opportunities?
• How to invest during the re-opening of the economy

*Please note that the market wrap commentary was recorded mid-session with the S&P still up on the day, before the late-day crash to new lows*

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Erik Townsend and guest host Kevin Muir welcome Darius Dale to MacroVoices. Erik and Darius discuss:

• Deflation or inflation?
• Omicron effects on the markets
• How will recovery impact asset prices post-pandemic? 
• End of stimulus and what that means for the markets
• Fed is late to tighten – where does this go next?

• Impending secular inflation vs. 1970’s inflation
• Outlook on gold and precious metals
• Quantifying potential downside in the stock market

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Grant Williams to MacroVoices. Erik and Grant discuss:

• Are central banks leading us to inflation trap?
• Will the Fed follow through with tapering?
• Omicron effects on reopening of the economy
• Asset allocation in current market conditions
• Tesla – will it finally roll over and break?
• Disparity between oil displacement and transition to green energy
• Foreign affairs – US/Russia/China relations 

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

• Omicron effects on the markets
• Fed’s tapering – is it real this time?
• Is the Fed heading into an inflation trap?
• Final era of oil 
• US/China & US/Russia relations post COVID
• Precious metals, US Dollar and cryptocurrency

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

• Inflation vs Deflation
• What happens if there is no correction in nominal prices?
• "The Buffet Yardstick”
• What is in store for equity markets next year?
• Precious metals and mining stocks – where is the opportunity? 

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Francesco Filia to MacroVoices. Erik and Francesco discuss:

• DeFi – Decentralized Finance

• Will bonds be replaced with new credit instruments?
• The next step leading to DeFi
• Displaced bonds and what that would mean for investors
• Cryptocurrency and digital lending
• What to expect in digitization of financial industry 

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

• Inflation, deflation or disinflation?
• Core PCE and Final Demand PPI
• Precious metal outlook
• Backing up of rates and how far can it go?
• Is the Fed going to taper?
• Warning about the 1960’s

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

• Inflation outlook
• Powell’s latest comments
• Will there be a meaningful correction?
• Commodities supercycle
• Outlook on gold and crypto currency
• What’s next for US dollar

    Breakfast with Dave 

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Lyn Alden to MacroVoices. Erik and Lyn discuss:

• Long-term debt cycle
• Lessons from the 1940’s financial repression 
• Will the government keep the inflation going?
• Bonds vs. Inflation
• Broad money and CPI
• The oil cycle
• Perspectives on monetary and fiscal policy
• Portfolio composition in current landscape

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

• Secular or transitory inflation?
• Increase in energy prices and CPI
• How will the government respond?
• Foreign investment in bond market 
• Lack of investing in oil market 
• Bond market as inflation indicator
• Why Yellen and Powell may be right

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Ole Hansen to MacroVoices. Erik and Ole discuss:

• Price of energy & green investing focus
• Post pandemic demand increase & supply chain disruptions
• Inflation hedge in current environment
• Outlook on oil and energy
• Precious metals, uranium and nuclear power
• Impacts of weather on supply for agriculture production

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Mike Green to MacroVoices. Erik and Mike discuss:

• Views on the latest FOMC meeting
• Outlook on equity markets, gold and crude oil
• China’s impact on commodities
• Which way will the bond yields go?
• Impacts of Cryptocurrency and DeFi on central banks
• Benefits of tokenized digital dollar

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome David Hay to MacroVoices. Erik and David discuss:

• Inflation and Greenflation 

• Outlook on equities
• Paul Tudor Jones’ “Range Expansion” 
• Breakouts and Breakdowns
• Cryptocurrencies & Gold
• Investment strategies in current environment

• Wage inflation and employment shortages

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

• Is this inflation transitory or structural?

• Secular inflation and tax receipts
• How MMT may impact monetary policy moving forward
• How will central banks respond?
• Politics and policy – what it means for asset allocation
• Outlook on bond yields, US dollar, bitcoin and gold

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Cullen Roche to MacroVoices. Erik and Cullen discuss:

• Trillion-dollar coin and debt ceiling

• Stagnant economy and inflation
• Modern Monetary Theory
• Will inflation turn into stagflation?
• Fed’s response to inflation
• Keynesian’s counter cyclical policy

• Outlook on equities, dollar and bond yields 

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Russell Napier to MacroVoices. Erik and Russell discuss:

• Current situation in China and its impacts on inflation

• Interest rates and inflation
• China’s influence on central banks facing inflation
• Collectivism and its implications on central banks
• Outlook for bond rates
• Impacts of inflation on stock market

• Financial repression – how will it unfold?
• Outlook on equities and gold

 Find out more about Russell's new course at www.didaskoeducation.org or you can contact Russell at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jeroen Blokland to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeroen discuss:

• Is inflation transitory?

• Policy response to inflation
• Supply chain disruption
• Bullish sentiment in the stock market
• Portfolio allocation
• Reflecting on last week’s FOMC 

• China and Evergrande
• Perspectives on Bitcoin

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Juliette Declercq to MacroVoices. Erik and Juliette discuss:

• Macro outlook
• The two types of inflation
• Unemployment rate and wage inflation
• How will the Fed react to rising wages?
• Wealth accumulation by generations and income inequality

• Supply and demand imbalances

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