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ChrisCookimageErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Chris Cook to MacroVoices. Erik and Chris discuss:

  • How regulators look at markets
  • The blow out of time spreads in WTI
  • Oil deals outside of the market
  • Syncrude going offline and its impact
  • What is the “big long” and what it predicts
  • Who is buying futures contracts 2.5 years out and why?
  • Dark inventory, what is it and how does it fit into the big picture?
  • Energy dominance and the white house
  • China and the Petro-Yuan contract
  • Gaming US exports and inventory
  • Time spreads and war

SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST-  Josh Steiner:  Update on Australian and U.S. Housing Markets. 

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Eric Peters HeadshotErik Townsend welcomes Eric Peters to MacroVoices. Erik and Eric discuss:

  • Replacing the USD as the world reserve currency
  • The impact of protectionist policies on financial markets
  • FED reductions and their impact around the world
  • How accurate is the current unemployment rate and what does it mean?
  • Entitlements and they will become a serious problem
  • The changes we can expect in central bank attitudes moving forward
  • Demographics, baby boomers, and millennials and their impact over the coming years on financial markets
  • Inflation vs deflation which is right and how to be sure

SPECIAL GUEST: Kevin Muir - This week's co-host and post-game guest.  Make sure to download the post-game chart book as Erik and Kevin will be refering to it through the podcast.  

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

  • Current outlook on the U.S. dollar
  • Shift of funding in the U.S. deficits
  • U.S. “Impossible Trilemma”
  • Treasury bonds trading like a risky asset
  • Fed taking the “Shoot the Hostage” stance
  • Emerging market considerations
  • China accelerating global de-dollarization
  • U.S. weaponizing the USD and oil against Russia and Iran
  • Gold and the gold/oil ratio
  • How to trade the second half of 2018

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Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Anas Alhajji, Joe McMonigle and Dr. Ellen Wald to the show. Discussed this week:

Dr. Ellen Wald

  • Saudi Arabia's perspective on the oil markets?
  • Perspective about Saudi Aramco
  • Understanding Mohammad bin Salman
  • Social Politics in Saudi Arabia

Anas Alhajji & Joe McMonigle

  • What is driving the oil markets right now?
  • Considerations on the Iranian sanctions
  • Insights into next week’s OPEC meeting
  • Bigger picture geopolitical outlook for the oil markets
  • How to interpret the backwardation on oil?

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JeffreyShermanHeadShotErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Jeffrey Sherman to MacroVoices. Erik and Jeffrey discuss:

  • Big picture outlook on bonds, interest rates and inflation
  • Considerations on the treasury COT reports
  • Is there a recession coming in the U.S.?
  • How much upside on the U.S. Dollar?
  • Is the trade being short global high yield bonds?
  • How does the economy deal with higher rates and inflation?
  • Bullish outlook on gold?
  • Investing into commodities and commodity funds

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nomi PrinsErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Nomi Prins to MacroVoices. Erik and Nomi discuss:

  • Why has QE never led to runaway inflation?
  • How has the market been propped up for 10 years without consequence?
  • What does the ECB own today?
  • The bank of Japan, their program and what it contains?
  • Central banks around the world and how they compare?
  • When does tapering occur on a global scale?

For the second featured interview Erik Townsend welcomes Pat Hemsworth to discuss:

  • Why Saudi Arabia and Russia can’t make up their minds about oil prices?
  • Iran sanctions, expectations and what they mean?
  • Venezuela, production and what is next?
  • OPEC, faking it till they make it?
  • What is the forward curve telling us about the market?

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LacyHuntBio2017Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr. Lacy Hunt to MacroVoices. Erik and Lacy discuss:

  • Has the bond bear market started?
  • What are the opposing views?
  • Shorting high yield debt and junk credit
  • Where to be on the yield curve right now
  • Will America ever be able to repay the debt?
  • Where is the point of no return on debt?
  • Considerations on global over indebtedness
  • Endgame on the systemic problem of debt
  • Inflation expectations

 SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST: KEVIN MUIR DISCUSSING THE CURRENT BOND MARKETS

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JulietteDeclercqHeadshot250xErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Juliette Declercq back to MacroVoices. Erik and Juliette discuss:

  • Outlook on the U.S. Dollar for 2018
  • Do rate differentials matter?
  • Has there been a regime shift?
  • Is equity risk premium just catching up to higher real yields?
  • How does the economic data tie back into bearish dollar narrative?
  • What has happened this year in the U.S. dollar?
  • Tactical considerations on a new U.S. dollar short
  • Market positioning on the interim
  • Can surprising strength in U.S. economy change the outlook?

SPECIAL POST GAME GUEST: TG MACRO'S TONY GREER

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Gave Charles PicErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Charles Gave to MacroVoices. Erik and Charles discuss:

  • The corporate yield curve and what it is telling us about the equity market
  • The Hong Kong dollar peg
  • China’s debt and related risks
  • The risk parity trade with bonds and stocks selling off simultaneously
  • “The Upcoming Monetary War, With Gold as An Arbiter”
  • Gold bullish vs bearish
  • The return of secular inflation
  • What happened in the 70’s with inflation?
  • Preparing for the return of secular inflation

 

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

  • Deflationary risks in the U.S. 
  • Context on current higher inflation prints
  • How high are risks of a credit event
  • Contagion risk if China “sneezes”
  • Consideration on the impact of higher rates
  • Do we still need a world reserve currency?
  • Is there a concern of the US government not being able to fund itself?
  • Impact of the global de-dollarization trend
  • What is in store for the gold markets?
  • What do investors need to consider in the current environment?
  • What comes next for the equity markets?
  • Impact on emerging market and junk bond markets
  • The falling Yen and its impact on Japan

 

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

  • Considerations on uranium exports to from Russia to the US
  • What options does the US have for new uranium sources?
  • Is there an investment play for uranium?
  • Electric vehicles and why they’ll be a dominant trend over the coming years
  • Why is copper a key component, and how to play it during this trend
  • Is copper a sole source material for EV or is there an alternative?
  • Will more efficient electric vehicles require more or less copper?
  • The copper industry and its ability to scale up
  • The investment play for copper and uranium prices going up

 

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BassmanCudmoreSniderErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Harley Bassman, Mark Cudmore and Jeffrey Snider to the show. Discussed this week:

Harley Bassman: 

  • How will we know when the real bear market is on?
  • The implicit and explicit VOL trade and how long will it take to play out?
  • How will a bond sell off impact inflation?
  • The USD over then next few years

Mark Cudmore: 

  • Is this a correction or something much bigger?
  • The USD and the recent sideways consolidation, what does it mean?
  • Outlook for the bond market
  • Commodities, China, Europe and EM
  • Current stress on the Hong Kong Dollar

Jeffrey Snider:

  • Where are the equity markets headed?
  • What is going on with the Hong Kong Dollar?
  • Principles of a “Dollar Short”

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DariusDaleMVheadshotErik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Darius Dale to MacroVoices. Erik and Darius discuss:

  • The U.S. growth cycle and its peak
  • Considerations on inflation
  • Earnings outlook for the rest of the year
  • Global divergence reiterated
  • Prognostications vs the reality of the markets
  • China’s massive credit expansion
  • One final leg in the dollar?
  • USD breakdown in currency and interest differentials

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

  • Considerations on the equity markets
  • Post-crash dynamics
  • Medium-term drivers of the U.S. Dollar
  • Has something fundamentally changed in the U.S. treasury markets?
  • Where is the yield curve going?
  • TED and LIBOR OIS spreads
  • Outlook on the Canadian economy
  • Context on the Chinese economic outlook
  • Has the Japanese economy peaked?

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

  • How do things look in today’s market?
  • What is on the horizon for inflation?
  • Risks of runaway inflation
  • What comes next for equities?
  • Are the market highs in already?
  • What if bonds and stocks sell off, where does the money go?
  • US Dollar structural issues
  • What is causing the correlation breakdown between the USD and US bonds?
  • What levels should we be watching on the US Dollar?
  • Where to focus the bond short

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

  • What does the yield curve tell us?
  • US Treasury Curve
  • Changes from an Era of Fed Funds Rate Targeting
  • Reflections on the 2006-2009 curves
  • Reflation trends in the post GFC
  • Deconstructing Rates
  • Negative Term Premiums
  • Market Inflation Expectations
  • Eurodollar Futures & Effective Money
  • Central Bank Failure
  • This Flat Curve is the Bad One

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John Mauldin MVErik Townsend welcomes John Mauldin to MacroVoices. Erik and John discuss:

  • Is this the end or just the beginning of this small market dislocation?
  • What is the reason that we have a back up of interest rates?
  • How far can the 10-year go before something breaks and what are the risks?
  • With China’s banking assets now at 44 trillion how will this end?
  • Is inflation coming and what are the consequences?
  • What were some of the surprises from the SIC conference this year?

SPECIAL POSTGAME GUEST AND CO-HOST - Kevin Muir – market strategist at East West Investment Management and author of the MacroTourist. We strongly recommend that you download the chart book that accompanies the post game interview as Erik and Kevin will refer to it throughout the interview. Registered users here at MacroVoices.com already received the download link in your research roundup e-mail. If you haven’t already registered, click the red “Subscribe for FREE” button on the top right side of the home page, and register.  Once logged in, you will see the download link(s) and will be able to download the PDF document(s).

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Jim Grant MacroVoicesErik Townsend welcomes Jim Grant to MacroVoices. Erik and Jim discuss:

  • The state of the FED under J Powell 
  • What to make of rising treasury yields?
  • How far can the FED go before something breaks?
  • Outlook on Inflation
  • Perspective on gold
  • What can be the outcome of such a massive credit expansion?
  • Shorting junk bonds
  • What drivers of long term cycles and what can we expect to see next?
  • What happened when the FED did not bail out the banks in 1920?
  • Considerations on what actions the government can take to deal with the debt

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

  • Gold swaps and how do central banks engage in them
  • What has changed in gold swaps, how are they done today?
  • The gold bug’s conspiracy theory about “gold pukes”
  • What happened to gold in the 2008 crisis
  • What caused gold to turn at the end of 2008
  • Why do central banks still hold gold after 2008 and why are others not?
  • Why did gold peak in 2011 and what was so bearish about it in 2013?
  • How do dollar index futures fit into the gold story?
  • How has the mood changed in gold starting 2017?
  • How will gold play out if the dollar continues to slide
  • Topic nnInterbank lending statistics discontinued, what does it mean

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Rick Rule eErik Townsend welcomes Rick Rule to MacroVoices. Erik and Rick discuss:

  • Why focus on investing natural resources?
  • Using top down macro in resource investing
  • Rare earths and lithium 
  • What resources should investors focus on?
  • Uranium and nuclear energy
  • Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactors
  • Copper, Potash and Dry Bulk Shipping
  • Water as a commodity
  • China and the future of rare earths

 

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