WTFinance, Released on 9/18/24 (Recorded on 9/10/24)

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Alasdair Macleod. Alasdair is the Head of Research for Goldmoney. We spoke about the risk of a debt trap, commodities, whether the FED can cut out of a recession, japanificarion, gold and more. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 – Introduction
1:43 – What is happening in the economy?
3:43 – Commodity crash linked to recession?
7:42 – Impact of low interest rates?
9:40 – Politicians to cut deficit?
14:45 – Private debt market to blow up?
18:55 – Can US/UK go way of Japan?
22:06 – Why is gold unloved?
23:26 – Flooding into precious metals?
31:56 – What does a building of a gold standard take?
39:20 – Only possible with commodity producing company?
42:11 – One message to takeaway from our conversation?

Alasdair Macleod is head of research for GoldMoney. Alasdair has been a celebrated stockbroker and Member of the London Stock Exchange for over four decades. His experience encompasses equity and bond markets, fund management, corporate finance and investment strategy. Read Macleod’s writing: https://www.goldmoney.com/research and MacleodFinance Substack.