Soar Financially, Released on 4/30/25 (Recorded on 4/29/25)

In this explosive episode of Soar Financially, legendary investor Bill Fleckenstein returns with a stark warning: the U.S. economy is headed for a crisis far worse than 2008. From passive investing distortions and reckless Fed policy to global de-dollarization and gold’s resurgence, Fleckenstein lays out why a major financial crash is inevitable—and necessary.

0:00 – “We Need a Crisis to Fix America”
1:00 – Quiet Before the Storm?
2:30 – The Fed’s QE Monster
4:00 – Debt Spiral and Tariffs
6:30 – Bond Market Doesn’t Trust the Fed
8:00 – Stagflation is Here
10:00 – The Fed Is Trapped
11:30 – Serial Incompetence at the Fed
13:00 – White House Strategy Breakdown
17:00 – Trump vs. China: Who Wins?
20:00 – Crisis is the Only Cure
24:00 – Global Bond Risks
30:00 – Gold is the Only Rational Asset
34:00 – Why U.S. Investors Still Don’t Get It
38:00 – The Dollar Decline: Accidental or Intentional?
42:00 – Mining Stocks: Still Early
46:00 – Fleckenstein’s Ideal Portfolio (2025)

Bill Fleckenstein is the President of Fleckenstein Capital and writes the daily Market Rap column for his website: Fleckenstein Capital. Bill has appeared at one time or another in virtually all financial media including Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, MSN, Marketwatch, Barron’s and more. Bill is a highly sought after speaker, successful author of Greenspan’s Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve and has been in the financial sector for decades.