John Butler

CBDCs: digital wolves in sheep’s clothing?

People like to remark that governments foster innovation, especially during wartime. They also like to ignore the slaughter of millions which is usually part of…

The Federal Reserve has already invaded Russia and Waterloo is next

“In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon was not only one of the greatest military minds in history,…

The top 10 reasons why fiat money is superior to gold

Gold’s slow-motion comeback as money rapidly accelerated in 2022. Ghana announced it is looking to buy oil with its gold instead of using US dollars.…

“It’s the money, stupid!”

Today, I am reproducing – verbatim – a recent piece from my colleague John Butler. John is currently the Editor of The Fleet Street Letter…

The weeks where decades happened to the UK

As I set out to write my most recent newsletter in late September, I couldn’t help but feeling that, with every paragraph, I was being…

Beware of the stock market’s “Witching Season”

In the September edition of The Fleet Street Letter Monthly Alert, sent to subscribers at the start of the month, I warned of the “Witching…

3 ways investors can beat stagflation

What is stagflation? Stagflation is more than just a nasty dose of inflation. It’s also paired with a stagnant economy – hence the name. So…

How to hibernate in a bear market

[More than a year ago, John Butler warned you that inflation was coming. Within weeks of that warning, the inflationary nightmare began. But what is…

Nuclear fallout from the UK’s imploding energy “Trilemma”

In 2020, the UK Parliament Commons Library published a briefing document which described the UK’s energy challenges as a “trilemma” of security, affordability and sustainability.…

Limbo investing

[Today’s letter is an excerpt from John Butler’s February 2022 issue of The Fleet Street Letter Monthly Alert, “Investing low on the value chain”.] While…

50 Shades of Green

Considered largely a fringe topic a generation ago, ESG-oriented investing – ESG standing for environmental, social and governance – today is at the heart of…

Is World War II finally over?

[Editor’s note: this piece first appeared in Gold Stock Fortunes, but we have chosen to make it more broadly available due to the impact of…

The future is radioactive

Although only discovered a little over a century ago, radioactivity has moved from the fringes of physics and chemistry to the centre of modern technology.…

Is bitcoin a gateway into gold?

Following a sharp correction earlier this summer, bitcoin has since recovered and is pushing towards its previous highs. The crypto faithful are not merely relieved,…

The wind is “free”?

I like to sail. Many do, especially here in Great Britain: it’s a large, windy island, with craggy coastline, currents, tides – just about any…

What the end of the euro looks like

The euro was always a political project, rather than merely an economic one. With both a formal fiscal union on the one hand and a…

The euro’s TARGET2 is revealing what’s really going on inside the euro area

While the European Central Bank (ECB) has backstopped the governments of the weaker euro area economies, and thereby their banks, it hasn’t been able to…

Why the euro is failing without bond markets crashing

The Covid-clouds might now be clearing from the European economic landscape. However, as they dissipate, they reveal just how uncompetitive much of the euro area…

How to invest when you’re facing stagflation

Yesterday we looked into the spectre of inflation and its terrible twin, stagflation. Today we examine its effect on the stock market and other investments…

Why inflation is back

For many, the rollout of vaccines and associated relaxing of various forms of lockdowns are cause for relief – celebration even. But there is another…