Nickolai Hubble

A fantasyland of endless debt, cut carbon and EU power… or bitcoin?

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are back with a vengeance. And you won’t win any awards for guessing why… The banking crisis has reminded us just how…

Bitcoin was born in a banking crisis. Will it come of age in one too?

Bitcoin was born in 2009, after decades of work on the idea of cryptographic decentralised currency systems. Its purpose was to provide an alternative to…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Nick Hubble?

For many years, every few weeks, my dad would call me up with the latest reason why some sort of financial crisis was imminent. And…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Thorsten Polleit?

Welcome to part four of our series which asks the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Nigel Farage and Greg Canavan?

Welcome to part three of our series which asks the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, Jim Rickards and Jan Nieuwenhuijs?

As I explained yesterday, in the first edition of this series, one year ago, I asked the smartest people I know a simple question: why…

Why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt, John Butler?

One year ago, I asked the smartest people I know a simple question: why can’t central bankers just buy all the debt? Back then, we…

Why net zero’s carbon capture and storage future should terrify you

PS Note from the publisher: On the subject of CBDCs, Nigel has more to say on that right here. If you have ANY money in a British…

The stealth gold bull market

One of the great disappointments of the last three years is gold’s poor performance. The gold price has been trending sideways since the middle of…

Is a bank run underway? Or worse?

Don’t worry, readers. The banking crisis is under control. We don’t need to fear another crisis caused by another bank run. The authorities are monitoring…

The fall of net zero and the securing of Brexit

Amidst all the political, economic and financial chaos engulfing us, there is cause for cautious optimism. Two causes, actually. Net zero is stumbling badly in…

The fall of net zero and the securing of Brexit

Amidst all the political, economic and financial chaos engulfing us, there is cause for cautious optimism. Two causes, actually. Net zero is stumbling badly in…

What’s worse than relying on Russian gas and OPEC oil?

We’re all paying the price of relying on Russian gas for our energy. Not to mention the price of laughing at former President Donald Trump…

Why energy investors make and lose copious amounts of money

How long would it take you to drill an oil well or frack a gas well? I haven’t got a clue, and I doubt you…

The energy transition gets a margin call

It sounds like the panacea of all our troubles. The energy transition promises seemingly free energy. After all, what does the sun and the wind…

The central bankers’ nightmare scenario: inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time

UK inflation didn’t just come in higher than expected in February, it rose to a higher level than in January, continuing an uptrend trend seen…

The central bankers’ nightmare scenario: inflation and a banking crisis, at the same time

UK inflation didn’t just come in higher than expected in February, it rose to a higher level than in January, continuing an uptrend trend seen…

How many trillion must unrealised losses be before they matter?

Yesterday’s analysis of the banking crisis we face was disappointingly vague. But at least we got much of the theory out of the way. Today,…

When Canary Bank drops dead, you don’t stay in the coalmine

If a canary in a coalmine drops dead, do you spend your time debating whether bird flu is contagious or not? That’s what all the…

How inflation makes a muckery of our life

Last week’s Fortune & Freedom generated a thread of reader mail which it didn’t ask for. By which I mean that many of you responded…