Nickolai Hubble

My Kingdom for a hospital pass

No doubt you’re all glued to your screens, watching the Rugby League World Cup. Well, UK politics is about to descend into similar scenes.

How governments are making the energy crisis worse

I didn’t know how they’d make the energy crisis even worse. But I did know it was only a question of when we’d find out.…

Not all financial crises and recessions bring inflation down

What if the recession and financial crisis that central bankers are trying to cause don’t bring down inflation at all? What if they only make…

How should I pay off my mortgage?

Why are mortgages a hot topic today? Complaining about interest rates has become a national sport. Actually, it’s become an international sport. That’s because central…

Don’t worry about your pension… PANIC!

The media’s coverage of the UK pension crisis continues to snowball. And rightly so, with the pension system, the pound and the government’s finances coming…

Are stock buybacks a good thing for investors?

What is a stock buyback? What should companies do with their profits? Reinvest them in order to grow their operations and, thereby, future profits? Or…

Chart-crime investing in gold and bitcoin

How an investment has performed depends more on the timeframe you choose than the actual merit of the investment. Bitcoin is probably the best-performing investment…

Two weeks without Nigel Farage and all hell breaks loose in the UK…

Nigel Farage has been busy touring the globe, spreading the word. But what word? And why? In his absence, the UK went into complete meltdown,…

Two weeks without Nigel Farage and all hell breaks loose in the UK…

In his absence, the UK went into complete meltdown, with the currency crashing, bonds plunging and political chaos unfolding. But what was behind all the chaos? Or should I say who?

The big answers to the three big questions: the mini budget, the recession and the euro’s demise

All the crises we’ve been writing about in Fortune & Freedom are rearing their ugly heads at the same time. Currencies like the pound and…

Wither the pound?

The pound, the euro, the Swedish krona and the Japanese yen have all tanked so far this year. But what does that mean for their…

Has a financial crisis started yet, or is it over already?

History is full of financial crises. But each one was defined by something – a housing bust, a sovereign debt default, a hyperinflation or a…

Is Credit Suisse the next Lehman Brothers?

Financial markets were jittery already. But then Credit Suisse’s credit default swaps started to blow out, signalling a rising probability of default. It’s all so…

The next phase of the financial crisis has begun: currency crises

We think of currency crises as being related to pegged exchange rates, emerging markets and foreign currency-denominated debt – things that don’t apply to the…

The energy crisis is morphing into a currency, debt, industrial and commodity crisis

If you thought the inflation was bad, just wait. The consumer price spikes driven by our energy crisis could be eclipsed by a long list…

Only a financial crisis can save the stock market now

Have you been wondering how central banks will save us this time? With inflation closing in on double digits, how will they justify printing money…

Welcome to Quadrant 4: gold is rising… in terms of pounds

Back when we first launched Fortune & Freedom in 2020, we knew gold was going to be a key topic. Nigel Farage and I both…

Prepare for capital controls – the third horseman of the Unholy Trinity’s apocalypse

According to an economic theory called the Unholy Trinity, governments can only ever have two of the following three things: pegged exchange rates, independent monetary…

Is it time to “Buy, Buy, Buy” the stock market?

The bad news is becoming an all-encompassing blur. The new government’s budget is copping the blame for absolute carnage in the financial markets. We’ve hit…

Is it time to “Buy, Buy, Buy” the stock market?

The bad news is becoming an all-encompassing blur. The new government’s budget is copping the blame for absolute carnage in the financial markets.