Financial Independence

The best investor to emulate now (but only when it comes to investing)

Every investment ideology… sorry, method… has its guru. And a determined gang of acolytes which follow it. It’s deeply unwise to take cheap shots at…

Special broadcast: Maajid Nawaz & Sam Volkering on CBDCs and decentralised currencies

In a special broadcast, Sam Volkering, investment director and editor here at Southbank Investment Research, sat down with British journalist and campaigner Maajid Nawaz to…

Your two financial weapons of mass accumulation

Conventional wisdom and common sense have a suspicious habit of changing radically every now and then. Particularly in the financial world. Government bonds used to…

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…

When will the “Everything Crash” end?

Nick Hubble has asked me to write today about the “Everything Crash”. In recent times, markets have experienced something that many called the “Everything Bubble”.…

Why investing sheep will be eaten by the wolves – live tomorrow at midday

Warren Buffett – one of the greatest investors ever – once said… Be “fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.” He…

Do NOT buy a single cryptocurrency until you’ve read this…

It’s no secret, the crypto market is in full panic mode. We’ve officially hit levels of “Extreme Fear” according to ‘Crypto Fear and Greed Index.…

The crypto crash (And the story no one’s talking about yet)

Crypto has been crashing hard… But a potentially bigger story has been unfolding that few people are talking about yet… A long-feared, trillion-dollar tech event…

A bucket of water on a monetary bonfire

It’s time to dig up some gems from the Fortune & Freedom reader mailbag – thanks for your messages. The first two are all about…

What if chaos in the energy markets is just the beginning?

The Green Machine has always had a mean side. Eco-warriors like to disrupt our lives to make their point. And, lately, they’ve co-opted the government…

Elon Musk buys Twitter but Bill Gates buys farms

“A Black Sea mission to escort commercial ships may be needed to prevent a global food shortage,” The Wall Street Journal recently wrote. “Am I…

The 1970s are back: stagflation, geopolitical crises and shortages… but worse music

If you had your time again, what would you have done differently in the 70s? I had better rephrase that… What investment decisions would you…

Nigel Farage wanted an urgent conference with me...

What you’re about to read is probably the biggest question I’ve ever faced as a crypto analyst and investor… It’s a question that touches on…

What central bank digital currencies mean for you

In the 18th century the philosopher Jeremy Bentham designed an observation system called The Panopticon. It comes from the Greek for “all seeing”. It was…

Which money is best? Free Banking money!

Scottish pounds are much maligned in England. (And among mystified Australian customs officers, I can report.) But what if these funny looking scraps of paper,…

Which money is best? Silver!

They don’t call it a pound karat. It’s not the family gold you show off at dinner parties. The dollar is not called the doubloon.…

Which money is best? Cryptocurrency!

Whatever form of money might be best theoretically speaking, cryptocurrencies are the future and fiat is the past. That’s what Sam Volkering thinks. Here’s how…

Which money is best? CBDCs…?

Well, we couldn’t find anyone to advocate for the idea that central bank digital currencies are the best form of money… but our gold expert,…

A new Fatal Conceit, or is history just rhyming once again?

It might have been his book The Constitution of Liberty that Margaret Thatcher took out of her handbag and slammed on the table at a…

The end of the Exponential Age

We live in an exponential age. Our pension funds presume 7% compounding returns. Our central banks target 2% compounding inflation (emphasis on target). Our GDP…