Financial Independence

With inflation raging, doing nothing is not an option

I’m pretty sure you know that the rate of inflation is high and still rising. This is terrible news for anyone with savings and investments.…

So many crises they’re on a collision course

There’s a lot going wrong in the world today. The list of crises is getting mighty long. Financial debacles, geopolitical standoffs, economic confusion, monetary madness,…

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 much of our economy is a cost, not a benefit?

How much of our economy is actually just an unnecessary inconvenience? How much of our GDP is a measure of economic activity that actually holds…

Have your say about inflation, stagflation and underinvestment

The reader mailbox is overflowing with some cracking commentary from… none other than yourselves. There were emails about inflation, discussion of stagflation, commentary on a…

Mortgage borrowers are central bankers’ tools

For decades now, mortgage borrowers have had it easy. Each time the economy struggled, they were handed more money to pump it back up again.…

Monetary policymakers are consistently wrong, at your expense… or profit?

Does your investment strategy include the prospect of monetary policymakers getting things completely wrong? Well, it should, according to Nigel Farage. Because they consistently do.…

Economic self-sabotage can be surprisingly profitable

There’s no other way to describe it anymore. Governments around the world are engaging in a long campaign of deliberate economic self-sabotage. And we’re paying…

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…