Gold & Commodities

The down under way to profit from net zero

In Friday’s edition of Southbank Insider, which is available to paid subscribers to any one of our publishing company’s newsletters, we pondered which resources investment…

Starvation diet: the recipe for cooking up an energy crisis

It’s easy to undermine the green energy transition with one simple question: why do we cook food? Before I get a bunch of inappropriate emails…

Less than zero

As my colleague Nick Hubble wrote earlier this week, there is a “nuclear revival” in the works in Europe. Elsewhere in the world, the building…

It’s not the carbon that counts, but who counts the carbon

Net zero sceptics love to point out just how small the UK’s contribution to carbon emissions are in a global context. The inference is that…

Why fossil fuel divestment is a fantastic idea… for fossil fuel investors

History is full of things the government tries to ban phase out. But what happens each time they do (try)? An investment opportunity promising outsized…

How to wait for nuclear power’s comeback

Now that the world is having second thoughts about net zero, attention is turning to viable solutions. It’s not like they’ve given up on climate…

Could another energy crisis reignite inflation?

Well, it’s that time of year again. Our now traditional annual energy crisis is already on the way. And so we’re all going to have…

Why energy markets offer the best mispricing opportunities for investors

Prices are the street names of the economy and financial system. They define where you go, how you get around and where you are. Without…

Detour on the Road to Net Zero

It emerged last week that the government is seriously considering imposing price controls on basic foodstuffs. There has been immediate push-back from those who understand…

Net zero’s Tavistock moment

Which sort of transition is more controversial these days? Gender transition or energy transition? Net zero or Tavistock? From unquestionable orthodoxy to favourite opinion column…

Why fossil fuels are the best way to play net zero

With much of the developed world now committed to net zero, the hunt is on for how investors should play the theme. After all, we’re…

Why gold is the go-to in a multi-polar world

All around the world, nations are seeking ways to escape the tyranny of the US dollar. As Russia discovered the hard way, it is no…

Is there a golden lining to CBDCs?

As our regular readers know, here at Fortune & Freedom we’ve been banging on about the potential threat to your wealth posed by the probable…

Competing currencies aren’t just possible, they’re here already

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about competing currencies and allowing the private sector to provide our money. No doubt most of you…

Searching for gold: Part II

Interest in buying gold appears to be all the rage. As explained in Part I yesterday, the Google search request “How to buy gold” has…

Searching for gold: Part I

When we see the terms “searching” and “gold” together we don’t first think about Google. The perennial search for gold is associated with myth and…

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…

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…

The emerging global “oil axis”

Two historic things happened this month. First, Chinese Premier Xi Jinping visited Moscow, in an obvious show of support for Russia in the Ukraine conflict.…

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…