Gold & Commodities

Everything to play (or fight?) for

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Banks fail first, then the energy companies

I for one, don’t see it as a systemic risk to the global banking system. In fact, I suspect this may be a subversive move…

Get used to food shortages… or should I say rationing?

For two years I’ve warned you about food shortages due to Europe’s energy crisis. Now that they’re here, we can all blame… wait for it……

Our man in the gas market knew the truth in September…

Last week, Nigel Farage warned that our energy crisis may only be beginning. But this week, we hear from James Allen, our energy expert at…

Energy, not money, is the building block of prosperity… or poverty

We tend to think about the economy and our own personal economic lives in terms of money. Do we have enough money to afford the…

Why invest in stocks when there’s wine, sneakers, gold, whisky and watches?

I’ve long worried about the financialisation of everything. Every aspect of our lives seems connected to financial markets somehow. These days, retailers seem to be…

The top 10 reasons why fiat money is superior to gold

Gold’s slow-motion comeback as money rapidly accelerated in 2022. Ghana announced it is looking to buy oil with its gold instead of using US dollars.…

Why gold is a unique investment (and why you need it)

[Note from Nick: With Nigel Farage airborne, and either climate change or poor energy policy wreaking havoc with my local power supply, today’s Fortune &…

The Green Energy Revolution is going the way of the French Revolution

The French Revolution didn’t work out so well. In the end, it merely replaced one despot with another… after some seriously bloody turmoil in between……

The war on physics is not going well. Prepare for blackouts.

Nothing sounds as good as the promises of green energy. But, as the energy policy commentators extraordinaire known as Doomberg like to put it, “In…

The world gets sucked into the giant black hole of European energy policy

Seldom do political projects unwind as badly as Europe’s energy policy has. But today, we don’t dig into what’s going wrong inside Europe. Instead, consider how badly Europe’s energy policy is mucking up everyone else’s lives, too.

Our spy in Sydney on the latest resources to boom and plume

We may be shooting for net zero. But has anyone figured out how we’re getting there? Not according to Shae Russell’s intelligence from the International…

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…

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 the Powell Putin Pivot

The recent rally in the stock market was triggered by a perceived pivot in monetary policy. While I’m not so sure central bankers have actually…

A metals-led commodities supercycle

If it takes a decade to create a mine, how do supply and demand for commodities find an equilibrium? Badly. The commodities supercycle is driven…

Europe’s latest war with Russia will end in another winter humiliation

Europe is trying to expand its latest empire into Eastern Europe, again. You’d think they’d know better by now… It began… well, it began a…

“Whither commodities in stagflation?” You’ve got it backwards…

Worsening stagflation means that it’s the toughest investment climate I can remember. However, that isn’t saying much given my financial market memory only goes back…

Global currency reset

What is the global currency reset? What if I told you that, every few decades, the world’s leaders meet in a swanky hotel, picturesque palace…

Russia waited for the Beijing Olympics to end. China, too…

A few months ago, the New York Times reported “China Asked Russia to Delay Ukraine War Until After Olympics”. But what if they weren’t the…