Gold & Commodities

A currency reset draws nearer than ever

I recently wrote to you about the idea of a currency reset. What it is, why it matters and why investors need to understand the…

Why doesn't the government do more for small businesses?

I’m filling in for Nick again this week. Inflation rose again in February. And that was even before the effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…

Baking boot camp to be replaced with hobby farming

Just when the nation’s baking skills have improved massively, after two years of enforced confinement, the price of flour is set to skyrocket. This a…

Climate tech is already stupendously large – and is set to keep on growing rapidly

It is a rare privilege to be contributing to Fortune & Freedom today. Nick Hubble is one of the most provocative, insightful and brilliant commentators…

Limbo investing

[Today’s letter is an excerpt from John Butler’s February 2022 issue of The Fleet Street Letter Monthly Alert, “Investing low on the value chain”.] While…

Pubs to struggle as inflation and taxes keep rising

It’s Rob Marstrand here, investment director at UK Independent Wealth, Fortune & Freedom’s sister publication. I’m taking the reins again from Nick this week, in…

Bitcoin’s most important convert

Editor’s Note: We’re sharing this article from Will Dahl of Southbank Investment Daily which could change the way you think not only of bitcoin, but…

Do you want to make more money?

Do you like money? Do you have money? Would you like more money? Good. How to you think you’ll go trying to earn more money…

Chaotic commodity markets, but there’s a golden shield

Greetings from Argentina! I’m Rob Marstrand, investment director at UK Independent Wealth, which is Fortune & Freedom’s sister publication. I’m taking the reins from Nick…

50 Shades of Green

Considered largely a fringe topic a generation ago, ESG-oriented investing – ESG standing for environmental, social and governance – today is at the heart of…

If you didn’t listen to Rob Marstrand in December and January, you will now…

Rob Marstrand of UK Independent Wealth warned readers about Ukraine, twice. Once in December and once in January. Now, in February… well, check the news……

Offset your carbon costs by profiting from economic climate change

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s Fortune & Freedom. It was about the utter nincompoopery of our national energy policy. And how the consequences seem to…

Am I watching Yes Minister or is this really UK energy policy?

Look, I know I prattle on about how everything the government does ends in disaster. But have you seen the consequences of our energy policy!?…

What if the gold price is just two steps ahead?

Last week, the gold price finally popped out of a trading range it has been in since August 2020. Technical analysis would suggest it is…

Who falls into a bear market first: stocks, Ukraine or Boris?

Markets took a hammering, Ukraine is being lined up for one, but what about Boris Johnson? Will he get off scot-free? And if you’d like…

When inflation spikes out of control, find a bear to poke

Biden takes on Putin, the Financial Conduct Authority consults on marketing restrictions for cryptocurrency, and inflation takes out the Germans, again. And if you’d like…

The Kazakh Spring? Or сары жилеттер?

Is the Kazakh uprising just the beginning? There’s a clever quote from a clever fellow (I can’t remember the details of either) along the lines…

The crypto bubble before the real boom

When it comes to crypto like bitcoin, there’s a fallacy going around. See if you can spot it when I apply it to other assets……

Inflation is everywhere and always a persistent phenomenon

Inflation just keeps getting worse around the world. In the United States, the latest figures saw inflation hit a 40-year high. And the data going…

Prepare to skid on a carefully laid oil slick

We don’t often cover the oil price at Fortune & Freedom. This is despite energy being “the master resource” and oil being energy’s key component.…