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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 talk about central bank-backed digital currencies (or coupons as Maajid calls them) and decentralised currencies such as bitcoin.

The Boris and Bailey clown act is just depressing now

Usually, there’s a happy clown and a sad clown. Although, in my case, I was more of an evil juggling jester twice a week. The only performance in which I didn’t drop a ball or hit myself with a devil stick at some point ended when I slipped spectacularly and landed flat on my back.

Is this the beginning or the end of the 1970s?

History continues to rhyme as well as American Pie. And now you can add strikes to the list. The big question is whether this is the beginning or the end of the 1970s…

The everything bubble has burst

They called it the everything bubble while it was inflating. Rarely do the mainstream media and consensus get it so right on the way up.

But where can you hide now that it has burst? If everything was caught up in the bubble, then everything now must crash…

Inflation, shortages, lockdowns, recession and political risk

Nigel Farage is not very optimistic about the stock market or the government. In this weekly update, we dig into some of the reasons why. It’s depressing stuff, but extremely important that investors be aware of the situation.

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 to do their dirty work for them.

Expert says you want stocks that can survive a bear market

The start of this year saw the reflation trade (as pumping of money into economies by governments boosted share prices) give way to fears about 1970s-style inflation (resulting in lower prices for many shares and bonds).

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 have made differently if you were faced with living through a rerun of the 1970s?

Metals, money and the pub across the road

I ask Nigel how a kid fresh out of high school scored a job in the open cry pit at the London Metals Exchange, how contract disputes used to be settled (hint, there was a lot less compliance paperwork) and the old-school method of settling contract disputes.

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 claim to be equivalent to a Bank of England banknote, actually hold the secret to the best form of money of all?

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. And the yuan isn’t called the Jīnzi.

Welcome to stagflation. It’s going to get worse.

You might think a moribund economy with 7% inflation is bad enough. But just wait until you see the Bank of Englad’s forecasts for what happens next! 10% inflation and a recession puts us squarely in the stagflation zone.

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 he put it: “You need to get your head out of TradFi!”

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, John Butler, just happens to be an expert on CBDCs too.

Which money is best? Tally Money!

Welcome to another Fortune & Freedom video which asks the question: which money is best? This week’s guest doesn’t just have an opinion. He’s actually created the answer! And it’s called Tally Money.

Which money is best? Gold!

Welcome to a new Fortune & Freedom video series which asks the question: which money is best?

Over the coming days… weeks… months, or possibly even years, we’re going to be inviting guests to come and make the case for why their favourite form of money is the best form.

Will the political pendulum swing against Boris, or the entire Conservative Party?

This week, Nigel Farage spent some time with old friends in the City. And what he heard there is a bit of a worry. Those who actually decide how to allocate billions of pounds of their, our and everyone else’s money are becoming concerned about the direction of the political pendulum in the UK.

How high can interest rates go before the crash?

It’s reverse limbo at the Bank of England. How high can interest rates go before disaster strikes?

And will the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, as the BoE is known, march them up to the top of the hill only to march them down again?

Had enough of the finance gerontocracy? PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel has, again.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett is but a “sociopathic grandpa” and your “enemy number one”. The likes of Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and…