At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we remind folks of one of the grandest bubbles of all time, one that we have been positioning for: an unwind of the value of financial assets relative to hard assets. It is so easy to see the bubble. But waiting

The following quote from John Hussman caught our attention (h/t to @SeekerRisk for the annotated chart): With that in mind, we often get asked the question along the lines of, “Markets seem over extended. How about buying some puts to provide downside protection?” We always encourage folks to stick with their

If there ever was a time when you could see a trend solidly in motion, now is it. 💻  TO TECH, OR NOT TO TECH? Staying with China for another moment… sometimes knowing where not to be is just as important as knowing where to be. After all, all investments are

🖥️  LONG TECH STOCKS = LONG BONDS Morgan Stanley is echoing our thoughts on the relationship between bonds and tech. To us this highlights how interlinked many markets are and how the general stock market (with its huge weighting in tech/growth stocks) is probably not a great hedge against inflation. From

🛢️  THE STATE OF OIL & GAS While nothing we don’t already know, this Bloomberg piece provides a terrific insight into how pervasive and powerful the ESG hysteria really is (even among the “Big Boys”) and what that means for the energy market: We have relationships with approximately 400 institutional investors

While we’re being told coal is having “an existential crisis,” The Wall Street Journal reports: Coal was in decline for years in many countries, but its use is now picking up in the U.S., China and Europe despite growing pressure from governments, investors and environmentalists to curb carbon emissions. The

With government (as well as corporate) debts at nosebleed levels AND interest rates at by far the lowest point in the last 140 years, we’re facing a unique dilemma today… What happens if we were to ratch interest rates up like Volcker did in 1980, when inflation raged? As we

This week’s issue is going to be slightly different — an excerpt from a recent issue of Insider Weekly that is guaranteed to ruffle the feathers and trigger a flood of hate mail in our inboxes, so consider yourself warned… We’re going to take a closer look at bitcoin, specifically