Goldnomics Podcast – Gold, Stocks, Bitcoin in 2018. Everything Bubble Bursts?

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2:20 What had the biggest impact on financial markets in 2017
6:12 What we need to watch for in 2018
6:25 Is a sharp correction on the cards for financial markets?
6:59 “The Everything Bubble! … bursts”
8:30 The effect of zero percent interest rates
8:45 The effect of “Algos” – algorithmic trading
9:35 Markets awash with liquidity. Bubbles in stocks, bonds, property & bitcoin
10:40 Turning away from fundamentals – stopping the markets pricing risks
11:20 Why investors now have to second guess central bankers
12:10 The markets are running blind because of the official sector
12:19 The effect of passive trading on the market
13:30 Is gold still capable of playing the role of Canary in the coalmine.
Why is it not reacting to the increases in risk?
15:00 We are no longer creating the same level of return in the form of GDP growth
15:50 What is going to be the banana skin for the bull market
16:00 The brewing trouble with Italian banks – what no one is talking about
17:40 The search for yield driving markets higher
18:00 The rise of populism – will the trend continue
19:25 The need for central banks to raise rates – running out of tools
21:10 The rise of corporatism – and the continued rise of inequality
21:30 The political manipulation of money
22:20 Central Banks reaching the end point?
23:02 Bitcoin and the impact on the monetary system
24:25 Bitcoin and the search for yield
25:15 Importance and the impact of the blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin
26:35 Is there a tulip bulb style mania in Bitcoin? How high will it go, when will it crash?
29:25 Why the psychology of bubbles may suggest that bitcoin early stages of a bubble
30:55 State backed cryptographic currencies
31:55 Where are precious metals going in 2018? What will break this sideways cycle?
32:40 What are the reasons to continue to hold gold bullion in 2018
33:25 What the smart money is doing
34:40 The nature of gold as financial insurance
35:25 The paradigm shift of China and its impact on the gold price
37:45 The production costs of gold as a floor to the gold price
38:55 Why diversified investors hope the price of gold falls
40:10 Stephen, Mark and Dave’s ones to watch for 2018!

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