PodCasts Archives - McAlvany Weekly Commentary

A Look At This Weeks Show: -The deadliest combination: higher inflation and shrinking growth. -Ouch! California’s state pension plan has to sell a $400 million dollar property for 32.5 million. -European bonds on “perpetual hold”? – Could a default be avoided by disallowing the redemption of bonds?

A Look At This Weeks Show: - Why is gold at new highs in the British Pound and the Euro? - If the dominoes of Greek and Portuguese debt defaults fall, it won’t sink the Euro ship. But if Spain goes next…lookout. - The “Battle of Frankfurt vs. Wall Street”: Who wins, who loses and how is  Goldman Sachs involved?

- Goldman Sachs helped Greece hide it’s dirty laundry in 2001 – now the ECB moves to block disclosure. - Are gold and silver having their last seasonal correction before the rise to new highs?   - Machiavellian Economics – or, how to control a crises by controlling the press.

About this weeks show: -What do  regularly repeating 80-100yr cycles tell us about America’s current situation? -How does each generation (young, middle-aged and senior) respond when a major historic change occurs within the cycle? -Can we be aware and expectant of the next season in the cycle without becoming totally fatalistic? About the guest: Neil Howe, best-selling author and national speaker, is a renowned authority on generations in America. He gives readers and audiences powerful insights into who today’s generation are, what motivates them as consumers and workers, and how they will shape our national future. www.lifecourse.com

A Look At This Weeks Show: -The real reason (not Bin laden) for the fight with the Taliban: The T.A.P.I. Pipeline.  -What’s a quadrillion amongst friends?: The Derivatives Market today.   -Manipulating precious metals by changing the rules of the game in the Futures Markets

-          Will the dollar endure as the worlds singular reserve currency? -          What role might the Euro and Renminbi play in the currency markets? -          What is the countdown to 2013? Barry Eichengreen, chairman of the PIIE Advisory Committee, is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and research fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research in London.

-U.S. debt gets thumbs down from S&P Rating service. New revelation? -B.R.I.C.S. say goodbye to Dollar transactions amongst themselves. -How British dethroned themselves to the Dollar half a century ago, and how that relates to the Dollar being dethroned by itself today.

A Look At This Week’s Show: -Food price inflation may have started the engine in the middle-east, but Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood are driving the car. -Egypt and Libya are just minor steps toward the true goal to overthrow the Saudi Royal Family. -Asia and Russia will take advantage of diminishing U.S. hegemony in the middle east.

A Look at This Week’s Show: -Rampant Speculation is again replacing a common sense approach. -No one protests free liquidity until it turns into inflation. -How to have a disciplined approach to your money vs. taking emotionally charged miss-steps.

A Look At This Week’s Show: -Treating the value of the dollar as a constant is a rookie mistake. -Will QE2 end early only to be replaced later with “emergency” QE3? -How inflation affects the four players of the economy: The Debtor, The Saver, The Creditor and The Consumer. Who wins, who loses and why.

A Look at This Week’s Show: -The Japanese crisis does not explain why the Yen is appreciating. - Why the G7 nations intervened on behalf of the Yen – the real reason. - What is carry trade and why should you care.

A Look at This Week’s Show: - Personal Recollections of Past Tsunami Devastation with Scott McAlvany - Seismic Changes in the Dollar That Pre-date the Japanese Crisis - Middle East Petro Dollar Complex Looking Elsewhere for Protection after US Abandonment

About the Guest: Hudson has reported on topics such as Federal Reserve interest rate policy, corporate governance and shareholder activism. Prior to co-anchoring NBR, he was host and managing editor of the nationally syndicated financial television program “First Business.” Tom also reported and anchored market coverage for the groundbreaking web-based financial news service, WebFN. There he reported regularly from the Chicago Board Options Exchange, Chicago Board of Trade and the CME. He also created original business news and information programming for the investor channel of a large e-brokerage firm. Tom Hudson’s Full Bio

A Look at This Weeks Show: - FATCA. One big fat mess - Erosion of financial privacy worldwide - The importance of fraternity to liberty About the Guests: Frank R. Suess heads up the BFI group of companies as CEO and Chairman and personally advises a select group of BFI’s high net-worth clients around the world. www.bfi-capital.com Richard W. Rahn is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute and the Chairman of the Institute for Global Economic Growth. He is also a weekly economic columnist for The Washington Times, and serves on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review. www.cato.org

A Look At This Week’s Show: - Germans not happy with bailout of P.I.I.G.S. - “The budget will never again be balanced” - Even if commodities drop, gold should still rise Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter “The Gloom Boom & Doom Report” report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including “ TOMORROW’S GOLD – Asia’s Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. “ TOMORROW’S GOLD ” was for several weeks on Amazon’s best seller list and is being translated into Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world. www.gloomboomdoom.com