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In this episode Greg discusses:

The two biggest macro-economic dislocations in US history, as the main secular "themes" for 2025 (and beyond).

The micro-details in the form of the simple mathematics that clearly illustrate and define those two macro-dislocations.

And the markets...what to do! Two specific strategies that anyone can deploy within the stock market to help protect the purchasing power of your money, income and wealth.

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Among several macro-themes I pushed during last January's 2024 Outlook, I note three that are intertwined with the US Consumer:

One) US Consumer cocoon would “harden” amid deflation in “real” Retail Sales.

Two) Consumers would RELY on Credit Cards to “make ends meet,” thus Delinquencies would soar under intensifying financial pressure, thanks to dangerously LOW savings and ZERO “real” wage growth.

Three) A consumer credit crunch would evolve.

BAM, we entered the final phase, so to speak, as the Fed's Consumer Credit data this week revealed a RARE monthly decline in Revolving Credit, which was inevitable, and an “event” I’ve been “anticipating” ALL YEAR!

Throw in some “hawkish” commentary drawn from the FOMC December Meeting Minutes, a stunning mis-read of the ISM Service Sector Survey results, horrific Retail Sales data, and a less-than-met-the-eye Employment Report…not to mention the second largest monthly Import total EVER and resultant BLOW OUT Trade Deficit, at a time when Tariff threats escalate...

...and my “call” for 2025 becomes crystal clear >>> the US has “crossed over” the “Macro-Event Horizon Line” and we are now captive to the inescapable gravitational pull of a Debt Black Hole. This means STAGFLATION and ultimately, more money printing/QE. AKA "monetary debasement in the purchasing power of paper currencies, wealth and income.

In that vein, the bull market in US equity indexes stands directly "in harm's way", as I stated in my most recent podcast (S3 - Ep2). Indeed, this past Friday the market CRACKED.

I discuss ALL of this, in today's podcast.

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By deciding to cut their Fed Funds Policy Rate this past week, amid a renewed rise in CPI price indexes is a clear sign that the FOMC is "acquiescing" to higher general rates of inflation.

Subsequently the US Dollar has broken out to the upside in a big way, which in turn is weighing on US Stock Indexes, Gold along with the entire Metals complex, and even Bitcoin.

What's next for the US economy, the Federal Reserve, the Dollar, and US asset prices?

Greg lays out his outlook, in today's episode of Money, Markets & New Age Investing.

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In Episode One of Season Three of Money, Markets & New Age Investing Greg Weldon defines the new "D.E.I." for the next four years in the US under Donald Trump.

The new D.E.I. is...

...DEBT

...EASY-MONEY

...INFLATION

Hear all about the NEW AGE "trends" and find out what Greg envisions for the markets over the next few months, in Season Three, Episode One, of Money, Markets & New Age Investing!

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Vladimir Lenin once said...

"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation."

While there is controversy as to whether it was in fact Lenin who said that, or the legendary economist John Maynard Keynes, who attributed that line to Lenin following an interview he conducted with the Russian leader...the fact is simple, the US Consumer is being CRUSHED, ground up between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

Here is what Keynes wrote, quoting Lenin...

"As the inflation proceeds and the real value of the currency fluctuates wildly from month to month, all permanent relations between debtors and creditors, which form the ultimate foundation of capitalism, become so utterly disordered as to be almost meaningless; and the process of wealth-getting degenerates into a gamble and a lottery."

We have bubbles all over, especially in Consumer Credit, and specifically Credit Card Debt. In fact, the total of US Credit Card Debt has risen ABOVE the level of Household Savings for the first time since 2008, while the Seriously Delinquent Rate rose to 10.83%, the highest since 2008.

With no savings and "real" wage growth that is less than one percent year-year, the Consumer is being ground up and crushed by the "millstone". The Fed WILL be FORCED to respond in the not-so-distant future, a dynamic that will meld into HUGE Trade and Budget Deficits, MASSIVE Government, Consumer and Household Debt, and the onset of the BRICs Unit to replace the USD as the means of "settling" global trade ... ALL point to a LOWER USD, which means HIGHER Commodity prices, and a STAGFLATION defined macro-economic environment ...

and...bullish breakouts in Silver and Bitcoin, in the wake of the push in Gold prices to new all-time highs.

Indeed, Vladimir would be bullish here, on Silver and BTC! Find out why in Season Two, Episode 12 of "Money, Markets & New Age Investing!"

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The "Twin Towers" are gone, but never forgotten. Greg worked in Four WTC for several years, and in the adjacent World Financial Center as well, so it is with all humility and respect that he discusses the macro-economic version of the "Twin Towers", because they are back, standing taller than ever, and putting the US Dollar in harm's way. Greg speaks to the records being set within BOTH the US Federal Budget data, and the US Trade data, as the Twin Tower DEFICITS are a BIG problem, again.

Throw in a discussion of how the Fed is behind the "monetary curve", and how the stock market faces an "economic reality check", let alone detailing the RAPID evolution of a viable and wholly credible BRICs Unit as an alternative to the USD as the "currency" used to transact/facilitate global trade ...

... and the greenback is about to be exposed, as the "Emperor Has No Clothes".
So, what to do, investment wise, to protect yourself?

Greg answers that question, in today's episode of "Money, Markets & New Age Investing".

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It's Season Two, Episode Ten and Greg reviews the dramatic shift in the monetary policy narrative from the Federal Reserve this past week, away from "fighting inflation" to "protecting the economy", following yet another in a string of EXCEPTIONALLY WEAK economic data, culminating in a nightmarish Employment Situation Report on Friday from the BLS.

Greg dissects the data, not only in the US, but also in China, who published equally WEAK macro-economic in the last two weeks, as the two largest economies on the planet are suddenly in a downward race towards a "recession".

As such markets have reacted precisely as Greg has been expecting since the first week of July, and dating back to late-March/early-April when he stated that by the August-October period the market would suffer from an "economic reality check". Bonds prices SOARED, boosting his Podcast picks in the SHY Short-Term Treasury Bond ETF, the MBB Mortgage Bond ETF and the XLE Real-Estate ETF, all of which rallied last week in the face of a deep decline in the indexes.

The reality check Greg has expected became more of an epiphany, as the market is realizing what Greg talked about in Episode Nine in mid-July, that the Fed and other global Central Banks have fallen "behind the policy curve" and need to act more aggressively amid a DEFLATION in economic activity. Greg has discussed that deflation since May, highlighting the crash in Home Building, a vicious contraction in the Mortgage market, a plunge in Home Sales, a Consumer who is being choked by continued, sticky, price inflation, and now a Service Sector into a mini-melt-down, and a Labor market that has turned to the downside, with 1.3 million more people unemployed in July, versus July of last year.

What is next for the markets? Greg ponders that question too.

And finally, Greg examines a pertinent lesson to be learned from a Market Wizard, as he continues his review of (his former colleague, and boss) Jack Schwager's must-read classic book, "Market Wizards". This week Greg "talks to" legendary Commodity-Currency trader Bruce Kovner of the famed "Caxton Corporation" (formerly a client of Greg's, to be fully transparent.)

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In Episode 9, Greg introduces his new Three Podcast Special Series, "interviews" with a handful of the greatest money managers/traders of all-time, thanks to his colleague of many years, the legendary Jack Schwager, author of the must-read and top-ten all-time financial market book, "Market Wizards".

Yes, Greg has received permission from Jack to share excerpts from this classic book, an abundance of real world blood, sweat and tears lessons from the greatest of all time, several of whom Greg has worked with or for during his long-tenured career. Of course, Greg's color commentary is priceless unto itself, given his status as a tenacious trader and money manager with four decades of hands-on experience.

And there's more, as Greg shares his current macro-monetary view on the latest US economic data, Fed policy, key comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell, the volatile price action in US stock indexes at the end of the week...and...a preview of his new MASSIVE Special Report on the BRICS currency and its implications for the US Dollar, and most specifically, for Gold and Silver sector, replete with an overview of his top ranked bullish trends among the individual mining shares.

Listen for details on how to get a copy of this landmark report, at the end of today's Podcast.

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