Hard Asset Money Podcast

Hard Asset Money Show -- G7 and Global Debt

7/12/21 - The G7 meetings in June, hosted in the U.K., agreed to back a new global minimum tax rate of 15% that companies would have to pay regardless of where they locate their headquarters. This could potentially have dire consequences for smaller nations and businesses.

Hard Asset Money Show -- 10 Year Treasury Yield vs. Consumer Price Index

7/09/21 - We are experiencing right now the largest gap in 40 years between the 10 Year Treasury Yield, which is the current rate Treasury notes would pay investors if they bought them today, and the Consumer Price Index, which is the measure of how products and services are increasing in a year.

Hard Asset Coin Show -- Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, originally named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, was the fifth emperor of Rome, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty line of emperors following his suicide.

Hard Asset Coin Show -- Cleopatra & Marc Anthony

In 41 BC Cleopatra was summoned to Tarsus (in modern southern Turkey) by Mark Antony. She is said to have entered the city by sailing up the Cydnus River in a decorated barge with purple sails, while dressed in the robes of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Hard Asset Money Show -- Basel III Banking Rules

6/29/21 - The new Basel III Banking Requirements have changed the rules on physical gold verses paper gold. Under the new rules, physical gold has been classified as a Tier 1 zero risk asset while paper gold would be classified as more risky than physical gold, and no longer counted as an asset equal to gold bars or coins..

Hard Asset Coin Show -- Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors, and the last emperor of the Pax Romana.

Hard Asset Money Show -- Asset Bubble

06/28/21 - Are we starting to build into an economy that's overleveraged, overstimulated, with an overprinting of the dollar? Investor Michael Burry, who was the main character that the film The Big Short focused on, predicts that we are going to see the greatest bubble of all time by the magnitude of two orders.

Hard Asset Money Show -- Coin Specifics

06/21/21 - This episode focuses on areas on numismatics have a lot of value, whether a coin is undervalued, a coin is maintaining its consistency of growth, or a coin that has outstanding historical value. The three most important factors that determine the price of the coin include historical value, rarity, and quality.

Hard Asset Money Show -- Inflation

06/09/21 - Inflation is leading to some of the largest commodity price increases in history. The dollar, and our buying power, has dropped close to 7 percent in 2020, and continues to drop in 2021 while food, lumber, car rentals, and many other sectors rise dramatically in price.

Hard Asset Money Show -- Gold Part 2

5/12/21 - Every time inflation has exceeded 2 percent over the last decade, gold has risen. Sometimes significantly. Bank of America has a $3,000 target price on gold. Government debt liabilities are at an all-time high and rising astronomically, ultimately proving to be great for gold in the long run.