Hard Asset Money Show

03/27/23 Fed Now is a new system that allows individuals and businesses to make real-time payments directly to the Federal Reserve, bypassing intermediaries like banks. The system is set to launch on July 1st and is part of a larger effort to create a centralized, closed-loop system of digital payments. The goal is to increase efficiency, safety and convenience for users. However, some are concerned about the implications of a centralized system that is controlled by the government and the Federal Reserve. Some worry that this will lead to more surveillance and control, and that smaller community banks will suffer as a result. Nevertheless, the system is set to launch in July and will likely change the way people make payments in the United States.

03/27/23 The sanctions placed on various countries over the years, particularly Russia, have led to a drop in demand for the dollar and a corresponding drop in its value. As a result, countries such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia are forming alliances and looking to limit the use of the dollar in favor of their own currencies or a standardized currency they can all agree on. This move is being driven by the desire to have bankable value and reduce the dominance of the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

02/23/23 China and Iran are building a strategic partnership. A cooperation agreement has been signed where China and Iran will work together to expand their collective interests while diminishing the United States global interest. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi spoke to a crowd in Beijing, stating “a new world order is forming, and taking the place of the old one, and the epicenter of the new world order is Asia.”

08/17/22 - What is the CBDC? When will it come out? And what does it mean to us here in the United States and the rest of the world? In the very near future, we are going to a cashless global society. A global digital payment platform. The Chinese government has already rolled out the digital yuan, or the e-CNY, and it has been accepted by many countries around the world, including India, North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, and Russia.

06/22/22 - The United States government has adopted the CBDC, or the Central Bank Digital Currency, as its new monetary policy. That policy will then eliminate all greenbacks, or the current cash that we use every day. On this podcast, we are going to look at why this is being expanded through the United States so quickly.

06/20/22 - Today, we’re going to be talking about inflation, deflation, stagflation, and what it all means. Inflation has been the topic of everyone’s conversation recently. In simple terms, inflation is caused by the overstimulation of the economy through the government printing of money.

06/17/22 - What is going on in the marketplace? The Dow Jones keeps dropping, bonds are getting crucified, the real estate market is coming down fast… We are seeing similarities to the 2008 overstimulated housing market, but this time it’s in multiple asset classes – housing, bonds, equities, crypto, these areas have doubled, tripled, or even quadrupled in the last 5 years or so. That is an over-appreciating, overstimulated asset with too much cash being thrown at a limited supply.

06/10/22 - In the summer of 2007, Greece started to have massive cracks in its credit, and there were systematic runs on the banks. Italy became the second country to have credit defaults. Now, we are seeing similarities. The ECB, or the European Central Bank, which is the Federal Reserve of the European Union of 13 countries, has a crisis on its hands, as the 10 year bond rates in Europe widened relative to the German bonds. The president of the ECB is already being asked to bail out the banks in Greece and Italy.

06/08/22 - Today, we’re talking about the economy in its current state and where the economy will be in 6, 12, even 36 months from now. The current economy says that if we spend up to an addition 3 trillion dollars, we’re going to bring down inflation. But looking at the forecasts for interest rate hikes, and then looking at mortgage rates, spending more to bring inflation down doesn’t make sense. The most recent April numbers show that consumer level inflation is at 8.5%, while wholesale level is at 11%. But figuring in all other hidden figures, inflation is most probably at a record high right now.

05/25/22 - Why is the value of the dollar going down? There are many indicators, but today on part 2, we will discuss the last three of five warning signs that the end of dollar hemegony is near, including Warning Sign #3: The Petrodollar System Flirts With Collapse, Warning Sign #4: Out of Control Money Printing and Record Price Increases, and Warning Sign #5: Fed Chair Admits Dollar Supremacy Is Dead.