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China Embraces Blockchain, Is This the Space Race of Our Generation?

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Oct 29 – Cris Sheridan talks with Erik Townsend, author of Beyond Blockchain: The Death of the Dollar and the Rise of Digital Currency. They examine the space race over a new digital currency system and look at who will get to redesign...

Governments Are Building a Global Digital Currency to Dethrone the US Dollar (Reprise)

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Feb 15 – “A new space race has begun,” says Erik Townsend, “to develop and roll out a global-scale government-issued digital currency system” to replace the US dollar. Today, on FS Insider, we dive into a new book...

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Governments Are Building a Global Digital Currency to Dethrone the U.S. Dollar

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Nov 23, 2018 – “A new space race has begun,” says Erik Townsend, “to develop and roll out a global-scale government-issued digital currency system” to replace the U.S. dollar. Today, on FS Insider, we dive into a new book...

Jeff Christian: The Fed’s QE Policy Does Not Guarantee Higher Gold Prices

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Dec 18 – Erik Townsend, sitting in for Jim Puplava, welcomes Jeffrey Christian, founder of the CPM Group in New York. Jeff believes that the gold price has hit a cyclical peak, within the longer term secular bull market.

John Doody: Recent Volatility Just Noise; Gold Stocks Remain Very Attractive

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Dec 13 – Erik Townsend sits in for Jim and welcomes John Doody Ph.D., editor of the Gold Stock Analyst . John believes that when you step back and look at the long-term fundamentals, the recent volatility in the gold miners is just noise...

The Lifetime Income Series: When to Make the Decision to Retire−A Case Study

Also, FSN Foreign Correspondent Erik Townsend on the new Cold War with China (part 2)

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Aug 8 – In this week’s edition of the Lifetime Income Series, Jim addresses the question of "when to make the decision to retire." Using the case study of Gary and Kathy Jones, Jim shows how the retirement decision can surface unexpectedly...

The Lifetime Income Series: Retirement−How Do You Stack Up Against the National Averages?

Also on The Lifetime Income Series: “Having A Plan B” and Erik Townsend on the new Cold War between China and the US

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Aug 11 – In this week’s Lifetime Income Series, Jim looks at two new surveys on retirement and discusses national averages. He also looks at "Having a Plan B" regarding how to prepare in the event all the new proposed taxes...

The Lifetime Income Series: What Am I Afraid Of? Dealing With Fears and Retiring With Security

Also, FSN Foreign Correspondent Erik Townsend on France’s Socialist Future

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Aug 4 – In this week’s Lifetime Income Series, Jim looks at the challenge of overcoming your fears in volatile markets and irrational times and putting together a plan to retire with security. Also in this segment, FSN foreign correspondent Erik Townsend joins Jim from France...

Facebook IPO: A Forensic Post-Mortem with Eric Hunsader of Nanex

The Next Level with Erik Townsend

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Market Microstructure expert Eric Hunsader of Nanex joins Erik on The Next Level to discuss what really went wrong in the Facebook IPO.

In-Depth Precious Metals Market Mechanics with Jeff Christian

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Jul 2 – This week The Next Level returns to the topic of Precious Metals markets. Continuing the discussion that began with Bron Suchecki two weeks earlier, Jeff Christian of CPM Group joins Erik as we dive into the details of Precious Metals...

Post-FOMC Macro Update with Chris Martenson

The Next Level with Chris Martenson

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Following the FOMC meeting and extension of Operation Twist, Erik reviews the macro backdrop with Dr. Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.com.

Bron Suchecki: The Role of Arbitrage in Precious Metals Markets

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Jun 18 – Few investors are fully aware of the extent to which arbitrage influences precious metals markets, including Commitment of Traders reports and other data commonly used in fundamental analysis. In this interview, Perth Mint's Bron...

Eric Janszen on Hyperinflation vs. High Inflation

The Next Level with Erik Townsend

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Jun 11 – The Next Level is a new weekly program hosted by Erik Townsend each Monday on Financial Sense aimed at investment professionals and more advanced private investors to discuss hotly debated topics in the financial community.

Crude Oil Market Outlook

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Have we reached the bottom, and is now the time for new longs in energy? My guess is that we still have a little ways left to go to the downside (in terms of spot price of crude oil), but market timing is never smart business.

Peak Oil Speculative Trading Strategies

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Part 2 in the Peak Oil series discusses trading strategies for investors to take part in trading markets.

Peak Oil Explained for Investors

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In Peak Oil Explained for Investors Video 1, I explain what Peak Oil is all about, and the second describes how speculative investors might profit from it.

So You Think You Own Gold?

Understanding the nuances of paper vs. physical and allocated vs. unallocated metal

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The principal contention of this article is that most investors who think they "own" gold or silver bullion really don't! Most precious metals investments - including many touted as "physical" are actually nothing more than paper promises. This article delves into the details of counterparty risk in precious metals investing, and evaluates "paper" vs. "physical" bullion investments, as well as allocated vs. unallocated bullion accounts.

Debunking the Precious Metals Fear-Mongering Campaign

Fighting GATA's lies with hard facts

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This article chronicles the fear mongering campaign undertaken by GATA and King World News, and debunks the false information promulgated by GATA about the events at the recent CFTC hearing on precious metals and the functioning of metals markets in general.

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