Fatal Conceits Podcast

Feb 18 2025 31 ep. 40 mins 11

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A podcast about mobs, markets and manias. Each week, Joel Bowman sits down with a member of Bill Bonner's private research team to discuss the pressing issues of the day. From high finance to lowly politics, irrational markets and international real estate, great wine and classical books, nothing is off the table in these freewheeling discussions. New episodes every Sunday.

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The Mar-a-Lago Accords and Gold

Feb 18 2025 47 mins

Tuesday, February 18th, 2025Laramie, WyomingEarlier today I hosted a live call with Matt Smith from Doug Casey’s Crisis Investing. During the chat, the gold price made an intra-day high of over $2,950/oz. Later in the chat, Matt made the case for why gold could go as high as $21k/oz.Why? How? When? What should you do next?All good questions!You can click on the video above to wat

MN Gordon on the California Exodus

Dec 04 2022 27 mins

Welcome to Episode #78 of the Fatal Conceits Podcast…They’re sometimes called “California refugees.” But they hail from New York and Illinois, too… You’ll find them in sleepy little towns in Florida… Texas… Arizona… Nevada… and across the sunbelt… basically anywhere that doesn’t suffer oppressive taxation, creeping government, woke school curriculums, high c

Vitaliy Katsenelson on Real Estate, Real Value and having "Soul in the Game"

Nov 17 2022 51 mins

Welcome to Episode #77 of the Fatal Conceits Podcast... In today’s conversation, I’m joined by author, value investor, student of life and editor of the popular ContrarianEdge newsletter, Mr. Vitaliy Katsenelson. I’ve been reading Vitaliy’s work, on and off, for over a decade now. In fact, we used to publish his columns and market insights occasionally in The Daily Reckonin

Dan Denning on The Fed's Dilemma

Nov 05 2022 39 mins

And now for some more Fatal Conceits…Welcome to Episode #76 of the Fatal Conceits Podcast, dear listener, a show about money, markets, mobs and manias. All eyes were on the Jay Powell’s Fed this week, specifically the chairman’s remarks following the much-expected 75-basis point rate hike. Word was that the central bank will “continue to do what needs to be done to get the

Robert Marstrand on the Britshow

Oct 30 2022 34 mins

And now for some more Fatal Conceits…“I mean, look, you seriously couldn't make this stuff up and it really is banana republic stuff, frankly. It's embarrassing and they just need to get a grip.” ~ Robert Marstrand on the sorry state of British politics.Welcome to another episode of the Fatal Conceits podcast, dear listener. In this conversation, Episode #75, we catch up with

Bill Bonner on Ben Bernanke's Bubbles

Oct 13 2022 31 mins

And now for some more Fatal Conceits…“I think those people at the Nobel Committee must have a sense of humor,” quipped Bill Bonner, in response to the questionable judgement that resulted in Ben Shalom Bernanke being awarded the Nobel Prize for economics earlier this week. “They're either very dumb or very cynical,” Bill continued. “And I'm not sure which it is because,

Byron King on Europe's Energy Nightmare

Oct 08 2022 55 mins

And now for some more Fatal Conceits…When the Nord Stream pipelines were sabotaged last week (Sept. 26), we immediately fired off an email to energy and resource investor, geopolitical expert and all round man of letters, Byron King. Regular listeners (and readers) will recognize Byron as the man who called out “Germany’s Energy Stalingrad” during our Winter Catastrophe sum

Doug Casey on America's Rude Awakening

Sep 22 2022 42 mins

And now for some more Fatal Conceits…“Let me take this opportunity to antagonize those of our listeners that I haven’t already antagonized…”There are some people who go out of their way to appease others, to say what they think the majority wants to hear, to mollycoddle their audience and make nice with anyone they meet so as not to ruffle any feathers. Doug Casey is not

Federico Tessore - Lessons from the Fin del Mundo

Sep 11 2022 32 mins

And now for some more Fatal Conceits…In today’s episode, we welcome serial entrepreneur, investor, author and founder and CEO of Inversor Global , Sr. Federico Tessore. Over the past two decades, Fede has built his financial research business into one of the most successful in the Spanish speaking world (don’t worry… the conversation is in English), with hundreds of thousan

Chris Mayer talks Deals from Hell, Reveries with Rousseau and his own take on General Semantics

Sep 04 2022 41 mins

Welcome to another Fatal Conceits Podcast. In today’s episode, we’re joined by our good friend and regular favorite on the show, Christopher Mayer. Long time listeners will know Chris as the portfolio manager and co-founder of the Woodlock House Family Capital Fund, which he began with Bill Bonner back in 2018. Chris is also a published author who just released his latest book,