Frisby’s Bulls And Bears

Dominic Frisby talks to John Kay, one of Britain’s most respected economists and author of Obliquity - Why our goals are best achieved indirectly.

As well as discussing the philosophy behind the book, in the second half of the programme they discuss banking regulation and systems of money. Full of thought-provoking ideas, the final discussion surrounding the financial system should give all listeners plenty of food for thought.

John Kay's career has spanned academic work and think tanks, business schools, company directorships, consultancies and investment companies.  He is a visiting Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, a Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford, the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is a director of several public companies and contributes a weekly column to the Financial Times.

This podcast was recorded on 14 March 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.

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Dominic Frisby talks to Martín Von Hildebrand, General Director of Gaia Amazonas, about mining in the Colombian Amazon. They discuss illegal mining and its consequences, the lack of clarity from the Colombian government on mining and the dilemma of modernisation and its effects on the cultural integrity of indigenous people.

Martin Von Hildebrand is the director of Fundación Gaia Amazonas,  which he set up in 1990 to work with the indigenous people of the Amazon areas in Colombia, to help them secure their territorial rights and protect the forest. He first visited the Amazonian Indians in the 1970s and has ever since been an activist for indigenous rights, cultural and ecological diversity , working in both government and non-government organizations. In 1986 he became Head of Indigenous Affairs under the government of Virgilio Barco. He has doctorate in ethnology from the Sorbonne in Paris and has won many awards including the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

This podcast was recorded on 12 March 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.

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Jordan Roy-Byrne, publisher and editor of TheDailyGoldPremium, thinks gold stocks may be bottoming soon.

Jordan - aka Trendsman -  is a Chartered Market Technician.  From 2010-2012 The Daily Gold Premium Model Portfolio was up 131% compared to GDX (+5%) and GDXJ (-11%).  In 2012, the Model Portfolio was up 32%, making it arguably one of the top-performing gold/silver stock newsletters.

This podcast was recorded on 11 February 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney -GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.

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Ian Gordon, President of Longwave Analytics is sticking by his call that the Dow is headed to 1,000.

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Hong Kong-based private investor Michael Hampton returns, talking gold, the race between stocks and gold, and opportunities in gold mining shares.

The related charts are here.

Hampton makes the case that the gold price is currently marking a low in its long-term bull run. While there is a chance that the trend channel could be broken to the downside, the odds favour a continuation of the upward trend. If the gold price were to move back to the top range of the trend channel we could see $2,200 to $2,500 per ounce of gold.

This podcast was recorded on 6 February 2013. It can also be heard at Goldmoney -GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.

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Dominic Frisby talks to Andrew Craig of Plain English Finance about his new book, Own The World.

Andrew graduated in Economics and International Politics in 1997.  His first job took him to Washington DC where he worked for a US Congressman on Capitol Hill.  Andrew’s time in DC was hugely helpful in his gaining an understanding of how important politics and politicians are when thinking about finance and investment.

Since then Andrew has spent over a decade working in financial markets for various finance firms in London and latterly New York.  These included UBS, Credit Agricole (France’s biggest bank) and two smaller boutique firms.

This podcast can also be heard at Goldmoney - GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.

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Paul Tusatin of BullionVault discusses his recent analysis, Printing Money For Beginners And Experts.

BullionVault founder and CEO Paul Tustain has a background  in financial I.T. and settlement systems software. His previous business processed $120bn worth of stocks and bonds for major banks through London's markets each day. He bought his first bar of gold in 2001 following the sale of his software business. But that gold was expensive and contractually complicated, and the poor experience led to his founding BullionVault. A sought-after commentator, Paul is regularly interviewed by the international media and widely published as an authority on the history and economics of gold investment.

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Tom Winnifrith shows great insight into what really goes on at junior mining companies as he talks gold, equities and West Ham.

Tom Winnifrith is a man of many talents. Foremost a writer, his blog is tomwinnifrith.com and  he owns the “Real Man Pizza Company”.

His book, Letters From The Chestnut Café, is available here.

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Ben Dyson, founder and director of , Positive Money , discusses the whys and hows of monetary reform. His new book is called Modernizing Money.

Positive Money believes that the root cause of many of our current social, economic and environmental problems lies in the way that we allow money to be created. "We work to make the confusing world of money and banking much easier to understand," it says. "When money drives most of the activity on the planet, it's essential that we understand it."

This podcast can also be heard at Goldmoney - GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver.

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Jack England, aka Andy Duncan, talks about his libertarian, action adventure, swashbuckler, neck-gripper, killer, thriller debut novel, The Sword Of Marathon.

Buy The Sword Of Marathon from Amazon.

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