WTFinance

Anthony Fatseas

WTFinance is a podcast hosted by Anthony Fatseas breaking down the complex world of finance, investing and trading to make it accessible for everyone. We provide weekly interviews with Finance, Trading and Investing experts on YouTube and Podcast platforms. WTFinance believes knowledge of Finance and Investing is a right everyone should have access to. Our ambitions is to provide this to the world through our podcast and future offerings. If you would like to collaborate, please email us at - whatthefinance@hotmail.com

  1. 1일 전

    Gold vs. The Dollar: Why the Global Hegemony is Ending | Matthew Piepenburg

    Interview recorded - 26th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Matthew Piepenburg. Matthew Piepenburg is Partner at Von Greyerz, author of Rigged to Fail, and co-author of Gold Matters — a comprehensive examination of gold as a historically confirmed wealth preservation asset. He began his career as a transactional attorney, launched a hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble, and has worked across family offices and Morgan Stanley's hedge fund platform before dedicating his work to precious metals and monetary risk.During our conversation we spoke about the current situation in the markets and economy, Scott Bessent's strategy, destroying the financial system, the treasury buying gold and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:13 - Overview of economy and markets?10:34 - Scott Bessent’s strategy18:26 - Destroying the financial system25:11 - Treasury buying gold35:39 - Average person struggling41:43 - One message to takeaway?Matt began his finance career as a transactional attorney before launching his first hedge fund during the NASDAQ bubble of 1999-2001Thereafter, he began investing his own and other HNW family funds into alternative investment vehicles while operating as a General Counsel, CIO and later Managing Director of a single and multi-family office. Matthew worked closely as well with Morgan Stanley’s hedge fund platform in building a multi-strat/multi-manager fund to better manage risk in a market backdrop of extreme central bank intervention/support. The conviction that precious metals provides the most reliable and longer-term protection against potential systemic risk led Matt to join VON GREYERZ.The author of the Amazon No#1 Release, Rigged to Fail, Matt is fluent in French, German and English; he is a graduate of Brown (BA), Harvard (MA) and the University of Michigan (JD). Along with Egon von Greyerz, Matthew is the co-author of Gold Matters, which offers an extensive examination of gold as an historically-confirmed wealth-preservation asset.Matthew Piepenburg - LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/matthewpiepenburgWebsite - https://vongreyerz.gold/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  2. 3일 전

    The Middle East, US Sanctions, and the Coming Economic Shift | Doomberg

    Interview recorded - 25th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Doomberg. During our conversation we spoke about the current economy, economic uncertainty, democratic pain, solution in the Middle East, US sanctions and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:52 - Overview of the economy and markets4:22 - Economic uncertainty8:44 - Democratic pain15:46 - US becoming an emerging market?18:56 - Solution in the Middle East?27:51 - US sanctions29:21 - Anything positive?31:40 - One message to takeaway?Doomberg is an independent, widely distributed publication that delivers concise, entertaining, provocative articles centered on energy, finance, and geopolitics. They are a small team of entrepreneurs that started this business after long careers in the industrial sector. With trillions of taxpayer dollars and myriad government mandates thrown at the energy transition, there was a practical voice missing in the traditional media. They started writing in that voice, with the freedom of having no master to serve beyond the foundation of our own principles, experience, and work ethic.This publication is their passion, and the content is supported by our team’s deep experience in heavy industry, private equity, and the hard sciences. They are entirely reader-supported and have grown to be the most widely read finance newsletter on the Substack platform.Doomberg - Substack - https://doomberg.substack.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/DoombergTEmail - doomberg@doomberg.comWTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  3. 6일 전

    The AI Crash is Coming (And It’s Worse than 2008) | Edward Dowd

    Interview recorded - 26th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance I had the pleasure of welcoming back Edward Dowd. Edward Dowd is a former BlackRock portfolio manager and founder of Phinance Technologies. He has been early on several of the most important macro calls of recent years and his January 2026 recession warning was published before a single shot was fired in Iran.During our conversation we spoke about his thoughts on the economy, AI struggles, hyperscaler capex, China risks, potential of Plaza Accord 2.0, government debt crisis and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:57 - Overview of the economy?1:54 - AI struggles7:50 - A house of cards9:05 - How bad would crash be?10:45 - Hyperscaler capex13:05 - US Real Estate17:30 - China risks21:39 - Demographic issues23:45 - Plaza Accord 2.024:35 - Government debt crisis28:50 - Bonds30:05 - One message to takeaway?Edward Dowd is currently a founding partner with Phinance Technologies. He has worked on Wall Street the majority of his career, most notably at Blackrock as a portfolio manager where he managed a $14 billion Growth equity portfolio for ten years. Edward's book Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden death in 2021 & 2022 propelled him as an alternative voice during the pandemic and the economic implications that continue to plague us today. Phinance's unique alternative macroeconomic analysis of the global debt crisis and what may unfold has given many a deeper understanding of the global nature of our problems today.Edward Dowd:Website - https://www.eddowd.com/Substack - https://substack.com/@eddowdbeyondthenarrativePhinance - https://phinancetechnologies.com/Home.aspX - https://x.com/DowdEdwardWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  4. 8월 19일

    Marc Faber's 2026 Warning: "Devastating Recession" as AI Bubble Bursts

    Interview recorded - 17th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Marc Faber. Marc is a well known contrarian investor & the Editor and Publisher of the “Gloom, Boom & Doom Report”.During our conversation we spoke about his overview of the economy, the K shaped economy, market manipulation, whether we've reached a peak, geopolitical risks, protecting wealth and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:05 - Overview of the economy and markets?4:13 - K shaped economy7:04 - Manipulation8:45 - AI bubble13:27 - Record leverage15:15 - Market peak?20:12 - How to fix the economy?25:29 - How to protect money27:05 - Geopolitical risk31:35 - The new system34:11 - Underappreciated assets36:50 - One message to takeaway?Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude.Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong. Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, publishing a widely read monthly investment newsletter “THE GLOOM BOOM & DOOM” report which highlights unusual investment opportunities.He is also the author of several books including “TOMORROW’S GOLD – Asia’s Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. “TOMORROW’S GOLD” was for several weeks on Amazon’s best seller list and has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Thai and German.Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.A book on Dr Faber, “RIDING THE MILLENNIAL STORM”, by Nury Vittachi, was published in 1998.A regular speaker at various investment seminars, Dr Faber is well known for his “contrarian” investment approach.Marc Faber -Website - https://www.gloomboomdoom.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/gloomboomdoom?lang=enLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-faber-gloomboomdoom/?originalSubdomain=hkWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  5. 8월 17일

    Dollar at the "Danger Stage" - US Has Become an Emerging Market | Tavi Costa

    Interview recorded - 13th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I have the pleasure of welcoming back Tavi Costa. Tavi Costa is a macro investor and mining entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of Azuria Capital.During our conversation we spoke about his current thoughts on markets and the economy, what this means for the FED relevance, dollar debasement, mining stocks undervalued, where Tavi is watching and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:03 - Overview of markets and economy?3:53 - FED relevance6:45 - Dollar Debasement14:51 - Bond Market buying gold17:38 - US buying gold?22:21 - Miners undervalued27:31 - Where is Tavi watching?31:28 - One message to takeaway?Tavi Costa is a macro investor and mining entrepreneur, and the Founder and CEO of Azuria Capital. His macroeconomic research and thematic frameworks have reached millions of readers globally, attracting the attention of leading investors and policymakers. Mr. Costa is also the founding shareholder of San Cristóbal Mining following the acquisition of the world’s fourth-largest silver mine. He is regularly featured in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Bloomberg, and has presented at the IMF. Tavi graduated cum laude from Lindenwood University in St. Louis and played NCAA Division I tennis for Liberty University.Tavi Costa - X - https://x.com/TaviCostaLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/otavio-tavi-costa-76368628/Substack - https://substack.com/@tavicostaWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  6. 8월 16일

    The Dollar System is Over - It Has All Been Planned | Simon Dixon

    Interview recorded - 13th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Simon Dixon. Simon Dixon is a former investment banker, geopolitical and financial analyst, and co-founder of BnkToTheFuture, which has facilitated over $2.5 billion in investments into more than 100 companies including Coinbase, Kraken, and Robinhood. He has spent nearly two decades applying a follow the money lens to the forces reshaping the global economy.During our conversation Simon spoke about his overview of the markets, potential treasury intervention, pumping stock market higher, Plaza accord 2.0, end game of central banks and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:06 - Overview of the economy and markets?5:35 - Treasury intervention7:40 - Pumping stock market higher12:43 - Middle East Outcome19:28 - Multipolar financial world22:24 - Plaza Accord 2.028:25 - End game of Central Banks30:28 - Gaining control35:25 - Protect yourself42:40 - One message to takeaway?Simon is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bnk To The Future, a platform dedicated to helping people build and protect their Bitcoin wealth. He authored Bank To The Future – Protect Your Future Before Governments Go Bust, the first published book to include Bitcoin.Simon left investment banking in 2006 to campaign for monetary reform and discovered Bitcoin when it was just $3. Since then, he's focused on empowering people to prepare for a rapidly evolving financial world, investing early in companies shaping the Bitcoin ecosystem, such as Coinbase, Kraken, Bitfinex, BitPay, Ripple, Robinhood, and others.Every Friday, he hosts BitcoinHardTalk live on YouTube and X, discussing Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and geopolitics. Simon Dixon - YouTube - @SimonDixon21 Website - https://www.simondixon.com/X - https://x.com/SimonDixonTwittWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  7. 8월 7일

    Gold Revaluation to $139,000 to Prevent Debt Collapse? Andy Schectman

    Interview recorded - 4th of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Andy Schectman. Andy is the CO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals. During our conversation we spoke about the current situation in the economy, the structural issues that are facing the monetary system, what this means for gold and precious metals, creation of multipolar systems and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:17 - Overview of markets10:15 - FED & Treasury fix problem?17:29 - Inflate debt away20:45 - Solution to productivity issues35:51 - China rebasing vs gold41:19 - Multipolarity46:54 - One message to takeaway?Prior to starting Miles Franklin, Ltd. in 1989, Andrew became a Licensed Financial Planner, specializing in Swiss Franc Investments and alternative investments. At Miles Franklin Ltd., a company that has eclipsed $5 billion in sales, Andrew has developed an operation that maintains trust, collaboration, and ethical behavior, superior customer service and satisfaction to better serve their clients. He is responsible for overseeing the firm’s operations and business functions; including strategy and planning, account management, finance, and new business.Andy Schectman Website - https://www.milesfranklin.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/milesfranklincoLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-schectman-0895854/WTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

  8. 8월 5일

    Chris Vermeulen: A 50% Stock Market Crash Is Coming

    Interview recorded - 31st of August, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Chris Vermeulen. Chris is the Founder & Chief Market Strategist at The Technical Traders. During our conversation we spoke about the current situation in the markets, the volatility in tech stocks, US Dollar bullishness, precious metals and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:07 - Overview of markets2:40 - Tech stocks4:29 - Sector rotation6:08 - Bear market8:40 - US Dollar11:08 - Precious metals14:55 - Bullish assets?18:55 - Portfolio allocation19:37 - Energy20:55 - One message to takeawayChris Vermeulen is a visionary investor who pioneered an industry-breaking method of investing called “Asset Revesting.” Chris introduced this innovative approach in his latest book, “Asset Revesting – How to Exclusively Hold Assets Rising in Value, Profit During Bear Markets, and Continue Building Wealth in Retirement.“Chris’s journey in the financial world began in 1997 at 16. Using his innate talent for trading and risk management, Chris earned enough money to pay for his final year of college, where he earned a business diploma in operations management. He then transitioned into a full-time entrepreneur and trader, achieving financial freedom in his 20s.His expertise in technical analysis led him to create systematic processes that uncover unique trading and investment opportunities. A persistent advocate for managing portfolio risk, Chris has little faith in the buy-and-hold strategy, which often entails holding onto depreciating assets.Chris’s innovative approach to asset allocation emphasizes efficiency, resulting in systems that manage portfolio positions, exhibit low drawdowns, and consistently outperform the markets. His short-term and long-term strategies are perfect for those seeking proven techniques to manage and protect capital.Chris is widely recognized as an exceptional technical trader, possessing profound insight and a keen understanding of market trends. He shares his wisdom in his book “Technical Trading Mastery, Second Edition – 7 Steps to Win with Logic,” further solidifying his reputation as a trailblazer in the financial industry.Chris Vermeulen - Website - https://thetechnicaltraders.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheTechTradersYouTube - @TheTechnicalTraders WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

소개

WTFinance is a podcast hosted by Anthony Fatseas breaking down the complex world of finance, investing and trading to make it accessible for everyone. We provide weekly interviews with Finance, Trading and Investing experts on YouTube and Podcast platforms. WTFinance believes knowledge of Finance and Investing is a right everyone should have access to. Our ambitions is to provide this to the world through our podcast and future offerings. If you would like to collaborate, please email us at - whatthefinance@hotmail.com

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