The Competent Investor

Tom Bodrovics
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The Competent Investor brings you deep-dive conversations with the world's top investors, economists, and market strategists. Every episode unpacks the macro forces shaping markets, reveals actionable insights, and delivers conversations that compound your understanding of where capital is flowing.

  1. 2d ago

    Rick Rule: Why the Metals Aren't Dead and When I'm Buying More

    Rick Rule shared his observations from his recent Rule Symposium investment conference, noting a stark contrast in sentiment between different types of precious metals investors. Seasoned, wealthy participants who save in gold welcomed the 30% price decline as a buying opportunity, while newer adherents were unnerved. Among the high-quality exhibitors, there was uniform optimism, with the best companies and projects finding ample access to capital despite a widely advertised shortage in the junior space. This capital is increasingly coming from sophisticated sources like majors and family offices, not momentum-chasing tourists.Rule predicted a coming surge in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) driven by the need for major mining companies to buy sustainability and growth after years of underinvestment and capital discipline. He explained that declining margins from rising input costs and past high-grading practices will force companies to seek pipeline growth through acquisitions, creating significant opportunities for speculators who can identify likely targets. Regarding near-term gold prices, he was cautious, citing a strong US dollar and higher nominal interest rates as headwinds that will likely persist, making dollar-denominated savings superficially attractive. He stressed that the CPI is an unreliable measure of true inflation, as real costs for items like energy and housing are rising much faster than official figures suggest.For speculators, Rule emphasized avoiding the 85% of essentially valueless junior companies by doing hard work. His primary screen is to invest only with management teams that are part of the serially successful 1%, and to ask them the single most important unanswered question about their asset and how they plan to test it. He also discussed long-term structural underinvestment in the energy sector, highlighting a future supply shortage in oil and the growing certainty around uranium as a baseload power source, leading to his bullish outlook on these sectors.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:50 - Conference Sentiment on Metals00:06:42 - Quality Companies Access Capital00:09:47 - M&A Trends in Mining Sector00:18:00 - Worthless Juniors Phenomenon00:20:14 - Gold Acting as Risk Asset00:24:54 - Inflation CPI and Dollar00:26:45 - Education Versus Emotional Investing00:31:15 - Portfolio Building Strategies00:37:05 - Warrants & Private Placements00:40:00 - Eggs and Basket Positioning00:44:40 - Energy Shocks and Nuclear00:53:35 - Battle Bank Services Explained00:58:39 - Rule Symposium Recordings01:04:00 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:Rick Rule — Investor, Speculator, Founder & CEO of Rule Investment MediaRick Rule has dedicated his entire adult life to many aspects of natural resources securities investing. Besides the knowledge and experience gained in a long and focused career, he has a global network of contacts in the natural resources and finance sectors.Mr. Rule is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and is regularly interviewed for radio, television, print, and online media outlets concerning natural resources investment and industry topics. Prominent natural resources-oriented newsletters and advisories frequently quote him. Mr. Rule and his team have expertise in many resource sectors, including agriculture, alternative energy, forestry, oil and gas, mining, and water.X Website YouTube Classroom Battle Bank 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  2. 4d ago

    Rory Johnston: Global Oil Market Chaos - 3 Factors Making For a Larger Energy Crisis

    Tom Bodrovics welcomes back commodity market specialist Rory Johnston for his analysis of the volatile state of the global oil market, focusing on the Strait of Hormuz, Chinese demand, and refining capacity disruptions. Johnston explains that following a recent memorandum of understanding, there was a temporary surge in oil transits through Hormuz as stranded tankers were released, creating a short-lived mini-glut that depressed prices. However, this flow has since collapsed again due to renewed kinetic attacks between Iran and the United States, effectively closing the strait once more and tightening supply.A central theme is the unexpected role of China as a "swing demander." Johnston details how China abruptly slashed its seaborne import demand by approximately 5 million barrels a day, likely through a combination of reduced refinery runs, feedstock substitution, and the release of strategic product stocks. This massive, policy-driven swing cushioned the market from a severe price spike, preventing the demand destruction that would have otherwise been necessary. This new dynamic positions China as a powerful counterpart to OPEC's supply management.The discussion also highlights a critical disconnect between crude oil and refined product markets. Widespread Ukrainian drone attacks have knocked out a significant portion of Russia's refining capacity, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports and even import fuel. Combined with other factors, this has driven diesel crack spreads to historic highs, with diesel priced at nearly double crude oil. This situation creates a paradox where crude markets can be weak due to a lack of refining demand, while product markets face extreme tightness. Johnston argues that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve remains a vital policy tool, not merely for import cover but as a source of discretionary, rapid-response supply. He contends that the market's inability to quickly self-correct validates the need for such reserves.Looking ahead, he expects prices to move higher in the short term due to renewed supply disruptions and depleted stockpiles, but maintains that a structural oversupply and a potential glut still anchor the medium-term outlook, predicting a bumpy road for oil markets over the next 18 months.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:22 - Hormuz flows post-MOU00:04:30 - Pipeline and storage dynamics00:09:11 - Renewed tensions impact00:11:40 - Price and positioning analysis00:16:20 - Demand elasticity China role00:25:13 - Demand & SPR00:32:13 - Russia refining capacity loss00:41:42 - Market future outlook00:47:15 - Siberia Drone Strike00:48:03 - The Road Ahead00:52:10 - Peak oil thesis debate00:56:25 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:Rory Johnston — Commodity Market Research - Specializing in Oil & GasRory Johnston is a Toronto-based oil market researcher, the founder of Commodity Context, a lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, host of the Oil Ground Up podcast, as well as a Fellow with both the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines.He is a leading voice on oil market analysis, advising institutional investors, global policy makers, and corporate decision makers. His views are regularly quoted in major international media including the Financial Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Reuters, BNN Bloomberg, CBC, and Financial Post, and he frequently appears on numerous market and industry podcasts (e.g., Bloomberg’s Odd Lots, Hidden Forces, etc.).Prior to founding Commodity Context, Rory led commodity economics research at Scotiabank where he set the bank’s energy and metals price forecasts, advised the bank’s executives and clients, and sat on the bank’s senior credit committee for commodity-exposed sectors.Substack X 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  3. Jul 9

    Melody Wright: America's Affordability Crisis is Building into a Crash in 2026

    Tom welcomes Melody Wright, a housing analyst and strategist to the show. Melody describes the U.S. housing market as entering its fourth year of a "frozen" state, with combined annual sales volumes comparable to 2008 levels despite a 20% population increase. National statistics mask significant regional disparities: home prices are declining in the South and West, while the Northeast and Midwest are beginning to weaken. This stagnation stems from a severe affordability crisis, where median home prices far exceed the sustainable benchmark of three times household median income, inflated by years of speculation, Airbnb investment, and treating housing as a casino rather than shelter.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:16 - Housing Market Changes00:04:04 - Sales Decline Analysis00:05:54 - Explaining Market Drop Causes00:09:40 - Land Speculation Cycle00:15:32 - Delinquency Concerns Rising Guest:Melody Wright — Strategist, Writer, Technologist and GFC1 SurvivorA 24-year BFSI veteran, Melody was recently named as one of Mortgage Women Magazine's Women of Technology and is a contributing writer to multiple publications. Her 2023 article in HousingWire entitled “Debunking the Housing Inventory Myth,” created controversy and sparked debate in the industry and amongst the investor community as housing analysts attributed low sales to inventory issues. Wright presciently argued that the depressed housing market was due to affordability issues and changing trends in how people buy and sell homes.Melody Wright began her mortgage career at GMAC ResCap (RFC) in 2006 and helped manage the historic ResCap bankruptcy. After leaving ResCap and before joining the FinTech revolution, she focused on operational effectiveness at multiple large, nonbank mortgage companies. Melody launched her own strategy and technology company in 2022, Huringa, which assists the investor and industry community with navigating the ever-changing macroeconomic landscape utilizing market data and comprehensive, integrated technology solutions.X Substack YouTube Spotify 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  4. Jul 8

    Jaime Carrasco: Gold | Why Central Banks Continue Buying in an Uncertain Time

    In this interview, your host Tom Bodrovics and senior portfolio manager Jaime Carrasco analyze the recent volatility in precious metals, framing it as a typical and expected part of a secular bull market driven by a fundamental global monetary shift. Carrasco argues that gold is money and everything else is credit, with the current fiat currency system in terminal decline. He points to rising global interest rates not as an attractive yield but as a signal of bond market instability, exacerbated by soaring government debt and aging populations. This environment is devaluing all fiat currencies, which is why central banks worldwide are aggressively buying physical gold.Carrasco contrasts the extreme overvaluation in tech and AI sectors, exemplified by SpaceX's potential valuation, with the undervalued gold and silver mining sector. He notes that high-quality producers are generating strong free cash flow, increasing dividends, and buying back shares, while also consolidating the industry through acquisitions. This creates a massive opportunity, as institutional and retail ownership of precious metals remains near historic lows. A core part of his strategy involves playing the gold-to-silver ratio, which he believes will revert from its current level toward the historical mining ratio, driven by a structural supply deficit and growing industrial demand for silver in technology and green energy.The central theme is the importance of disciplined, long-term asset allocation rather than emotional trading. Carrasco recommends a minimum 30% portfolio allocation to the sector as a hedge against currency devaluation and systemic risk. He emphasizes direct share ownership over ETFs to avoid counterparty risk and focuses on companies with strong management, quality assets in safe jurisdictions, and low production costs. Ultimately, he views the current pullback as a buying opportunity, positioning for a historic wealth transfer as the global monetary system realigns around gold.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:46 - Metals Market Volatility Discussed00:01:34 - Why Own Gold and Silver00:02:55 - Rising Interest Rates Impact00:05:44 - Fiat Currencies Devaluation00:07:29 - Stock Market Overvaluation Concerns00:08:44 - Silver for AI Infrastructure00:12:04 - Historical Market Comparisons00:18:55 - Physical Share Ownership Benefits00:28:16 - Gold Silver Ratio Strategy00:32:21 - Silver Supply Deficit Analysis00:34:22 - Sector Underownership Reasons00:40:23 - Dividend Strategy in Producers00:47:56 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:Jaime Carrasco — Senior Portfolio Manager & Senior Investment Advisor at Harbourfront Wealth ManagementJaime Carrasco is Senior Portfolio Manager & Senior Investment Advisor at Harbourfront Wealth Management. From 2014-2018 he worked as Director of Wealth Management and Associate Portfolio Manager for ScotiaMcLeod. Before this, he worked for Macquarie Group, CIBC Wood Gundy, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Gordon Capital, and Merrill Lynch.Jaime is a leading Canadian investment professional with 25 years of experience providing wealth management and investment counsel to affluent families, businesses, and institutions. He has garnered a reputation for questioning and challenging the status quo and exploring the most innovative investment strategies.Jaime, whose mother tongue is Spanish, also speaks Italian and French. He completed a BA in political science and economics at the University of Toronto in 1988. While a student, he worked for CS Yacht, a company that built luxury sailboats, thus spending his summers as a skipper for the Canadian establishment members. Jaime credits this experience and having survived sailing through Hurricane Bob in 1991. This experience taught him lessons that have become a metaphor for his financial investment strategies."Like one's financial wealth, sailing is not about controlling the wind, but rather about adjusting the sails."X LinkedIn Website E-Mail 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  5. Jul 1

    John Johnston: Debunking the Tank Bottom Narrative and Oil Prices Going Forward

    Veteran commodities trader John Johnston, also known as JJ, provides a detailed rebuttal to the prevailing narratives of oil market scarcity, arguing that the recent price volatility was a paper-driven phenomenon disconnected from physical realities. He explains that the price spike to $120 in March was fueled by the purchase of 750 million barrels worth of futures contracts in a short period, a massive speculative position that has been unwinding for weeks, pressuring prices. In reality, inventories were at near-record highs entering the conflict, with little actual disruption to supply. The US itself is structurally oversupplied, producing millions of barrels per day more than it consumes, while global proven reserves stand at a staggering 1.7 trillion barrels, rendering talk of shortages untenable.Johnston deconstructs the concept of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), revealing that recent drawdowns were not sales but structured repo agreements. The government lent barrels to companies with a 25% payback due in the future, meaning those future obligations have already been hedged in the market. He dismisses the "tank bottom" narrative about Cushing storage as technically misleading, explaining that operational capacity is vastly underreported and that the current system’s high throughput velocity makes a logistical failure highly improbable. This underscores a broader principle: if a narrative is not validated by price action, it should be ignored, as market participants with vested interests, like oil producers, will never claim a surplus.Looking at the broader financial landscape, Johnston notes a shortage of dollars and a strong dollar environment acting as a headwind for commodities, with the market in a disinflationary liquidity contraction. Given this outlook, he sees no significant trade in flat oil price but suggests the long end of the Treasury curve offers value, expecting yields to fall. For equity exposure, he prefers gold miners and pipeline companies, which generate massive cash flows at current commodity prices, allowing him to comfortably weather volatility. Ultimately, he argues that market understanding comes from a position of detached amusement, not anxiety, and that the current oil market is a “great big nothingburger” that should be trading at lower levels.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:16 - Oil Market Perception vs Reality00:07:30 - Refiner Profits Analysis00:16:54 - Strategic Petroleum Reserve00:23:27 - SPR Dynamics00:27:00 - Tank Bottom Narrative00:32:22 - Oil Dynamics & Manipulation00:37:36 - Dollar and Macro Factors00:44:36 - BLS Data Reliability00:50:33 - Rates & Investment Strategies00:55:30 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:John Johnston — Veteran Commodities Trader & Substack PublisherJohn Johnston, known as JJ, is a veteran commodities trader with 48 years of experience. He began his career as a runner on Wall Street, became an account executive at Conti Commodities in 1976, and in 1977 purchased seats on the NYMEX and COMEX, trading from the pits for the next three decades.Over his career, he worked for firms including Drexel Burnham Lambert, Rudolf Wolff, REFCO, Mann Financial, The Standard Bank of South Africa, and ADM Investor Services.Through his Substack (jj745.substack.com), JJ shares a blend of old-school trading wisdom, selective technical analysis, market history, and lore. As he says, “I never try to be right. I try to be honest. I never want a reader to think what I think. I want the reader to know what I know.”Substack 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  6. Jun 30

    Jesse Felder: This is the Type of Setup You Look For as an Investor

    Recorded on: June 29, 2026Jesse Felder highlights a striking divergence in oil markets: physical inventories, including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, have plunged to multi-decade lows while demand hits records, yet institutional investors hold the most bearish positioning ever. This contrarian setup is amplified by the AI frenzy, which has drained interest from energy—despite the sector’s strong five-year performance. Insider buying in exploration and production (E&P) companies and an absence of commercial hedging signal confidence in sustainably higher prices. Felder argues that a decade of underinvestment due to capital flowing elsewhere, first to shale, then to ESG, now to AI has constrained supply, laying the groundwork for an oil supercycle targeting $120/barrel.Turning to gold, Felder notes that a needed correction has brought prices back toward levels suggested by real rates, with speculative froth easing. A pivot from the Federal Reserve toward rate cuts—should economic weakness emerge—could reignite a bull run. He warns that new Fed Chair Warsh’s attempt to walk back dovish policies and market handholding may be thwarted by the economy’s immense dependence on asset prices and record margin debt, which, as a share of M2, now rivals March 2000 extremes. The AI-driven equity rally is increasingly fragile. The Magnificent Seven’s once-dominant moats have eroded as they compete in overlapping fields, while free cash flows for hyperscalers have evaporated.The emergence of open-source Chinese AI models—offering comparable performance at a tiny fraction of the cost—threatens to slash demand for expensive compute. With training still accounting for most chip spending, any pullback in frontier model development could collapse semiconductor demand just as South Korea plans massive new supply. This dispersion and leverage echo past speculative peaks. To navigate these cross-currents, Felder emphasizes broad diversification, adding real assets, energy, and precious metals to traditional portfolios. Tactically leaning into out-of-favor areas with strong fundamental stories can provide resilience as the capital cycle rotates away from the most overcrowded trades.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:46 - Iran War and Oil Markets00:04:20 - Gold Leading Commodity Prices00:05:50 - SPR Refilling and Demand00:12:47 - OPEC Supply Dynamics00:18:57 - Attractive E&P Companies00:21:53 - Precious Metals and Gold Outlook00:26:29 - Fed Policy and Inflation Risks00:36:25 - MAG7 and AI Profitability00:43:35 - Cost of Compute & Open Models00:49:05 - AI Bubble Popping00:52:20 - Semis & Korea Performance00:53:30 - Safer Investing00:56:40 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:Jesse Felder — Founder, Editor, and Publisher of The Felder ReportJesse Felder is the Founder, Editor, and Publisher of The Felder Report. He began his professional career at Bear, Stearns & Co. and later co-founded a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Since moving to Bend, Oregon in 2000 and founding The Felder Report shortly thereafter his writing and research have been featured in major publications and websites like The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Yahoo!Finance, Business Insider, RealVision, Investing.com, and more. Jesse also hosts and produces the Superinvestors and the Art of Worldly Wisdom podcast.X Website Articles 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  7. Jun 25

    Robert Sinn: What If the Fed Doesn’t Hike this Year

    Tom welcomes investor Robert Sinn to the show. Robert attributes the recent sharp sell-off in the gold and mining sector primarily to a strengthening US dollar and rising interest rates, describing the current environment as a "perfect negative storm" for junior miners. He notes that sentiment has reached extreme negative levels, comparable to the March 2020 and October 2022 lows, with technical indicators like the gold miner bull index hitting zero. Sinn suggests these oversold conditions, combined with improving seasonal trends, may be setting the stage for a tradable low, presenting buying opportunities for quality miners that have pulled back to key support levels from late 2025.The discussion contrasts current market conditions with the early-year rally, where gold appeared to front-run geopolitical conflict. Sinn argues that the recent inflationary spike is transitory, driven by unique war-related oil disruptions that are now reversing. He contends the greater long-term threat is actually deflation, powered by accelerating technological advances in AI and robotics that could massively expand the supply of goods and services. This outlook informs his view that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to hike rates despite market fears, a misinterpretation that has pressured gold.Sinn emphasizes relying on technical analysis and price action to filter out pervasive market noise and propaganda, especially during the recent Iran conflict. This approach prevented poor, fear-driven decisions in the oil market, which he now views as attractive again after the war premium evaporated. For mining investments, he focuses on catalysts across the sector lifecycle, from free cash flow in seniors to drill results and permitting milestones in juniors, citing Colombia-based Endina Copper’s consistent high-grade intercepts as a compelling example. He remains confident that precious and base metals are in a secular bull market, viewing the current correction as a classic shakeout within a long-term uptrend.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:02:48 - Dollar Impact on Mining00:05:21 - Gold's January Performance00:08:50 - Oversold Sentiment Concerns00:09:48 - Deflationary Pressures Ahead00:14:48 - Fed Policy Uncertainty00:18:24 - Dollar Strength Analysis00:23:40 - Technical Analysis Focus00:29:23 - Mining Entry Opportunities00:31:50 - Oil Sector Investments?00:33:14 - Copper and Metal Fundamentals00:37:21 - Company Evaluation Criteria00:47:04 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:Robert Sinn — Investor, Trader, Market Commentator, and Author of the Gold Finger Capital SubstackRobert Sinn is a 20+ year market veteran whose research and insights are followed by hedge fund managers, investment professionals and thousands of readers/viewers across the globe. His introduction to the stock market came in 2003 when his Father shared a research note on a company called Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM). Shares proceeded to rise more than 1000% over the next nine months. Robert was hooked, and the Junior mining sector became an obsession.Across his extensive career Robert has acted as a market participant, commentator and trader performing dozens of site visits, CEO interviews and generating a wealth of research spanning multiple market cycles.X Substack CEO.CA YouTube 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

  8. Jun 18

    Steve St. Angelo: Gold and Silver Prices Face More Volatility With a Looming Deflationary Crash

    Steve St. Angelo, founder of the SRSRocco Report, discussed a wide range of fundamental factors impacting precious metals, energy, and the broader economy, cautioning against sensationalist price targets. He argued that the recent parabolic surge in gold and silver, driven by massive FOMO, leverage, and specific narratives like a supposed Chinese export ban, has resulted in a necessary consolidation phase.Current margins for miners are historically high, but a correction is likely not over, with technical gaps suggesting potential downside to $3,500 gold and $55 silver, especially during a broader market sell-off. A central theme was the fragility of energy markets. The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz serves as a preview of future constraints, with the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve and Cushing inventories approaching critical functional minimums. This situation masks deeper issues, including opaque oil stockpile drawdowns in China.Steve predicted that higher oil prices will manifest in the near term, contributing to economic stress. He identified the AI bubble as the primary catalyst for an impending recession, far more destructive than the dot-com crash, as trillions of dollars in data center buildout risk becoming stranded assets. The popping of this bubble, combined with liquidations by fundamentally unprofitable Bitcoin mining companies, is expected to trigger a significant deflationary wave. In this environment, St. Angelo sees investment demand, not industrial or central bank buying, as the ultimate long-term driver for silver, which will protect wealth as other financial assets suffer from peak energy constraints.He also highlighted the market’s dysfunctional reality, noting that a spike to $300 silver would likely break the bullion dealer system, creating a liquidity crisis where sellers massively outnumber buyers.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Introduction00:00:58 - Gold Silver Prod.  Costs & C.B.00:04:23 - China Oil Inventory Drawdowns00:05:49 - Strategic Petroleum Reserve Analysis00:09:44 - Oil Inventory Timeline Risks00:14:56 - AI Bubble and Recession Risks00:19:43 - Federal Reserve Policy Challenges00:24:04 - Precious Metals Miner Margins00:26:00 - Gold Silver Risk Asset Behavior00:28:26 - Future Gold Silver Outlook00:35:03 - Trading Silver For Gold Oz.00:42:51 - Bitcoin Miner Economics00:49:18 - Concluding Thoughts Guest:Steve St. AngeloIndependent researcher Steve St. Angelo (SRSrocco) started to invest in precious metals in 2002. Later on in 2008, he began researching areas of the gold and silver market that, curiously, the majority of the precious metal analyst community have left unexplored. These areas include how energy and the falling EROI – Energy Returned On Invested – stand to impact the mining industry, precious metals, paper assets, and the overall economy.Steve considers studying the impacts of EROI one of the most important aspects of his energy research. For the past several years, he has written scholarly articles in some of the top precious metals and financial websites.You can find many of Steve’s articles on noteworthy sites, such as GoldSeek-SilverSeek, Market Oracle, Financial Sense, GoldSilver.com, SilverDoctors, TFMetals Report, Outsiderclub, SGTreport, BrotherJohnF, Hartgeld, Der-klare-blick, PeakProsperity, SilverStrategies, DollarCollapse, FurtureMoneyTrends, Sharpspixley, FinancialSurvivalNetwork, Pmbull, Deviantinvestor, PmBug, Wealthwire, and ZeroHedge.#PreciousMetals #GoldSilver #EnergyCrisis #OilPrices #SPRInventory #CentralBanks #InvestmentDemand #SilverMining #GoldMining #AIBubble #MarketCrash #DeflationaryWave #BitcoinMining #PeakEnergy #WealthProtectionX Website YouTube 📈 The Competent InvestorMarkets, macro, and the minds that move money.Website — Full episodes, charts, heatmaps, and guest profiles.RSS Feed — Subscribe in any podcast app.Substack — Exclusive deep dives and newsletter.X / Twitter — Real-time market commentary.YouTube — Full video episodes.

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