Doug Casey's Take

In earlier episodes, Doug shared some of his biggest investment winners.  Today, we talk about investments gone wrong and what we learned from them.  

Mentioned in this episode: 

Hank Johnson was the congressman who asked if the island of Guam could tip over.  Louie Gohmert was the one who suggested changing moon's orbit to fight climate change.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjkt...

Life imitating art as US forces abandon Afghan airbase

The Onion in 2011

https://www.theonion.com/u-s-quietly-...

The real deal this week.

https://apnews.com/article/bagram-afg...

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00:00:00 Introduction

0:02 Matt's error and interchangeable elected leaders

3:12 Afghanistan - Life imitating Art

4:57 Dot com boom

8:19 DC Realestate 

10:58 Leverage & Futures Contracts

17:35 Private deals 

18:37 Riding your winners

25:29 How to know when you've got a winner

Haiti's President was assassinated. In today's episode, Doug shares his experiences in Haiti and tells us what the assassination may mean for the future of Haiti and, perhaps, the rest of the world.

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Introduction

3:20 History of Haiti

7:14 Political play

10:58 Spill over to Dominican Republic

13:06 Why and whose next?

Today we answer viewer questions.  If you'd like to submit questions for a future episode, join our telegram channel (link below). 

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 The Fourth of July

5:16 Karens hate fireworks

7:48 How did we become complacent? 

11:12 Skills for Success?

16:31 Selling

21:24 Critical Thinking

22:20 Idiocracy

24:59 Salta, Argentina as bolt hole?

29:26 Would you do it differently? 

37:07 Business to get into right now

41:38 Monarchy vs. democracy?

47:12 Platinum 

50:06 Moving out of Moscow 

53:54 Why Virginia?

55:11 PR the next 52nd state 

57:04 LBGTQRSTUVWYZ

1:01:36 Blackouts (https://smith.substack.com/p/get-read...)

1:02:31 Living in a socialist world 

1:07:12 Doug the next President of Argentina?

1:11:55 Violence is not the answer

1:14:15 Why are Libertarians not as successful?

1:18:28 Amount produced vs amount sold?

1:19:27 Ross Ulbricht

Today we are joined by one of the greatest resource investors of all time, Rick Rule.  If you watch this episode, you'll understand exactly why Rick has been so successful.   Plus, Rick Rule shares some specific stocks he likes today. 

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Mentioned during this episode: 

- Rick's speech on Mentoring and being mentored: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd8SJ...

- Portfolio evaluation: https://sprottusa.com/rankings

Chapters:

00:00:00 introduction 

2:13 Repo market 

5:13 Risks to the system 

10:40 Mentoring in a world of GameStop & Crypto

17:34 Help the young with philosophical beliefs 

21:36 Choose your enemies 

25:03 Formula 

28:08 Metal market

32:49 Return Free Risk 

34:52 New Narrative 

42:23 Uranium 

49:23 Which gold stocks?

In prior episodes, we learned how economic factors were the chief contributor to the American "Civil War".   Today Doug Casey and Matt discuss how economic issues might, once again, factor into a future break up of America.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Economics as a catalyst

2:07 Doug Casey Fundamental influences 

3:42 What will it look like 

5:42 Federal funding to the states (https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most...)

8:05 Sanctuary counties

10:42 Which states are most dependent on the state 

15:44 No real autonomy from the federal government 

19:28 Coalitions forming, new lines?

Not too many people have had a movie made about them, but today's guest has.  Dave Henderson is an entrepreneur, real estate developer, and manages to be philosophically sound despite the fact he's from New Zealand, a country known for its socialist tendencies. 

Along with interesting tales of experiences with Doug, Dave tells us why NZ is still an attractive country for people looking for a safe haven. 

If you'd like to watch the film about Dave, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKMlA...

To reach Dave: [email protected]

Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction 

1:25 Dave Henderson’s Background 

6:09 We’re Here to Help

9:09 An Anarcho in Socialist New Zealand 

11:35 Dougs real estate score in NZ

14:49 Moving to NZ now 

17:03 Lockdowns 

20:18 International Media is wrong 

23:04 Officials involved in every decision

27:24 Any good real estate deals left?

30:18 Repairs slowed by Gov’t intervention

34:21 Not many libertarians in NZ

44:28 Same pandemic response everywhere  

47:46 NZ has increased it’s debt 

53:44 Final remarks

Mentioned in this episode: 

Rothbard's  Conceived in Liberty https://g.co/kgs/A2PXHt

Chasing the Last Laugh: https://g.co/kgs/CvC5hj

The Rise and Fall of American Growth: https://g.co/kgs/bfCELy

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Chapters

00:00:00 Intro 

0:37 John McAfee was a Kindled Spirit 

4:26 Psychological assessment 

6:51 When was peak economy in the US 

11:57 Why Doug left Hong Kong 

15:40 Population reduction event as deflationary or inflationary? 

17:54 Revival of ancient religions? 

24:30 Life after death?

25:46 Growing Islam influence in Europe

31:29 How to deal with information overload 

35:22 Thoughts on Buddhism

38:19 Suggestions for spending retirement 

42:06 World War Three, what firearm? 

47:09 Buy a farm or move outside Canada? 

52:19 The argument for walking away 

55:47 BlackRock

58:16 Is it possible the future is actually awesome?

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Mentioned in this episode: 

Doug’s Video explaining a Crack Up boom: https://youtu.be/OcReWRS0KJ0

Where's all the inventory: https://smith.substack.com/p/where-is...

Books: 

Raven Rock: https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Rock-Gov...

Breaking Dawn: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Dawn-...

1493: https://www.amazon.com/1493-Uncoverin...

Episode chapters 

00:00 Intro 

0:21 Library envy 

3:29 Shelf space science, but where are the goods?

5:54 Cars & Chips 

11:54 Retail Federation begs Biden

15:02 No trucks 

16:40 Oblivious to complex systems  

19:02 Raven rock 

24:02 People have no real skills 

30:30 No backups 

32:58 Consequences of short term thinking 

36:27 Have nothing be happy 

40:40 Breaking Dawn: control grids

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro00:22 The Rwandan Genocide of 1994

6:58 What’s the single greatest investment you’ve made?

12:44 Ottawa Canada

13:29 Value cycles

15:09 Birth Certificate bondage system?

17:25 Australia, UK, or Brazil?

19:29 Interstellar space travel?

22:14 Dictatorship or Anarchy?

25:11 Michael Malice and Anarchy

27:43 What’s the future of Colombia

32:56 Land, commodities, gold, what else do we need to Survive what’s coming?

35:39 If humans are evolved chimps, is that good or bad?

36:17 where to begin learning about history?

44:49 Is there a secure currency in the world?

46:49 How to keep up with events without being influenced by the propaganda. 

50:37 Idiocracy?

51:04 How prevalent is evil?

54:48 Why does Doug still spend some time in the US?

56:19 When to know that it’s time to go?

1:00:14 Is Doug a Freemason?

1:01:11 Do you see a country emerging as a beacon for freedom?

1:02:48 Does Doug have any plans to write a memoir?

1:03:55 Alpha, Beta, and Gammas

1:07:29 How did Austrian economists help Doug be a successful investor