After almost three years since the contentious referendum to leave the European Union, the United Kingdom is still in gridlock over exactly how it will happen—even with less than 10 days until planned separation.

A "no deal" Brexit is the best scenario for free-market advocates, says Tom Colsy, president and founder of the University of Kent's Liberty Union and a member of Students for Brexit.

He argues that it is also the most likely outcome, since Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May's milquetoast plan has failed to convince Parliament and increasingly frustrated citizens.

Show notes: https://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/no-deal-is-best-deal-for-brexit/

China's bottomless appetite for gold and other hard assets is at the back of every financial analyst's mind.

For David Brady, CEO and co-founder of Global Pro Traders, there is no doubt that China and Russia believe a US dollar plunge is coming. He is a CFA charterholder with degrees in business and finance from Dublin City University.

He argues that the Chinese are hoarding more gold than they let on in preparation for a coming global financial reset. When central banks revert back to another round of interest-rate cuts and quantitative easing, he contends, then everything but the dollar will take off.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/china-prepares-dollar-collapse-hoards-gold/

Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is Mexico's first overtly socialist president in decades. This has generated concern he'll follow in the footsteps of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and push for a new socialist constitution.

It's too early to tell, says Gloria Álvarez, a Guatemalan political scientist and classical-liberal author who now lives in Mexico City. However, he has already brought economic instability by axing key investment projects and interfering with gasoline distribution.

At the helm of one of Latin America's largest economies, AMLO's actions will ripple across the region.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/the-mexican-economy-versus-amlo/

Mining exploration in general is a money-losing enterprise: only one in 1,000 projects succeeds.

However, according to economic geologist Brent Cook, you just need a couple of big hits to make up for it. He combines 30 years of experience in geology, exploration, and consulting as the co-editor of Exploration Insights.

Cook argues that you can greatly improve the odds with a bit of due diligence and basic knowledge of geology to weed out projects with fatal flaws.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/how-to-find-mining-tenbaggers/

Millennials have a lot to gain by thinking early about their financial futures, since they have an invaluable asset: time.

For educational entrepreneur Fabiana Lara, long-term investments in the resources sector are particularly suited for the young who can better afford to take on more risks and losses than older generations.

Since becoming a successful businesswoman in Brazil, she has devoted her energy to the Next Big Rush, a YouTube channel where she offers advice on mining investment.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/what-millennials-need-know-mining/

Doomsayers have for decades claimed that the collapse of the global financial system is just around the corner, yet here we are in 2019 with a strong US dollar and a ballooning public debt.

Chris Martenson, nevertheless, believes several economic trends are coming together this year to build the perfect storm. A researcher in energy and resource depletion with a PhD in pathology from Duke University, he left academia and the corporate world to found Peak Prosperity, a publication that helps people navigate a changing future.

He argues that recent decisions by central banks have pushed the economy into uncharted territory and that the massive credit unleashed in the past is coming home to roost.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/dark-financial-clouds-2019/

There are many legitimate reasons why investors stay out of South America. The region has a well-earned reputation for political instability, violence, and hostility to foreign business.

Yet, all countries are not made equal. Landlocked Paraguay, tucked between two giants, Brazil and Argentina, is the outlier you've never heard of—and that's a good thing, says David P. Smith, a representative of Paraguay AG Invest.

With 20 years of experience in agricultural and residential real estate, he lays out how to separate the wheat from the chaff in Paraguay and other less publicized locations. He finds optimism in the mix of fiscal responsibility, stable economic growth, low costs, and fertile soil.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/no-news-good-news-investing-in-paraguay/

Trading in the junior mining sector is rife with pitfalls, yet people keep trusting gut feelings and slogans over careful analysis.

For seasoned investor Jayant Bhandari, being a rational speculator means removing the romance.

He argues that the world's low-interest banking system is forcing people to put their hard-earned savings in sectors they know nothing about.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/irrationality-mining-investments/

For centuries, gold bugs and investors have touted the yellow metal's qualities as money and sought to analyze the fundamental trends behind its price. Since the end of the gold standard, however, it has morphed into an asset to protect against government mismanagement.

What drives the gold price today is market confidence in the Federal Reserve (or lack thereof), argues Ben Hunt, co-founder of Second Foundation Partners, which publishes Epsylon Theory.

Harnessing the power of game theory, he has devised a system to analyze the language of central bankers and other information agents, which has become an economic-policy tool in its own right since the Great Recession.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/game-theory-for-gold/

Cryptocurrencies have the potential to revolutionize economic affairs and make it possible to live off the grid.

Juraj Bednár, a cybersecurity expert and entrepreneur, believes in the dream. He and other privacy activists in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have created crypto-only businesses that defy the status quo.

Either technological improvements or new cryptocurrencies will overcome the current shortcomings, he argues, paving the way for completely decentralized economies and lives. Specifically, he teaches people how to build businesses that run entirely outside the formal banking system.

Show notes: http://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/build-your-own-crypto-utopia/