Interview recorded - 27/09/2022

Research - https://intelligencequarterly.com/

On todays episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of speaking with  @Steven Van Metre , an educator and influencer in the macro investing world with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including the design and management of macro strategies.

Throughout our conversation we talked about if the markets are really as bad as they are saying, how business failures will impact the banks, what is the weakest link in the market and whether we will see a 2008 round two. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction
0:27 - Is it as bad as it looks?
2:09 - Why is there a dollar shortage?
5:04 - Dollar Shortage?
6:47 - Selling assets for liquidity
11:20 - Electricity prices in UK & Europe
12:28 - How will business failures impact banks?
14:45 - Inflation a lagging indicator
16:28 - Will the dollar continue to rise and spiral out of control?
18:40 - What is the weakest link in the market?
21:15 - Domino effect in the market?
24:38 - FED trying to build trust
27:09 - Secular macro trends leading to inflation in the long term?
29:10 - 2008 round 2?
29:39 - Lessons Steven has learnt from his career?
31:12 - One message to takeaway from our interview?

Steven Van Metre, CFP® is the President of Steven Van Metre Financial. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including the design and management of macro strategies.

Steven is an educator and influencer in the macro investing world. More than 70,000 fans across the globe follow his YouTube show to hear Steven’s thoughts on the global economy, monetary policy, and the markets. He is regularly featured on Real Vision as well as numerous other financial shows and podcasts.

In the summer of 2015, Steven invented Portfolio Shield™, a long U.S.-equity strategy with a unique hedging mechanism to control risk during volatile and Bear markets. Dubbed the “Bond King” by fans, he also manages a long-only macro fund based on his deflationary macro thesis.

Momentum Timer Pro™ is also a creation of Steve’s. It is a daily report that identifies momentum signals on 73 U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds, 18 Australian Exchanged-Traded Funds, and 27 Canadian Exchange-Traded Funds. It is based on proprietary momentum signals and is distributed to more than 18,000 subscribers every day.

Steven Van Metre - 

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