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On today’s episode, Clay is joined by Richard Duncan to discuss current market conditions, whether we’ll see a recession in 2024, the potential for interest rate cuts, and more.
Richard Duncan is the author of The Money Revolution: How To Finance The Next American Century.
Since beginning his career as an equities analyst in Hong Kong in 1986, Richard has served as global head of investment strategy at ABN AMRO Asset Management in London, worked as a financial sector specialist for the World Bank in Washington D.C., and headed equity research departments for James Capel Securities and Salomon Brothers in Bangkok. He also worked as a consultant for the IMF in Thailand during the Asia Crisis.
Since 2013, Richard has published Macro Watch, a video newsletter that analyzes the forces driving the economy and the financial markets in the 21st Century.
IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
01:47 - How our modern-day economy is structured with the US dropping the gold standard in 1971.
10:29 - Why our economy requires perpetual credit expansion.
17:46 - How the credit environment has developed since 2020.
26:11 - What a recession is and what the implications of a recession are.
29:47 - Why Richard foresees a recession in 2024.
31:55 - The primary drivers of credit growth.
43:26 - Why we’ll likely see interest rate cuts in 2024.
53:03 - The drawbacks of our modern-day economy.
60:00 - Indicators that investors need to monitor in today’s economy.
64:03 - Where the US is at in the AI race.
Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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