Middle East Tensions Are Reshaping More than Oil and Gas with Rick Rule

Interview recorded - 10th of March, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Rick Rule. Rick is the Former President & CEO of Sprott U.S. Holdings with decades of experience in the commodities business, proprietor of Rule Investment Media and Co-Founder of Battle Bank.During our conversation we spoke about the geopolitical situation, impact on oil and gas, how this could impact other commodities, Copper, precious metals, what is unloved and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:03 - Geopolitical situation7:40 - Oil stocks11:12 - Trimming high performing stocks13:06 - Copper17:45 - Precious metals23:11 - Miners24:18 - Silver speculation26:57 - Disconnect between physical and paper28:16 - What is unloved?29:20 - Cautious or optimistic?30:35 - One message to takeaway?Rick began his career 47 years ago in 1974 in the securities business and has been involved in it ever since. He is known for his expertise in many resource sectors, including agriculture, alternative energy, forestry, oil and gas, mining, and water. In 1990, Rick founded the business now known as Sprott US Holdings” merging in into Sprott Inc. ( SII) in 2011. He retired from Sprott Inc., in 2021, and resigned from the board of directors in 2023, but remains Sprott’s largest shareholder. IMr. Rule is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences, and a frequent contributor to numerous media outlets including CNBC, Fox Business News and BNN. Mr. Rule is actively engaged in private placement markets, through originating and participating in hundreds of debt and equity transactions.Rick Rule - Twitter - https://twitter.com/RealRickRuleLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-rule-1058921a/Website - https://ruleinvestmentmedia.com/Seminar - https://opptravel.zohobackstage.com/TheRuleSymposiumonNaturalResourceInvesting2024#/?affl=WTFinanceWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas