John Butler

John Butler is a seasoned, international financial professional with a wide variety of industry experience. Working as an investment strategist and portfolio structurer for more than 25 years, John has advised many of the world’s largest institutional investors and central banks. He has served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and Dresdner Bank, in charge of global teams responsible for macro and commodity strategy and has been ranked #1 for interest rate strategy by Institutional Investor Magazine.

He has also worked in FinTech, most recently as the Head of Treasury for FinTech startup TallyMoney. Prior he served as Director and CEO of the Lend and Borrow Trust Company, the world’s only regulated peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform on which all loans are collateralised by physically allocated precious metals. He also served as Vice President and Head of Wealth Services for Goldmoney, the world’s leading gold-backed financial services firm.

John is on the record having predicted some of the most important global financial events during his career, including a secular bull market in gold and a US-centric housing and credit bubble that would eventually burst. In 2016, he predicted that a series of balance of payments crises would ripple through emerging markets. In 2019, he predicted that inflation would begin to surge and “stagflation” would set in thereafter.

John’s publications include The Golden Revolution (John Wiley and Sons, 2012) and The Golden Revolution, Revisited (2017), books explaining the causes and consequences of the 2008 global financial crisis and exploring the financial market implications of global monetary regime change.

James Altucher

James Altucher has spent his life building businesses and learning from his mistakes. Now he’s determined to pass along his knowledge so you can bypass those same pitfalls and experience a lifetime of success.

He has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers thanks to his uncanny ideas regarding entrepreneurship, cryptocurrency, investing and life philosophy.

He’s been on CNBC or Fox Business, where he’s known for making accurate market predictions. His podcast, The James Altucher Show, has been downloaded over 20 million times.

Or maybe you’ve read one of his bestselling books, such as Choose Yourself, which hit #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller list and sold over half a million copies.

James has also contributed to publications including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch and The Huffington Post.

He’s on a first-name basis with nearly every big hedge fund manager in Manhattan as well as almost every major venture capital firm in Silicon Valley.

That’s because James knows how these worlds work better than anyone else. After earning a computer science degree from Cornell University, he founded a company that was soon bought out for $15 million.

He’s founded 20 companies in all – 17 of which have failed. But each setback has only encouraged him to bounce back stronger and smarter than before.

If you’ve ever been stuck – in a job you hate, in a house you can’t afford, in a life you don’t want, in your own depressed mind, anything – James wants to help you.

Why? Because he gets it. He’s been there. And he wants to tell you how he freed himself so maybe you can start to free yourself, too.

Sam Volkering

Sam built a career advising private clients and businesses on how to manage their money and build their wealth. With a decade of financial advice under his belt he decided that it was time to change the game and combine his great passions in life (technology, writing and helping people to make money).

He joined our Australian affiliate Port Phillip Publishing in 2013 and has since become one of Australia’s most recognised financial editors.

As a child he revelled in the wonders of the Apple 2e and Macintosh. A life-changing trip to Japan’s “Electric Town”, Akihabara set him on a discovery of technology that will never end. Starting a small tech business in his 20s, registering a patent in Australia and running several websites are just some examples of how he immerses himself in the world of technology.

But his real talents lie in uncovering, researching and investigating the world’s most revolutionary technology companies and trends before they hit the big time. He predicted the rise of 3D printing, the arrival of augmented reality and most notably the incredible shift to self-driving cars and artificial intelligence.

He first bought bitcoin in 2011, and ever since he has followed the cryptocurrencies “wild west”, becoming an authority in this new field of digital assets. Recently, Southbank Investment Research published his book Crypto Revolution: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and The Future of Money.

He travels the world meeting and engaging with inventors, founders, innovators and the most influential people in tech. His unique combination of financial acumen with an unwavering devotion to the most cutting-edge technology makes Sam one of the most prodigious talents in our stable of editors.

James Allen

James Allen is a seasoned energy analyst with nearly two decades of experience covering the world’s most dynamic and complex energy markets. Over the years, he has built an extensive network of industry insiders, executives and analysts, giving him a unique perspective on the forces shaping global energy trends.

His expertise was honed through years of frontline market reporting, starting at Platts, a leading energy price reporting agency, where he led the power markets desk. There, he developed a deep understanding of energy pricing, trading dynamics, and regulatory developments, forming the foundation of his analytical approach.

James then moved to Montel, where he served as Head of the Manhattan real-time newswire bureau. For five years, he covered the wholesale energy markets, providing breaking news and in-depth analysis on LNG, pipelines, coal, carbon pricing, power generation, oil markets and utility hedging strategies. His role required extensive travel across the Americas, meeting with industry insiders, policymakers and traders to uncover emerging trends before they hit the mainstream.

Currently, James is a newsletter editor at Southbank Investment Research, where he launched the world’s first dedicated clean tech investment newsletter. His keen market foresight has led to highly profitable calls for his readers, including his early predictions on the rise of hydrogen – well before it became an investment mania. He also correctly anticipated the extreme volatility in the European natural gas market during the energy crisis of 2022.

Few analysts have both the market knowledge and the insider connections that James brings to the table. From government officials to the traders navigating billion-dollar deals, he has engaged with the key players who shape the global energy landscape. His insights are backed by firsthand experience, deep research and an unwavering commitment to uncovering the most lucrative investment opportunities in energy and clean tech.