Gold & Commodities

The white lies around white gold

I’m over lithium. There. I said it. I understand the hype surrounding the metal. Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries were a game changing scientific breakthrough in the…

Metals, money and the pub across the road

With Nick Hubble away, I step into the chair for your weekly market review with Nigel Farage. Rather than stick to the script, I ask…

Is silver detaching itself as “money”?

One thing I’ve learnt over the years is that you don’t mess with silver investors. They are a passionate bunch, and like to point out…

Why everything you know about silver is wrong

Silver fans, are you ready for today? Because I’m about to tell you about a bunch of stuff you might not want to hear. After…

Which money is best? Tally Money!

Welcome to another Fortune & Freedom video which asks the question: which money is best? This week’s guest doesn’t just have an opinion. He’s actually…

Which money is best? Gold!

Welcome to a new Fortune & Freedom video series which asks the question: which money is best? Over the coming days… weeks… months, or possibly…

Had enough of the finance gerontocracy? PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel has, again.

Legendary investor Warren Buffett is but a “sociopathic grandpa” and your “enemy number one”. The likes of Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and…

Fat cats go looking for Australia’s gold

London became the gold trading hub of the world entirely by accident. The Coin Act of 1696 was an attempt to move away from the…

Nuclear fallout from the UK’s imploding energy “Trilemma”

In 2020, the UK Parliament Commons Library published a briefing document which described the UK’s energy challenges as a “trilemma” of security, affordability and sustainability.…

The commodity price boom and house-price explosion aren’t good news

Investors love rising prices. They make us (feel) wealthier and they (can) point to a bright future. However, today I want to explore some exceptions…

Rock star: commodity chaos is just the beginning

You face a choice. Either the coming commodity bull market will cost you a fortune, or it’ll make you a fortune. That might sound dramatic,…

Your last month of normality may have just ended

One of the more amusing aspects of economic data is that it is backward looking. By the time economic chaos is in the news, and…

Nigel Farage: the commodity supercycle has only just begun

Is the pandemic really over? Why are commodity prices surging and plunging every which way? Are house prices in another bubble? And if you’d like…

A currency reset draws nearer than ever

I recently wrote to you about the idea of a currency reset. What it is, why it matters and why investors need to understand the…

Why doesn't the government do more for small businesses?

I’m filling in for Nick again this week. Inflation rose again in February. And that was even before the effect of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…

Baking boot camp to be replaced with hobby farming

Just when the nation’s baking skills have improved massively, after two years of enforced confinement, the price of flour is set to skyrocket. This a…

Climate tech is already stupendously large – and is set to keep on growing rapidly

It is a rare privilege to be contributing to Fortune & Freedom today. Nick Hubble is one of the most provocative, insightful and brilliant commentators…

Limbo investing

[Today’s letter is an excerpt from John Butler’s February 2022 issue of The Fleet Street Letter Monthly Alert, “Investing low on the value chain”.] While…

Pubs to struggle as inflation and taxes keep rising

It’s Rob Marstrand here, investment director at UK Independent Wealth, Fortune & Freedom’s sister publication. I’m taking the reins again from Nick this week, in…

Bitcoin’s most important convert

Editor’s Note: We’re sharing this article from Will Dahl of Southbank Investment Daily which could change the way you think not only of bitcoin, but…