In this week’s Live from the Vault, the renowned financial expert, Alasdair Macleod sits down with Andrew Maguire to investigate Russia’s plans to devise a gold and commodity-based replacement for dollars as a new trade settlement currency.
The famed economist prognosticates the return of sound money as the ingredient for a new, Asia-wide industrial revolution, while the western financial system continues to decay in line with the accelerating debasement of fiat currencies.
Timestamps
00:00 Start
01:40 Andy explains the extreme market volatility that is currently witnessed.
11:01 What is now happening in the wholesale silver market?
17:50 What is now happening in the physical gold market?
16:20 Updates on the progress of the gold commoditisation process.
24:25 A very important bullish update regarding the BIS.
29:00 Alistair joins Andrew: Russia’s answer to the US sanctions
42:35 Saudi Arabian oil deals and Asia’s new trade settlement currency
51:51 What is the potential scale of the upcoming de-dollarization?
55:10 Alastair’s take on the Ukraine conflict & Germany’s role
1:00:20 Returning to the values of sound money
1:05:35 The BIS going net-long gold
1:10:10 Gold is real money - and the rest is credit. Protect yourself!
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