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The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more

Readings of brilliant articles from the Flying Frisby. Occasional super-fascinating interviews. Market commentary, investment ideas, alternative health, some social commentary and more, all with a massive libertarian bias. www.theflyingfrisby.com

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10:36

How to Change Your Social Status

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/12/17

You can, if you prefer, watch this article in video form here:I was having a coffee with an Anglo-Italian friend of mine the other day, and he began telling me about his grand-parents. They were “contadini”, which translates literally as “peasants”, though the term peasant does not have such pejorative connotations in Italy as it does here. They called themselves “mezzadri” or “sharecroppers”. A landowner allowed them to work his land, in exchange for half of everything they produced on it. The

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8:53

Why You Should Own Some Bitcoin

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/12/14

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.comIt is now almost 15 years since Satoshi Nakamoto announced his new invention, bitcoin, to the world. Since then it has grown and grown. Like most things online, bitcoin has divided people. It has its admirers and it has its detractors. They argue with as much vitriol as the political left and right. But the admirers have won: if bitcoin was going to die, it would have died by now. It hasn’t. It’s thriving. It has

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8:57

Why so many bad decisions?

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/12/10

Good Sunday morning to you,Today’s piece is all about decision-making and the decline of family in the west.Before I crack on, I just wanted to flag a couple of things.Wearing my comedy hat, I’m taking An Evening of Curious Songs on a mini tour in the spring - shows in London (Crazy Coqs), Somerset, Surrey, Essex and Hampshire. Tickets make great Christmas pressies, so please take a look.And my new album, It’s ALL True, is out. CDs also make great Christmas pressies for errant uncles, so check that

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14:26

The Inexorable Rise of the Far Right

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/12/05

This post now in video form This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

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10:54

We are conquering ourselves

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/12/05

This post in video form This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

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10:09

We are conquering ourselves

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/12/03

Good Sunday morning to you,Last week’s thought piece on the inexorable rise of the Far Right has become my most read Substack ever. Check it out, if you haven’t already.Today we continue on a similar theme.Enjoy!I’m currently working on a new book about gold, and, as gold often leads to war - or is it the other way round? - I’ve found myself reading rather a lot about conquerors and conquest. There are certain things all conquerors do, from invade to plunder to strip the conquered of their wealth,

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13:50

Navigating the Chills of Junior Mining

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/11/28

Good morning to you,Sunday’s piece on the inexorable rise of the far right and what to do about it has struck quite a few nerves. Check it out here, if you haven’t already.In today’s piece - considerably less political - which was first published in Moneyweek last Friday, we consider the sorry state of junior mining.Enjoy!DominicMining is infamously cyclical. But if ever there was an industry that blows desert hot and arctic cold, it is the subsector of small cap and early-stage companies known as

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12:58

The Inexorable Rise of the Far Right

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/11/26

I was never particularly interested in politics growing up. My father was an active social democrat, and I remember him jumping up and down with excitement when the SDP was formed, as David Owen, Roy Jenkins, and Shirley Williams broke away from the Labour Party. Even as a student, I never got interested beyond having a feeling that something wasn’t right. I felt I should be left-wing - that that was the right thing to be, but I never felt particularly engaged, only alienated. My vague

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4:46

Why You Should Own Stocks Now

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/11/08

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.comGood morning to you from sunny California, where I am visiting my dear mother.If you missed them last week:* Check out my interview with Lyn Alden.* As well as the silver stock with a 47 million ounce surprise. * And, if you are thinking about buying gold in these uncertain times, be sure to speak to The Pure Gold Company.Today, though, it’s the stock market. We think it’s going up. Now could be the time to invest

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29:36

A Deep Dive into Broken Money

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/11/04

An engaging conversation with financial expert Lyn Alden as we explore the past, present, and potential future of money through the lens of technology.Lyn's new book, Broken Money, challenges conventional wisdom about monetary systems, emphasizing the crucial role of technology in shaping the way we exchange value. From the significance of the printing press and the telegraph to the rise of Bitcoin, we discuss into the intricate relationship between technology and money; the impact of central bank

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11:56

ARC Conference Day 1 Recap:

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/10/31

I went to the ARC conference yesterday - to give it its full name the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship. It is an organisation set up by Jordan Peterson, Paul Marshall, Philippa Stroud, Alan McKormick and others to “develop a better narrative in response to life’s most fundamental social, economic, philosophical and cultural questions”. I spent much of the day taking notes, and I thought I’d write them up here so that readers can enjoy a distilled version, without the rigours of having to travel

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7:03

Is It Time to Pay Attention to the Japanese Yen?

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/10/23

Good morning to you,We are talking Japanese currency today.First, in case you missed them last week, check out:The story of my pilgrimage got a big and positive response from readers. This piece on the true value of UK housing also got a big response.If you haven’t already, and if speculative silver mining stocks are of interest: watch this interview with Alex Langer of Sierra Madre Gold and Silver. And, finally, a big thank you to all who came to my gold lecture on Thursday. What a great night. A

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5:02

Einstein's 8th Wonder: Compound Interest and the Rule...

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/10/12

Before we get started today, if you haven’t already seen it, check out my interview with Alex Langer of Sierra Madre. There could be quite an opportunity setting up with this silver mining company.And if you haven’t read this piece on UK (and US) house prices yet, you might like it - it’s proved quite popular. Right. The Eighth Wonder of the World …How can you turn a tiny sum into a large one?Speculate in small caps is one way. The problem is you risk losing your shirt.There is another, safer path

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16:59

The (Not-So) Lost Treasure of Sierra Madre

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/10/11

Here is an interview with Alex Langer, CEO of Sierra Madre Gold and Silver. This video was exclusive to paid subscribers, but I am now releasing it for one and all.I own stock in this company. I know that we are in the thralls of a really bad junior mining bear market, and thus that you might not have the appetite for speculative silver development plays, but I still think there might be an opportunity here. Have a listen. (You can listen to it above or via Apple podcasts, Spotify or your regular

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8:14

The True Value of UK Housing: A Financial Reality Check

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/10/09

Before we get started today, if you haven’t already seen it, check out my interview with Alex Langer of Sierra Madre. There could be quite an opportunity setting up with this silver mining company.There are just a handful of tickets left for my lecture with funny bits about gold in London on October 19. I’m not sure when I will next be doing this show so book early to avoid disappointment and all that.And, if you haven’t yet seen Programmable Money, I think you will be amused.Right, house prices

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34:43

New Orleans Investment Conference 2023

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/09/22

There is an absolutely stellar line up of speakers at New Orleans Investment Conference in November: Dave Collum, Rick Rule, Matt Taibbi, Peter Schiff, Konstantin Kisin, Lyn Alden, Danielle DiMartino Booth, Jim Rickards and many more besides, yours truly among them.So I got together with Brien Lundin, the organizer, to chat about the event, as well as to get his take on the state of the markets. You can listen to this conversation here, or via Apple podcasts, Spotify or your regular podcast

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27:28

The Do Very Little Portfolio

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/09/20

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.comWhen it comes to investment returns, asset allocation, as I said on Monday, has repeatedly proven to matter more than individual stock picking: the market you choose matters more than the companies you select within that market. With this in mind, if you haven’t already, check out the pieces I have recently put together about portfolio allocation:* My own…

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3:57

Introducing the Dolce Far Niente Portfolio

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/09/18

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.comYou can find vehicles by which you can play this portfolio here.But, after a lot of hype, here it is: the do-very-little portfolio.Lots of us have busy lives. We don’t have time to constantly monitor companies, markets, technological developments, politics and all the rest of it. We have other things going on that we prefer to or have to devote our attention to.Yet we want to invest our money well - safely,

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7:42

Invest Like a Cockroach and Thrive in All Economic...

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/09/15

A quick heads up before we come to today’s piece: I am taking my “lecture with funny bits” about gold to the West End for one night only. October 19th is the date. (That’s the show I did at the Edinburgh Fringe). If you like gold, you will like this show. I promise. It’s super interesting. You can get tickets here. Hopefully, see you there.So, continuing the recent theme of portfolio allocation, today we talk cockroaches …I narrated a documentary once about cockroaches. Never mind the repulsion we

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13:49

The Sorry State of Junior Mining

The Flying Frisby - money, markets and more ·

2023/09/06

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.theflyingfrisby.comLots of exciting things coming up on this Substack in the next couple of weeks. If you missed them last week, be sure to check out:* Dr John’s special report on North American oil and gas plays. A real opportunity setting up here. * Another opportunity also seems to be setting up in uranium: read about the coming supply squeeze and how to play this (almost)…

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