• Markets have grown accustomed to US dollar dominance and with it a surge in US assets, specifically stocks. That is due for a cyclical reversal (1:00);
• There are three factors supporting US growth. One of them is almost certainly due to run its course (4:43);
• The global economy revolves around the US consumer as driver of growth. But that too can change -- and other markets are better equipped to pick up the slack on their own (9:26);
• Despite all this, the US dollar should maintain its status as reserve currency. However, its dominance is waning (14:55);
• Background on the guest (23:28);
• Big tech stocks have worked very well for over a decade. But things are shifting to eat into their cashflows and there are reasons to believe too much optimism could be priced in... (26:07);
• The trend is for growth to originate elsewhere than US tech... (30:28);
• Discussion of frontier markets (35:33).

Les Rubin of Main Street Economics joins the podcast to discuss his chief concern facing not just markets and economies, but the world at large: US sovereign debt.

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• The US economy is headed to 'serious problems' and the guest's mission is to educate people to the gravity of the situation (1:47);
• Debt and fiscal deficits are nothing for the US. But its debt/GDP ratios is reaching a breaking point (2:57);
• How soon might the breaking point arrive? (5:30);
• Is there anything from the new Trump administration that might turn the tide? Elon Musk's DOGE program has promise... (11:02);
• What about tariffs? (16:22);
• Background on the guest (20:36);
• The need for more education: not just financial literacy, but economics (23:55).

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• Natural gas as the energy of the future even as prices of the commodity itself plummet (1:08);
• Oil exploration is becoming increasingly difficult, expensive, and risky (2:58);
• The 'John D. Rockefeller moment' for natural gas (5:46);
• What role can nuclear energy play? (16:03);
• In natural gas, there will be winners and losers, however... (18:00);
• Where are the best opportunities? (19:51);
• Background on the guest (28:39);
• How will the new presidential administration (Trump 2.0) impact things? (41:38).