How ESG could break markets and push Silver prices up [Video]

Samuel Briggs Kinesis Money

In this week’s episode of Live from the Vault, Andrew Maguire welcomes back Alasdair Macleod, stockbroker and Head of Research for Goldmoney, to share his expert insight on the gold market and the West’s collective obsession with Russia.

Alasdair, famous for stating that “gold is money and all else is credit” provides a thorough examination of the mainstream media’s narrow view on Chinese and Indian precious metals demand, then delves deep into Bitcoin and silver.

Timestamps

00:00 Start.

04:00 Russia ranked #4 world’s largest economy despite sanctions.

11:00 Will the BRICS currency launch in October?

17:15 What is driving the obsession with Russia?

21:00 A view on gold price action driven by China & India.

26:45 Andrew’s view on London trading.

32:45 Is everything politically driven?

40:00 Interest rates in the 1980s: 20%.

48:00 What does Alasdair think about Bitcoin?

57:00 Would Alasdair weigh silver above gold at the moment?

01:09:30 Follow Alasdair on Substack.

Author

Samuel Briggs

Kinesis Money

Samuel holds a deep understanding of the precious metals markets, and as an in-house journalist for 1:1 gold and silver-backed monetary system, Kinesis, he is chiefly responsible for updating the community with insights and analys

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