Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Jim Rickards Latest Webinar

Jim Rickards does a monthly webinar in which he fields questions related to a number of relevant topics. Here is a link to the latest one where can listen if you like. Below is a recap of the topics discussed. Jim will also be speaking in Dallas on April 30th. I will post the details on that this coming Sunday for anyone interested.

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Topics include:

*Middle East overview and impact on markets
*Gulf of Aden strategic picture
*US - Iran Nuclear talks framework
*Why Isreal lacks strategic depth
*Price of oil is being determined by Saudi Arabia
*Expecting low oil prices through 2016
*Global above ground oil stocks hitting record levels
*Oil prices are a reflection of Saudi long term strategy to control oil market share
*Structure and influence of the new China led Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) 亚投行
*Argument for AIIB to keep books in SDR's
*SDR's have already been in use since 1969
*America's Summit and shifting US foreign policy in relation to Latin America
*Very little allocation to gold in institutional portfolios
*The world as a whole has insufficient growth, currency wars alive and well
*Optimal portfolio allocations cash or gold during Deflation
*Inflation can happen almost overnight

Added note: Here is the link to the full transcript of the webinar

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