About this episode

Doug Casey and Matthew Smith discuss various investment strategies and geopolitical issues, including the safety of money in a potential market collapse.

Find us at www.crisisinvesting.com Matt and Doug open with a light discussion about June holidays, local attitudes toward Pride Month in Virginia, and Trump's unusual AI-style memes, then shift into subscriber questions. Doug explains his cautious stance on sizing into cheap junior mining and gold stocks while wanting more cash "dry powder" amid fears of a potential deflationary market collapse that could temporarily drag miners down too. They discuss whether nuclear weapons and modern city-targeting warfare violate the Geneva Conventions, citing WWII bombings, Korea, Iraq infrastructure attacks, and the devastation and contested casualty estimates in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Doug and Matt touch on eVTOL investing as a regulatory-heavy, early-industry space; risks from Japan rate changes, major tech IPOs, index/ETF dynamics, and speculative options; corn vs. soybeans as a fertilizer play; Doug's views on the soul as unprovable but personally plausible; why Eric Sprott's Forbes cover isn't a top signal; Interactive Brokers for Canadian exchanges; and why inheritance often harms children unless values and education are strong. 00:00 June Holiday Banter 01:12 Pride Flags and…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Smith

Guest: Doug Casey

Topics covered

• junior mining stocks
• gold investment
• deflationary market
• nuclear warfare
• eVTOL investing
• inheritance issues

Keywords

• junior mining
• gold stocks
• deflation
• nuclear weapons
• eVTOL
• inheritance
• Pride Month
• Trump memes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Crisis Investing, Interactive Brokers

Places: Virginia, Japan, Gaza, Lebanon

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