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Rob Mullin discusses the current state of natural resources and investment strategies in a multipolar world.

Rob Mullin returns, a year on from his last visit. The founder and CIO of Marathon Resource Advisors in San Francisco has been investing in natural resources since the early 1990s, running a long short book built around cash flow and dividends rather than stories. We check in on the predictions he made last time, then work through what a genuinely multipolar world does to supply chains, correlations and the case for owning resources. In this ep, Rob covers: Why a 30 to 50% drawdown in precious metals equities was exactly what the doctor ordered, and how Agnico got to its cheapest relative PE in company history The rare earths arbitrage: what happens when governments throw tens of billions at a sector used to surviving on tens of millions Riding tanker rates from $30,000 a day to $300,000, and why he is now rotating toward dry bulk Quickfire takes on nickel, PGMs, tin, tungsten, vanadium and silver versus gold …………...… DIRECTOR'S SPECIAL EMAIL Join 16k+ subscribers to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Director’s Special⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ : one daily email…

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Guest: Rob Mullin

Topics covered

• natural resources
• investing strategies
• supply chains
• precious metals
• market predictions
• hard assets

Keywords

• natural resources
• investing
• precious metals
• supply chains
• market predictions
• hard assets
• portfolio mix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marathon Resource Advisors

Products: precious metals, rare earths, nickel, PGMs, tin, tungsten, vanadium, silver, gold

Places: San Francisco

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