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Beneath the Surface

The Endgame for Fiat? Currency, Credit, and the Case for Gold

Loading ...Dominic Frisby

November 3, 2024 • 47 second read

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The Endgame for Fiat? Currency, Credit, and the Case for Gold

I am travelling this weekend so today’s thought piece is a conversation, which Mining Network recorded last week week between veteran gold guru, Alasdair Macleod, and myself.

It’s heavyweight goldbug stuff. I hope you enjoy it.

You can watch it below, but I have also ripped the audio so you have the option to listen to that if you prefer to escape the clutch of your screens.

If you are thinking of buying gold to protect yourself in these uncertain times, I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.

I’ll be MCing this year’s Moneyweek Summit this coming Friday November 8th. Readers of the Flying Frisby can get a 20% discount by entering the code FRISBY20

And if you are interested in hearing more from Alasdair, he has a Substack too.

Are We In a Bubble?

November 25, 2025 • Timothy Sykes

CNBC analysts are debating it.

Twitter threads are dissecting it.

Portfolio managers are losing sleep over it.

One question is dominating financial news right now:

“Are we in a bubble?”

Are We In a Bubble?
The AI Boom’s Hidden Ticking Clock

November 25, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

We noticed yesterday, Michael Burry, of Big Short fame, just set up a Substack page to help understand the proper depreciation values of the “Nvidia Model.”

The simple fact is that longevity estimates determine the entire profit picture for Mag 7 companies, whose earnings have been beating expectations.

The current numbers don’t reflect reality. Model sizes grow faster than chip cycles. Performance requirements leapfrog hardware before the ink dries on the purchase orders. Depreciation schedules assume years of usefulness that, in practice, last months.

If that mismatch becomes undeniable, or even a popular meme, the bubble doesn’t burst spectacularly — it simply deflates through balance sheets. Slowly. Silently. Just enough to take the glow off the entire narrative.

The AI Boom’s Hidden Ticking Clock
A Simple Pair Trade

November 25, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

When the Fed began hiking rates to combat inflation, bond holdings tanked. Banks have been sweating it out, anticipating a rate cut cycle.

If the Fed cuts rates in December — odds now 80% — bond prices will continue to rise. Banks will be in better shape as unrealized losses decline. Hopefully, before a crisis breaks out.

But banks are not out of the woods, yet. And increased competition from digital assets (Dollar 2.0) will further squeeze the traditional banking business model.

A Simple Pair Trade
Buffett’s Thanksgiving Message

November 24, 2025 • Addison Wiggin

I’m happy to say I feel better about the second half of my life than the first. My advice: Don’t beat yourself up over past mistakes—learn at least a little from them and move on. It is never too late to improve. Get the right heroes and copy them.

Remember Alfred Nobel, later of Nobel Prize fame, who—reportedly—read his own obituary that was mistakenly printed when his brother died and a newspaper got mixed up. He was horrified at what he read and realized he should change his behavior.

Don’t count on a newsroom mix-up: Decide what you would like your obituary to say and live the life to deserve it.

Greatness does not come about through accumulating great amounts of money, great amounts of publicity, or great power in government. When you help someone in any one of thousands of ways, you help the world. Kindness is costless but also priceless. Whether you are religious or not, it’s hard to beat the Golden Rule as a guide to behavior.

Buffett’s Thanksgiving Message