27 FEB 2023 · 00:00 - Intro00:50 - Revisiting Chris's 2021 prediction about bonds and inflation02:34 - What is the Federal Reserve?04:21 - What has happened to the US economy since COVID?06:20 - The monetary base07:12 - Three ways the Government can throw money around09:02 - Interest rates and inflation10:35 - The Fed has grown massively12:03 - How the Fed buys and sells debt13:41 - Quantitative easing and tightening15:05 - What value does the Fed provide to the world?17:30 - Summary. Thanks for listening!________________Chris is a novelist author of financial thrillers.https://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Deluxe-Billions-impossible-choice-ebook/dp/B091BKKDJ1?ref_=ast_author_dphttps://www.amazon.com/Prince-Among-Men-Novel-ebook/dp/B0B645MPS5/ref=sr_1_3?crid=LEIKX3Y062CP&keywords=a+prince+among+men&qid=1676647973&sprefix=a+prince+among+m%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-3

7 MAY 2022 · 00:32 - Elon Musk, like very few people in the world, has the personal capital to buy Twitter, a publicly-traded company, and take it private. He filed a Schedule 13D with the SEC and made moves.04:10 - Musk bought 9.2% of the company and the board had to recognize him as the largest shareholder, and they offered him a seat on the board. Musk declined because of the handcuffs they would have put on him.08:50 - At no point so far has the board made mention of free speech, censorship, and the other reasons Musk has publicly stated he is buying the company to change.12:40 - The Washington Post has published over 75 articles and op-eds to date that are against Musk's move to buy Twitter, claiming a centa-billionaire owning such valuable public utility/public square is dangerous. And yet they are owned by centa-billionaire themselves; Jeff Bezos.15:18 - Twitter's board is mostly foreigners from places that do NOT have a first amendment like we do. Their values are not in line with freedom of speech.17:22 - The government/media/political establishment attacking Musk is reminiscent of another man who challenged the power structure in our financial system, Michael Milken.21:18 - Summary. Thanks for listening!  Get Chris's novel, Crisis Deluxehttps://www.crisisdeluxe.comhttps://www.amazon.com/Crisis-Deluxe-Billions-impossible-choice-ebook/dp/B091BKKDJ1/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=crisis+deluxe&qid=1633708849&sr=8-1

25 JAN 2022 · Chris and Eric talk to Kimberly Spencer, a professional life coach with an amazing talent for understanding human psychology. Her perspective hits home when talking about very high-performing people playing high-stakes games, and the consequences of being unaligned with your own values.

21 DEC 2021 · Chris makes the case that giant corporations in bed with Government snuff out free market capitalism, and dominate their markets as a result. It's crony capitalism, not free market capitalism. And it's destroying our freedom, our economic future, and our health.

30 NOV 2021 · Chris and Eric talk about a recent NY Times article, advising readers to invest in bonds as a way to help you sleep at night. But in an inflationary economy like ours today, Chris says the writer's advice is total garbage. What do YOU think?

22 NOV 2021 · Readers of Crisis Deluxe have asked Chris for clarification on the financial crisis the book is written about. So in this episode, Chris explains the liquidity crisis in the fictional bond trading operation, TransPac.

11 OCT 2021 · Chris explains inflation, and what causes it. In short, inflation is an increase of money relative to the amount of goods/services produced, and the increase is entirely from governments creating more money. In other words, inflation is a government-caused problem. And eventually, the tab needs to be paid, and total economic collapse is likely.

9 SEP 2021 · How are the mutual funds (and other funds) we invest in actually get created? Investment bankers like Chris put them together. In this episode, we have a special guest, Justin Simpson. Justin is an international investment banker that has known Chris since 1990, and he helps explain how the [investment fund] sausage gets made. Along the way, we touch on the $GME GameStop incident, and Justin explains what happened and why.

31 AUG 2021 · Chris and Eric discuss how investment bankers create new capital products others can invest in, using a process called 'underwriting'. Basically, an investment bank cuts a check for your asset, then they try to immediately diversify their risk by spreading it around to other institutional investment banks and investors. If they're right, they can buy your asset for less than it's actually worth, and pocket the profit because you no longer own it. If they're wrong, they still owe you what was promised, and they're on the hook for the losses.

17 AUG 2021 · Chris defines the roles of traditional bankers and investment bankers.