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Interview recorded - 11th of May, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Simon Dixon. Simon Dixon is a former investment banker, geopolitical and financial analyst, and co-founder of BnkToTheFuture, which has facilitated over $2.5 billion in investments into more than 100 companies including Coinbase, Kraken, and Robinhood. He has spent nearly two decades applying a follow the money lens to the forces reshaping the global economy.During our conversation Simon spoke about how the financial system shapes the world, end of the US Empire, PetroYuan on the horizon, emergence of a multipolarity financial system and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction3:21 - Financial System shapes the world11:31 - System beginning18:00 - End of US empire21:40 - PetroYuan25:58 - Next empire?29:17 - Multipolarity finance31:52 - AI36:15 - One message to takeawaySimon is the CEO and Co-Founder of Bnk To The Future, a platform dedicated to helping people build and protect their Bitcoin wealth. He authored Bank To The Future – Protect Your Future Before Governments Go Bust, the first published book to include Bitcoin.Simon left investment banking in 2006 to campaign for monetary reform and discovered Bitcoin when it was just $3. Since then, he's focused on empowering people to prepare for a rapidly evolving financial world, investing early in companies shaping the Bitcoin ecosystem, such as Coinbase, Kraken, Bitfinex, BitPay, Ripple, Robinhood, and others.Every Friday, he hosts BitcoinHardTalk live on YouTube and X, discussing Bitcoin, macroeconomics, and geopolitics. Simon Dixon - YouTube -  @SimonDixon21  Website - https://www.simondixon.com/X - https://x.com/SimonDixonTwittWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 27th of April, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back to the podcast  @CyrusJanssen . Cyrus Janssen is a geopolitical analyst, investor, and speaker with over one million fans across his social media platforms, having lived across China and Canada and travelled to over 60 countries. He has consistently been ahead of the consensus on where the US-China relationship is heading.During our conversation we spoke about the geopolitical situation, China & Iran relationship, whether China is the greatest winner of the current geopolitical situation, the reset of US/China relationship, Chinese economy and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction 2:29 - Geopolitical overview5:42 - China & Iran relationship11:43 - China Geopolitical Winner?18:15 - Reset of US China relationship23:46 - Chinese economy29:05 - Back to 2015 trade?36:27 - One message to takeaway?Cyrus Janssen is a geopolitical analyst, investor, speaker, and social media influencer with over 2 million fans across all social media platforms. Born in the United States, Cyrus lived abroad for 15 years in China and Canada and enjoys sharing cultural and geopolitical insights from his travels to over 60+ countries. Based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Cyrus is the CEO of FastForward Marketing, a social media and consulting company helping brands in North America and Asia connect and build successful social media campaigns.Cyrus Janssen - YouTube -  @CyrusJanssen  X - https://x.com/thecyrusjanssenWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 27th of April, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Edward Dowd. Edward Dowd is a former BlackRock portfolio manager and founder of Phinance Technologies. He has been early on several of the most important macro calls of recent years and his January 2026 recession warning was published before a single shot was fired in Iran.0:00 - Introduction1:00 - Recession in 2026?4:10 - Weak employment7:20 - Inflation9:55 - FED actions12:33 - Inflation at 11%13:20 - AI investment20:19 - Lending stagnation?23:08 - Chinese weakness26:17 - Assets to perform?30:07 - One message to takeaway?Edward Dowd is currently a founding partner with Phinance Technologies. He has worked on Wall Street the majority of his career, most notably at Blackrock as a portfolio manager where he managed a $14 billion Growth equity portfolio for ten years. Edward's book Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden death in 2021 & 2022 propelled him as an alternative voice during the pandemic and the economic implications that continue to plague us today. Phinance's unique alternative macroeconomic analysis of the global debt crisis and what may unfold has given many a deeper understanding of the global nature of our problems today.Edward Dowd:Website - https://www.eddowd.com/Phinance - https://phinancetechnologies.com/Home.aspX - https://x.com/DowdEdwardWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 24th of April, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I have the pleasure of welcoming back Josh Young. Josh Young is the Chief Investment Officer of Bison Interests, an investment firm focused on publicly traded oil and gas companies. He has achieved consistent benchmark outperformance across nearly two decades of professional investing in oil and gas securities, with deep expertise in the E&P business model, operating environments, and capital allocation. A contrarian by nature, Josh has built a reputation for identifying value in energy equities long before the mainstream catches up — and for being right about the structural forces driving the sector when consensus gets it badly wrong.During our conversation we spoke about his overview of the geopolitical situation, closure of the Strait, global storage, physical vs paper prices, oil higher for longer, who is the winner of the conflict, US natural gas and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:04 - Overview of geopolitical situation5:46 - Surprised about closure of strait?8:20 - Global storage10:17 - Physical vs paper prices14:34 - Iran continue to control strait17:31 - Oil higher for longer27:56 - Winner of the Iran conflict?31:28 - Any other regions?34:09 - US natural gas38:19 - Companies Josh is watching43:09 - One message to takeaway?Josh Young has been professionally investing in publicly traded oil and gas securities for nearly two decades, highlighted in Barron's and elsewhere for exceptional performance as Bison’s CIO. Josh possesses a deep understanding of the E&P business model and operating environment, with notable experience as Chairman of Canadian E&P company RMP Energy (rebranded as Ironbridge Resources). Under Josh’s leadership, the company achieved a successful turnaround, outperforming peers and ultimately being acquired at a 78% premium. Josh is the author of numerous articles on oil & gas investments and is a frequent guest speaker at various energy industry conferences. Josh began his career as a management consultant to Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms. He later worked as an investment analyst for a private equity fund and served as an energy investment analyst at a multi-billion-dollar single-family office, which was nominated as Institutional Investor’s Single-Family Office of the Year in 2008. Josh holds a B.S. in Economics with honors from the University of Chicago.Josh Young - X - https://x.com/JoshYoungWebsite - https://bisoninterests.com/Substack - https://www.bisoninsights.info/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 16th of April, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Michael Pento. Michael Pento is President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies, a registered investment advisory firm managing money across the full inflation and deflation cycle spectrum. His proprietary 20-component model is designed to determine the two most important factors in successful investing — the second derivatives of growth and inflation. [Pentoport](https://pentoport.com/) He is a specialist in Austrian economics, a regular contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business, and the author of The Coming Bond Market CollapseDuring our conversation we touched on the current economy, why things are looking bad, Unemployment rising, the FED creating massive wealth divides, the triumvirate bubble and what this means for your portfolio. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction3:08 - Current Overview5:40 - Higher oil prices for longer9:34 - Unemployment10:58 - FED Jerome Powell18:14 - Issue with deficit21:28 - Bad for economy, good for markets?23:48 - Debt bubble27:28 - Close to the door28:38 - One message to takeaway?Michael Pento serves as the President and Founder of Pento Portfolio Strategies (PPS). PPS is a Registered Investment Advisory Firm (RIA) that operates like an actively managed fund without all the expenses. The Model Portfolio uses a proprietary macroeconomic model to determine when and how to invest across an inflation/deflation and economic cycle spectrum. The 20-component model is used to determine the two most important factors when it comes to successful investing: the second derivatives of growth and inflation.Michael Pento - Website - https://pentoport.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/michaelpento?lang=enLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-pento-a1882917b/WTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas