#061 Willem Middelkoop On SVB Collapse, The Big Reset, And The Financial Endgame

Willem Middelkoop (@wmiddelkoop), founder of the Commodity Discovery Fund and author of “The Big Reset: The War on Gold and the Financial Endgame,” joins Julia La Roche on episode 61. In this episode, Willem shares his reaction to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the actions by the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and the Treasury. In response to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, the Federal Reserve, Treasury, and FDIC have taken emergency measures to ensure all bank depositors will be made whole, including those whose funds exceeded the maximum FDIC-insured level of $250,000. He explains why the guarantee of all depositors in the U.S. banking system is inflationary. Willem also outlines his thesis from his book “The Big Reset” and why we’re already witnessing the financial endgame. Elsewhere, he shares why he expects investors will seek assets like gold, silver, and bitcoin that don’t have counterparty risks. He also details his simple model for portfolio construction. A free PDF version of The Big Reset is available here: https://www.cdfund.com/clientdata/222/media/pdf/The-Big-Reset.pdf Willem's writings on Patreon can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=84858815 0:00 Intro 1:00 Reaction to SVB failure 1:50 A record pace of rate hikes 2:10 Financial system is unstable because huge debt burden 2:41 The Federal Reserve is cornered 3:40 A big question is whether they should stop raising rates or continue raising 4:50 Raising depositor guarantee limits is inflationary 6:20 Gold, silver, and bitcoin on the rise are inflationary signs 7:20 Losing trust in the banking system? 11:00 Pressure on the dollar 15:50 Endgame of the current dollar system 17:20 The start of a new financial crisis 19:11 FDIC/Fed/Treasury move shows the desperation 20:27 A system built on paper assets 22:20 A new monetary system? 24:22 When too much money starts to flee paper assets to hard assets 25:21 Where gold, and silver could go? 29:00 How to hedge and hide? 29:35 Bitcoin is digital gold since 2014 30:00 Portfolio construction 31:05 Parting thoughts 31:59 Stress within the system becomes visible 33:20 A huge rally in stocks wouldn’t surprise