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Peak Prosperity
Peak Prosperity provides answers to those who question the mainstream narrative on the critical issues of our day by providing context, clarity, and understanding around seemingly complex systems. Topics include economy, energy, environment, and geopolitics.
Episodes
Peak ProsperityDaily Digest Jul 23: Russia Accuses US of Aiding Ukraine Strikes, Iran Warns Bulgaria, Epstein Figure Named 2,000 Times Dies
Today's Digest covers Lavrov's nuclear warnings, Iran-US tensions and Houthi strikes, Epstein associate's death, House NDAA passage, nuclear reactors for AI…
Peak ProsperityExtended ALERT: Oil Supply Collapse, Exponential Debt, and Why You Must Prepare Now
With the Iran war spiraling and Russian refining capacity devastated, global oil and fuel supplies are plunging toward critical shortages. I am formally…
Peak ProsperityDaily Digest Jul 22: Congress Forces Israel Military Merger, CIA Dissents on Trump's Iran Strategy as Ukraine Hits Russian Crude
Today's Digest covers US politics on NDAA-Israel ties and NJ elections, Iran war strategy leaks and threats, Russian-Ukrainian strikes and buffers, energy…
Peak ProsperityDaily Digest Jul 21: Houthis Declare Red Sea Blockade, Trump OKs Saudi Nuclear Enrichment, Storm Knocks 2M Barrels Offline
Today's Digest covers Iran's Red Sea blockade, IRGC strikes on US bases, Saudi nuclear enrichment, Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow, Gulf storm disruptions…
Peak ProsperityWhat to Do When Markets Become Casinos and Logic Goes Out the Window
I had a gloves-off conversation with legendary investor George Noble. From the potentially-imploding AI bubble to the massive opportunities he sees in energy…
Peak ProsperitySpecial Scouting Report: Iran War Escalates! Which Could Be the End of the World as We Knew It
Hostilities with Iran are back up to a feverish pitch. If things escalate further, we could be facing a global catastrophe. Click Here for the Full Episode
Peak ProsperityCreak! Pop! Rivets Are Flying All About
Inflation came in a tad lighter than expected for June, but all the signs indicate that this was a temporary reprieve. Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Peak ProsperitySimon Dixon: The Government Isn't Out of Control, It's *Not* in Control
We can all feel it and see the effects; there's a powerful machine running behind the scenes. Being able to see it clearly is the first step toward reclaiming…
Peak ProsperitySpecial Report: Trump's Shocking 20% Hormuz Toll and Russia's Destroyed Refineries
Please share this with anybody who needs to be brought up to speed on what's at risk. Because it's quite a lot. Click Here for The Fat Pipe July 13th, 2026…
Peak ProsperityIgnorance Will Not Be Bliss: Spotting the Risks and Opportunities Begins With Being Informed
Ken McElroy sees the current trends and conditions for multifamily real estate as offering a very rare opportunity for investors. But AI is coming along like a…
Peak ProsperityThe Energy Crisis Is Worse Than You Think
I've been working on another big Theory of Everything. I'm always trying to determine "How do I make sense of this?" Is all of this just what happens... the…
Peak ProsperityThe Iran MOU Is Dead. Now What?
Creak! Pop! The Iran MOU is dead, Japan is busy fighting yen and yield fires, long bond yields are rising across the board, and South Korea's bubblicious stock…
Peak ProsperityStep 1: Gather Information, Step 2: Act!
Stocks aren't just expensive, but are more expensive than at any other point in history including 1929 and 2000. The very last thing they'd need would be an…
Peak ProsperityHow Much Longer Can the SPR Be Drained? (Spoiler: October 4th...or maybe July 10th)
How much oil - and time - does the Strategic Petroleum Reserve have left? A lot of people have been guessing about it. I don't really like guessing, so we're…
Peak ProsperityHow Much Longer Can the SPR Be Drained? (Spoiler: September)
How much oil - and time - does the Strategic Petroleum Reserve have left? A lot of people have been guessing about it. I don't really like guessing, so we're…
Peak ProsperityTrying to Make Sense Out of It All
The oil and equity markets aren't just tricky, they defy reasonable explanations. Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Peak ProsperityHere’s Why Iran Got Everything It Asked For
Trump suddenly caved in to Iran, and the reason is that he was finally informed by someone that just a few more weeks of the Strait being closed would result…
Peak ProsperityIt's Official: Stocks Are the Most Expensive Ever
Talk about a difficult investing environment! Join us as we unknot the tangled threads. Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Peak ProsperityInvesting When Still Nothing Matters and Anything Goes
To call the recent market moves in oil, gold and equities bizarre is an understatement. They are 180 degrees off from historical behaviors, as well as physical…
Peak ProsperityMichael Gayed: "Nothing Has Gone Wrong Until It Does"
Truly gigantic changes are afoot in the global financial system. Michael Gayed says "keep your eyes firmly on credit markets," especially credit spreads. And…
Peak ProsperityHow and Why Oil Could Explode Higher in Price (and Probably Will)
It seems that the oil markets will remain irrational right to the bitter end. Predictions: Eventual oil price chaos (higher, of course) and the 'surprise' call…
Peak ProsperityWill Things Devolve Far Enough to Trigger The Great Taking?
With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, possibly until Labor Day (Sept 7th) , and inflation picking up steam while the yen threatens to breach the 160 level…
Peak ProsperityIt’s Intentional, Which Means It’s All Going to Get Worse, Not Better
I'm always searching for the theory that makes all the data fit. I'm happy to accept and reject hypotheses along the way, but it's becoming pretty clear to me…
Peak ProsperitySurviving the Inflationary Money Flood
The current stock market boom is running in the US as well as Japan and Europe. It did not begin with the Iran war, but began in 2022 when monetary and fiscal…
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The Math Isn’t Mathing: US Natural Gas Shortfalls by 2030
Having ‘energy awareness’ is like a superpower these days. It should be routine, but it’s not. Time to level up with a dive into natural gas supply and demand…
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The Commodity Bull Market Has Begun (But So Has Inflation)
The US is selling its reserve setting up future price spikes, commodities are launching on a new bull market, and inflation is set to come roaring back. This…
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The US Is Exporting Like Mad as Global Oil Stocks Deplete at a Record Pace
The US continues to export its wealth in the form of oil and gasoline and other energy products. We’re eating our seed corn. When that ends, the price spikes…
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Negotiations Crumble as Gasoline and Diesel Prices Rise to a National Record
The US-Iran negotiations are going nowhere, Trump is growing impatient, and oil executives are sounding positively doomerish. Currently, there’s no end in…
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The Damage Has Been Done, Is This What Comes Next?
There be whales and elephants swimming and stomping through the markets. When big money moves, it’s our job to figure out why and how to position ourselves…
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Markets Explode Higher on Imaginary Peace Deals
Are we in a blow off top? Can the AI-fueled earnings be believed? Can the prospect of both war and peace be stock market bullish? All this and much more in…
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Adam Rozencwajg: The Greatest Energy Shock in History Is Unfolding
Time to talk to a calm, measured, highly-experienced oil and gas resource investor about it all…the Devil is truly in the details.
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Iranian Reality Check With Ret. Lt. Col. Daniel Davis
Trump’s Iran options: ‘bad’ negotiations or ‘worse’ escalation, amid an oil crisis risking a global depression.
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Tick Tock, Time Is Running Out: The Path to $200 Oil Laid Out
We’re almost out of time. The US has to get the Strait of Hormuz open, one way or the other, before its own inventories of oil and refined petroleum products…
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Energy Prices Spike, Inflation Set to Roar, and Urgent Warnings About Credit Markets
Urgent warnings about credit markets from Hank Paulson and Jamie Dimon deserve your attention. And the looming set of nested supply and inflationary shocks are…
Peak ProsperityThe Largest Energy Shock On Record Is Worse Than You Think
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tonight, the damage has been done and it’s a lot worse than most people understand. Here’s the math… and the truth. Click…
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Who Will Win, The Money Printers Or Physics?
Equity markets are signaling the usual thing during a war: lots and lots of excess liquidity from “somewhere.” But this time, the loss of oil and NG from…
Peak ProsperityInvesting When Nothing Matters and Anything Goes
We’ve entered a New Normal for US equity markets where fundamentals no longer seem to matter. Nor the reality of a a global disruption in energy and raw and…
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The Fat Pipe April 10th, 2026: Broken “Markets,” Oil Update, the Golden Future, WTH Europe?, and Claude Mythos
The suppression of the price of oil cannot last much longer. When it breaks – watch out – there could be significant (if not uncontrollable) market turmoil…
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Are Markets Providing Signal or Noise?
Time for our weekly Finance U episode with Paul Kiker. The “markets” are operating as if the largest energy shock in world history weren’t already unfolding…
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Energy Shocks and Inflation vs. Market Complacency – Which Is Stronger?
Western financial markets, (US, EU and Japan) are all stumbling into the future, no longer discounting, but seemingly lobotomized and unable to properly assess…
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Is This the Covid-Like Calm Before the Storm?
Given the circumstances, US equity markets have been calm. Too calm… Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
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Investing in an Age of Uncertainty
Between the unpredictable impacts of the world’s worst energy shock and the sudden loss of so many high salaried jobs to AI, what’s an investor to think (let…
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The Iran War Is Roiling Markets and Supply Chains
Things are developing slowly…then all at once… Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
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Investor Complacency Amid an Energy Shock
The fog of war has crept over into the “markets” which are puzzlingly complacent. How to even begin to make sense of it all? Tune in… Click Here for Peak…
Peak ProsperityThe AI Horizon: Existential Risks to Work, Wealth, and Currency
I began my inquiry into AI with concern. Now I am profoundly alarmed: even if it goes well, catastrophic risks to work, wealth, and currency are ridiculously…
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The Not-So-Great Economy, and Will Private Credit Be the Spark That Kicks Off GFC 2.0?
The headline stock index numbers look good, but beneath the surfaced things really aren’t all that great for the majority of Americans. Click Here for Peak…
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Did Retail Pile in at the Exact Wrong Moment?
Creak! Pop! Beneath the surface equity markets are flashing warning signs. Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
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The McJobs Report, and Is Oil the Next Bull Market?
It’s time for the latest episode of Finance U. We dissect the latest BLS McJobs report (so named because it does not reflect reality) and the possibility that…
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A Vital Conversation: Bridging the Generational Divide With Hakeem Anwar
Chris and Hakeem examine generational economic burdens, entrepreneurship risks, AI’s workforce impact, community resilience, real skills like permaculture, and…
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Has The Great Rotation Begun?
Was that a market liquidity tremor last week? If so, does that mean equity declines are ahead, or was it signaling something more dramatic? Click Here for Peak…
Peak ProsperityEither Trump’s Dollar Weakening Works or It Doesn’t
Get ready for some very alarming moves in the markets over the coming months. The old regime is ending and a new one is starting. Click Here for Peak Financial…
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Generational Wealth Will Be Made and Lost as the Carry Trades Unwind
One of my favorite podcast guests is back with us for our quarterly sit-down. Adam Rozencwajg’s thoughtful and measured views on trends, resources and…
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Investing During The Age of Consequences
Staying abreast of these markets is a full time job. Unless you love doing it, which both myself and Paul Kiker do. Then it’s not work at all. Click Here for…
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U.S. Retail Is Slowly Waking Up to Buying Gold and Silver
Dana Samuelson’s decades of precious metals experience shed light on the biggest monetary story of our lifetimes. Click Here for American Gold Exchange
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Escaping Fiat Madness and Counterparty Risk With Gold, the Only “Tier Zero” Monetary Asset
Dave Russell joins me to discuss gold surge signaling monetary reset, fiat crisis, Japan’s bond yield spike, physical metals demand from big money, silver’s…
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Welcome to the Crack Up Boom?
Do you know what is the last act of any bubble? The crack-up boom. Click Here for Peak Financial Investing
Peak ProsperityVolatility: Friend or Foe?
2026 has started out with a bang. In this wide-ranging podcast, Paul Kiker and I help you quickly catch up on the most important financial and economic events…
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Dave Collum: A Forensic Exploration of The 2025 Train Wreck
This is a long one. We cover a LOT of territory. The conclusion is that our entire way of life is in deep trouble, top to bottom. The financial elites would…
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A Contrarian’s Take: AI’s Electricity Problem and the Bull Case for Oil
The key, we are told, is to buy low and sell high. This translates, roughly, into buying when others are selling and selling when others are buying. It sounds…
Peak ProsperityEvery .30-06 Round Went Clean Through!
Look, the current Charlie Kirk PsyOp is indistinguishable from the Covid or 9/11 FedSlop. We’re being lied to. But why and for what reason? Let’s dive in…