RWH062: Bubble Warning w/ Jim Grant

William Green chats with Jim Grant, famed editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. Here, Jim warns that a major market top is forming as exuberance inflates stocks, Bitcoin, and gold. He says it echoes past bubbles and urges extreme caution. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 Intro 00:10:40 Why Jim Grant is fiercely skeptical about Bitcoin. 00:19:25 Why you should be wary of all the hype about Private Equity. 00:35:50 Why Jim expects the AI boom to end in “a panic & a crash.” 00:44:13 Why even the shrewdest speculators never know when it’s time to sell. 00:49:50 What the Federal Reserve is likely to do with interest rates. 00:57:53 Why the dollar seems poised to continue losing value. 01:04:28 Why inflation will persist, fueled by perennial flaws in human nature. 01:09:50 Why Jim loves gold but is starting to worry about its meteoric rise. 01:19:01 Why he owns some bonds, despite his grim prognosis for this asset class. 01:23:39 How bull markets attract sleazy salesm...