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Larry McDonald predicts a 30% S&P 500 decline over the next year. But the founder of The Bear Traps Report also sees opportunities in long-term bonds, beaten-down stocks and companies that own hard assets.
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Joining Maggie Lake, the former Lehman Brothers trader explains his concerns about passive investing, AI stock valuations and S&P 500 concentration. He discusses why index highs can mask steep losses in individual companies, where he sees potential in Nike and discounted Apple bonds, and how a slowdown in AI capital spending could affect the Magnificent Seven.
McDonald also makes his case for a longer-term rotation toward energy, materials and industrials. The conversation covers gold and silver, copper demand, natural gas, central bank gold buying and why he favors certain businesses that control physical assets. He also identifies SLB, Intuitive Surgical and Baxter as companies he believes could benefit from AI through their data.
Beyond stocks and bonds, McDonald explores how stablecoins could increase demand for U.S. Treasury bills and help finance U.S. debt. He shares his views on financial repression, yield curve control and the possibility of gold revaluation as a policy tool.
The interview closes with Bitcoin, quantum computing risks and alternatives to market-cap-weighted index exposure, including equal-weight investing and changes to portfolio allocation.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 S&P 500 Crash Warning: Larry McDonald's 30% Prediction
00:37 The Dark Side of Passive Investing
02:14 AI IPOs, Market Concentration and 401(k) Risks
04:33 Has the Stock Market Already Crashed?
06:53 Apple Bonds and the Historic Bond Market Selloff
08:39 Nike Stock and Opportunities in Beaten-Down Stocks
09:56 Why Larry McDonald Predicts a 30% S&P 500 Crash
11:03 Treasury Yields and a Potential Banking Crisis
13:34 Meta's AI Spending and the Real AI Winners
16:21 Magnificent Seven Warning: The AI Spending Bubble
18:37 Inflation, Bonds and the Case for Hard Assets
20:34 Why Trillions Could Rotate Into Energy and Materials
22:48 NVIDIA Stock Warning and S&P 500 Concentration
23:55 Why China and Central Banks Are Buying Gold
26:29 Stablecoins, U.S. Treasuries and the $40 Trillion Debt Problem
30:33 Financial Repression and Yield Curve Control
34:44 Could the U.S. Government Revalue Its Gold Reserves?
37:28 TLT, Bond Market Rally and Beaten-Down Stock Opportunities
39:09 Apple Stock vs. Apple Bonds: A Contrarian Trade
41:36 AI Data Centers, Copper and Natural Gas Demand
43:47 Tether, Bitcoin and the Quantum Computing Threat
46:29 How to Diversify Beyond the S&P 500
MORE ON GOLD, COPPER & PORTFOLIO CONCENTRATION:
4 Copper Stocks Positioned for the Global Supply Crunch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfE7WlpbOmI
Why Gold Corrected From Its Record, and What Would Change That: https://www.wealthion.com/learn/why-gold-corrected-from-its-record/
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