*This interview was recorded on 10/29/19
The parallels between today's economy of unicorn IPOs and the Roaring Twenties just before the Great Crash are easy to miss for those without a knowledge of history. Grant Williams, the experienced financier and co-founder of Real Vision Group, identifies similar trends of extreme monetary policies and social unrest over inequality. He argues the day of reckoning will eventually come for financial institutions that go against human nature, at which point a gold standard will need to be reinstated to contain the resulting chaos.
Grant Williams is the portfolio manager of the Vulpes Precious Metals Fund and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore. Grant has 28 years of experience in finance on the Asian, Australian, European and US markets and has held senior positions at several international investment houses, including Robert Fleming, UBS and Credit Suisse. Since 2009, he has also been writing the popular investment newsletter Things That Make You Go Hmmm...