"Bad Things" To Happen As US Dollar Strengthens | Brent Johnson

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The dollar has been strong relative to other currencies, and it's near the top of it's trading range.

Should it break out above that range -- and it looks poised to do so -- then "bad things" will start to happen, warns Brent Johnson, creator of The Dollar Milkshake Theory.

How bad? And what specifically should we expect?

Brent and I discuss all in detail in this interview.

To hear it all, watch this video.

#dollar #goldprice #stablecoins

0:00 — Introduction & Cold Open: When The Dollar Breaks Its Band
4:30 — Slow Shave: Europe's Sovereign Debt Problem
6:35 — Dual Carry Trades & Why France Can't Print Euros
9:12 — Financial Repression & Debasement Of The Euro
11:29 — Why The Dollar's Relative Strength Matters Most
13:52 — Brent's Dollar Outlook For Next Year
19:34 — What Breaks If The Dollar Spikes To 110?
22:05 — Keep Liquidity So You're Not A Distressed Seller
25:19 — Why Cash Isn't Trash When Drawdowns Hit
29:28 — The Midterm Blue Wave & Market Uncertainty
33:37 — Political Pendulum Swings Since 1994
36:36 — Ancient Rome, The Pendulum & The Ratchet
39:51 — Venezuela & Continuity In US Foreign Policy
46:24 — Geopolitics As A Distribution Of Outcomes
52:16 — Will The US Weaponize AI Compute?
55:48 — Dollar-Priced Energy Squeezes Europe
58:36 — Stablecoins, Empire By Code & The Clarity Act
1:04:06 — Santiago Capital's Allocation & The Defense Theme
1:08:14 — New Harbor Financial's Mike Preston On Today's Market Meltdown
1:11:39 — How New Harbor's Portfolio Is Holding Up
1:14:48 — No Index Puts: Healthcare, Software & Raising Cash
1:20:44 — Charts: NASDAQ, S&P & Semis Break Support
1:26:16 — Counsel For Panicked Investors: Financial Therapy
1:34:07 — Has Gold Bottomed? An Island Reversal Signal
1:39:39 — Use This Selloff As A Wake-Up Call For 2027
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