Financial Nihilism, Narrative Investing, & the Hyperreality of Markets
Hidden Forces
Demetri Kofinas
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2021
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
In Episode 192 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas shares a recent appearance he made on the Grant Williams Podcast. Grant has been on the Hidden Forces Podcast before, twice on his own and twice as a guest along with Ben Hunt. We have provided links to all of those previous appearances in the related section on the episode page on our website.
Grant spent the first 20 minutes asking Demetri questions related to his bio and how he got started in media, as well as the origins of Hidden Forces. The rest of the episode is devoted to discussing many of the various forces that Demetri has talked about on this podcast—things like the phenomenon of financial nihilism, the hyperreality of markets & society, China and the changing geopolitical order, and much more.
If you are interested in learning more about Grant and how to become a subscriber to both his podcast and his monthly newsletter, you can do that at grant-williams.com.
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Episode Recorded on 05/17/2021
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everybody? I hope you all had a great Memorial Day weekend. I spent |
| 0:26.0 | mind in COVID testing transit hell. But we finally made it to our destination, which is the island |
| 0:33.9 | of Kauai in Hawaii. And it is amazing. I got to say, it's my first time in Hawaii. And it is |
| 0:42.2 | everything I could have possibly hoped it would be. So I am recording this intro from my residence |
| 0:49.2 | on the island, which is why it's going to sound a bit different than what you're used to. |
| 0:53.5 | In place of a normal episode, I'm releasing a recent appearance I made on the Grant Williams |
| 0:58.3 | podcast. Grant has been on the show before twice on his own and twice as a guest along with Ben Hunt. |
| 1:04.8 | So I cannot express to you guys what an honor it was for me to be invited out to his podcast. |
| 1:11.0 | Not only because he's such a great interviewer, and because he has such a large and engaged |
| 1:15.3 | audience, but also because he's someone I've always looked towards for guidance. And as a role model |
| 1:21.3 | for how to navigate what is a very cutthroat business with integrity, sincerity, and a lot of |
| 1:27.6 | class, we spent the first 20 minutes or so on my bio and how I got started media and the origins |
| 1:33.6 | of hidden forces. And then everything after that is an exploration of many of the various forces |
| 1:39.2 | that I've talked about on this podcast, things like the phenomenon of financial nihilism, |
| 1:44.3 | the hyper reality of markets and society, China, and the changing geopolitical order, and much more. |
| 1:51.3 | Grant's podcast is for subscribers only. So I'm very grateful to him for letting me share it with |
| 1:56.3 | all of you on my own feed. This is not a normal occurrence. And he also publishes a newsletter, |
| 2:01.6 | which is one of my favorite newsletters and the only one I regularly read. And that's because I love |
| 2:07.1 | his perspective and how he incorporates metaphor with charts and data to tell a story so that what |
| 2:13.1 | you're reading isn't only educational, but it's also entertaining. So I cannot recommend his stuff |
| 2:19.1 | enough. If you're interested in learning more about Grant and how to become a subscriber to |
| 2:22.5 | both his podcast and his monthly newsletter, you can do that at grant dash Williams dot com. |
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