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Interview recorded - 12th of February, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Clive Thompson. Clive has experience in the wealth management industry & has a unique insight into central banks.During our conversation we spoke about the current economic outlook, bond market issues, precious metals boom, DOGE, physical precious metals and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction2:14 - Current economic outlook5:13 - Bond market issues7:40 - Precious metals boom16:35 - DOGE18:45 - Weak US employment24:03 - Employment disconnect26:12 - Universal income27:47 - Major precious metals top?34:10 - Precious metals ranging35:45 - Physical precious metals40:40 - One message to takeaway?Clive has 47 years of experience in finance & wealth management. This encompasses structuring and advice relating to quoted investments, Private Equity investments, family businesses, tax, residency, real estate, inheritance, Wills, legal, lending, Trusts, Companies and Foundations and all kinds of personal and private advice. He has been actively involved for decades in the arena of Trust structures. This often involved negotiating and discussing the contracts relating to the sale of family companies.Clive's latest position before retirement was as Managing Director in the Anglophone Private Clients Department of Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA, based in Geneva. He was responsible for wealth management services provided to a small number of wealthy English and French speaking families.Clive continues to remain very active in the world of wealth, with a strong focus on Private Equity, and direct Equity Investing via the global stock markets. His passion is the financial analysis of Balance Sheets, P&Ls, Cash Flow and business projections. Clive loves examining business opportunities, like Private Equity, and digging into the fundamentals of quoted companies to achieve a market beating performance.Clive Thompson - YouTube - @clivethompson-jc9my LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-thompson-661997251/Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9aye4wQ8OkWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas