Thoughtful Money with Adam Taggart

Stephanie Pomboy: When The Next Shakeout Happens, Will You Be A Winner Or A Loser?

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Oct 16, 2025
Join Stephanie Pomboy, a macro analyst and publisher of Macromavens, as she dives into the current landscape of market volatility and systemic financial risks. She highlights the ongoing rally in gold and silver, forecasting potential pullbacks while remaining bullish long-term. Pomboy also discusses troubling trends in the private credit sector and the implications of maturing corporate debts. Additionally, she analyzes the risk of an AI bubble, emphasizing the need for hard assets in an increasingly uncertain economic climate.
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INSIGHT

Secular Shift Back To Hard Assets

  • Pomboy expects commodities and gold to outperform paper assets for decades in a secular reversal.
  • She believes stock and credit valuations are extreme and vulnerable to a long-term shift back to hard assets.
ADVICE

Understand Hedge Mechanics First

  • If you choose to hedge precious metals, be aware of instrument drift and time decay risks.
  • Don't rely on leveraged short ETFs or options as perfect long-term hedges without understanding their mechanics.
INSIGHT

Credit Bifurcation Emerging

  • Credit markets are starting to discriminate between investment grade and junk for the first time in a while.
  • Rising junk yields and spreads signal a possible beginning of the credit-risk repricing Pomboy has long anticipated.
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