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The Timeless Investor Show explores how serious thinkers build wealth, resilience, and lasting success across generations.Hosted by Arie van Gemeren, CFA - The Timeless Investor Show connects history, philosophy, and real-world investing lessons into practical frameworks for…
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How America Rigged Its Own Bond Market for 9 Years (opens the original)
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In 1942, the U.S. government fixed the price of its own debt and held it for nine years. It worked, but the cost was quietly transferred directly to the saver. In this deep dive, we explore the history of financial repression , analyzing how governments attempt to control their own bond markets and where the pressure inevitably erupts. We examine the Treasury-Fed Accord , the mechanics of yield curve control , and the recurring historical patterns from Japan, Britain, Rome, and Weimar that expla
The 5,000-Year-Old Debt Trap (And How It Ends (opens the original)
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The global economy is sitting on a $40 trillion time bomb, but the next financial crisis won't look like 2008. In this episode of The Timeless Investor, Arie van Gemeren breaks down the Big Theory of Debt, synthesizing 4,500 years of economic history—from Bronze Age Mesopotamia to ancient Athens and the Roman Empire—to reveal the inevitable future of your portfolio. Discover why debt always compounds faster than real economic output, why a modern "Debt Jubilee" is morally impossible, and why the
He Built America's Power Grid. He Died With 84 Cents. (opens the original)
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In 1938, a 78-year-old man collapsed on a Paris subway platform. He had no wallet, no ID, and just 30 francs—roughly 84 cents—in his pocket. Police only identified him by a hotel laundry bill. Nine years earlier, this same man controlled a utility empire valued at over $3 billion, sat on the boards of 85 corporations, and supplied electricity to four million Americans across 32 states. His name was Samuel Insull. In this episode of The Timeless Investor , host Arie van Gemeren uncovers the epic
The Financier of the Revolution (opens the original)
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In this episode of The Timeless Investor, we dissect the extraordinary rise and devastating fall of Robert Morris—the financial mastermind who personally funded the American Revolution, only to lose everything in America's first great real estate bubble.As the Superintendent of Finance, Morris’s personal signature was literally the credit of the United States. Yet, despite being historically correct about the long-term value of American frontier land, he was brought down by a mechanical financia
The Vatican, The Mafia, and $1.3B: The Murder of God's Banker (opens the original)
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On the morning of June 18, 1982, a postal clerk crossing London’s Blackfriars Bridge discovered the body of Roberto Calvi hanging from scaffolding, his pockets filled with bricks and $15,000 in cash. Only days earlier, Calvi was the powerful chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, Italy’s largest private bank. Due to his intimate financial entanglements with the Vatican Bank, the press knew him by a different moniker: "God’s Banker". In this episode of The Timeless Investor , Arie van Gemeren unpacks the
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