Alasdair Macleod
Author & Head of Research @ Goldmoney
Alasdair Macleod has over 50 years of experience in financial markets, with a focus on monetary history, systemic risk, and the enduring roll of gold.
He began his career at the London Stock Exchange in 1970, rising to Senior Partner by 1979, and has held senior roles in fund management and private banking, including as Investment Director at Ansbacher (CI) Ltd in Guernsey.
A long-standing commentator on precious metals and unsound monetary policy, Alasdair is widely respected for his clarity, depth, and commitment to helping investors understand how to preserve wealth outside a failing fiat system.
In 2024, he launched his independent platform via Substack, where he continues to provide monetary insights to a global audience.
Alasdair’s expertise enhances our capacity to deliver informed, long-term guidance to our clients.
Alasdair Macleod Articles
This article looks at the theoretical and empirical evidence from previous fiat money collapses in order to impart the knowledge necessary for individuals to seek early protection from an annihilation of fiat currencies. It assesses the...
Following the presidential election this week, the new President of the United States will face an economic slump. Long before the covid-19 lockdowns, economic and financial developments threatened to undermine both the US economy and the...
This article defines hyperinflation in simple terms, making it clear that most, if not all governments have already committed their unbacked currencies to destruction by hyperinflation. The evidence is now becoming plain to see.
Gold and silver continue to consolidate in a narrow range this week, but gold finally broke out on the upside tonight, closing up $35 at $1928, and silver up 5.4% at $25.11.
In last week’s Goldmoney Insight, Lessons On Inflation From The Past , I described how there were certain characteristics of Germany’s 1914-23 inflation that collapsed the paper mark which are relevant to our current situation. I drew a...
This article examines two inflationary experiences in the past in an attempt to predict the likely outcome of today’s monetary policies. The German hyperinflation of 1923 demonstrated that it took surprisingly little monetary inflation to...
There can be little doubt that macroeconomic policies are failing around the world. The fallacies being exposed are so entrenched that there are bound to be twists and turns yet to come.
If you think that price inflation runs at about 1.6% you have fallen for the BLS’s CPI myth. Two independent analysts using different methods — the Chapwood Index and Shadowstats.com — prove that prices are rising at a far faster rate,...
Many central banks are researching retail digital currencies, which if implemented, would allow them to issue a new currency directly to the public, managed on a centralised ledger bypassing commercial banks. While there is an element of...
Downturns in bank credit expansion always lead to systemic problems. We are on the edge of such a downturn, which thanks to everyone’s focus on the coronavirus, is unexpected.
