David Murrin on We Are Already in World War III

By Brian Chu, Saturday, 04 January 2025

It’s Brian Chu here again.

I hope you’ve been enjoying our Gold Summer Series so far.

I especially enjoyed yesterday’s interview with Jim Rickards. Jim was a big influence on my gold journey, so it was good to hear his latest views on the market.

Today you’ll hear from global cycles forecaster David Murrin.

David has a long and varied career, which began in the oil exploration business amongst the jungles of Papua New Guinea and the southwestern Pacific Islands.

There, he engaged with the tribes of the Sepik River while exploring the mineral composition of the region.

This was before the age of adventure tourism, and the region was dangerous and uncertain. His work with the PNG tribespeople informed and catalysed his theories on collective human behaviour.

He took that experience into the trading floor in the 1980s, trading FX, bonds, equities and commodities on JP Morgan’s first European proprietary trading desk, before founding JPM’s highly successful European Market Analysis Group.

In the ’90s, he founded his own hedge fund and co-founded various other market funds focused on Africa.

What binds it all is a focus on understanding collective human behavioural patterns, both now and in history, in order to try to predict the future of geopolitics and markets.

It makes for a fascinating interview.

David’s view is that we’re in the early phases of World War III. It began in 2022 with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

He also makes the point that China is engaging in a massive arms build-up.

Listening to David is a real treat. He connects the dots in ways that no one else can.

I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did…

God bless,

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Brian Chu,
Editor, Gold Stock Pro and The Australian Gold Report

All advice is general advice and has not taken into account your personal circumstances.

Please seek independent financial advice regarding your own situation, or if in doubt about the suitability of an investment.

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Brian Chu is one of Australia’s foremost independent authorities on gold and gold stocks, with a unique strategy for valuing big producers and highly speculative explorers. He established a private family fund that only invests in ASX-listed gold mining companies, being one of a few such funds in Australia, putting his strategy and research skills to the test under public scrutiny. He currently writes two gold-focused investment advisories.

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