Gold and Gold Stocks’ Time Has Come with Fund Manager Lawrence Lepard
Gold stock fund manager and Austrian economist Larry Lepard sees $5,000 to $10,000/oz gold in the next several years. He believes gold stocks present an asymmetrical opportunity for investors. Larry shares some gold stock picks. He also explains the thesis of his new book, “The Big Print” and offers a sound money solution in contrast to the current monetary system.
Lawrence Lepard runs Equity Management Associates, LLC, an investment partnership which has focused on investing in precious metals since 2008. Prior to EMA, Mr. Lepard spent 25 years as a professional investor and venture capitalist. From 1991 to 2004 he was one of two Managing Partners at Geocapital Partners in New Jersey which managed six venture capital partnerships, the last of which was $250 million. Geocapital was very active in technology, software and computer investing and invested heavily in the internet starting in 1993. Geocapital was the lead investor in Netcom, Inc., the first internet service provider to complete an IPO in 1996. Prior to Geocapital Mr. Lepard spent 7 years as a General Partner at Summit Partners in Boston, MA. Summit is a large venture capital and private equity firm. He was employee number 4, joining 1 year after Summit was launched. Mr. Lepard holds an MBA with Academic Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BA in Economics from Colgate University
0:00 Introduction
0:55 Larry’s new book: The Big Print
4:56 Sound money solution
17:02 CBDCs
22:34 Bitcoin price
25:20 Asymmetric speculation
29:57 Learn from the smartest person
41:26 Gold and Company Picks