'Major Reprice' Of All Assets; Bubble Burst, Gold to $5k | Clem Chambers

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  February 16, 2025 at 05:21  |  38:40  |  The David Lin Report
Speakers
Clem Chambers — CEO, Online Blockchain

Summary

Clem Chambers, founder of ANewFn, discusses inflation fears, Fed-controlled markets, gold, AI hardware demand, Nasdaq bubble risk, Bitcoin, and his top asset for 2025. He argues gold is in a ballistic advance toward $5,000 as a volatility hedge, while the Nasdaq is not yet in bubble mode and Bitcoin looks toppy. He is bullish on AI training hardware and Nvidia, holds AMD as a cheap AI proxy, and is contrarian bullish on UK large caps as takeover targets.

  • Inflation expectations have risen, but Clem sees 4-4.5% as uncomfortable rather than a crisis.
  • He argues the Fed controls the Treasury curve and inflation expectations, so old bond-vigilante dynamics are gone.
  • Gold is his preferred hedge due to rising global volatility and geopolitical risk; he targets $5,000 and prefers bullion over gold miners.
  • He sees AI training demand as durable and not undermined by DeepSeek, supporting Nvidia hardware demand; he holds AMD as a cheaper AI proxy.
  • He says the Nasdaq is not yet in a bubble but expects a parabolic acceleration in 2-3 years.
  • He has been lightening Bitcoin/crypto because it looks toppy after its run.
  • His top 2025 asset is the UK, where cheap FTSE 100 value companies are takeover targets.
  • Startups require total commitment, but that section is not presented as an investment trade.
Ideas
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 0:06
Gold is the volatility hedge to $5,000
Gold is accelerating in a ballistic chart pattern that Clem associates with bubbles or major repricing. He sees rising global volatility and geopolitical danger, argues gold is the only apolitical international hedge when the risk is America and Treasuries may not protect, and expects gold to reach $5,000 over the next couple of years; he says he is stacking it.
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 21:31
AMD is cheap AI exposure he holds
Clem personally holds AMD as a cheaper AI proxy. He notes it may be a mistake because traders often short AMD to hedge long Nvidia positions, but he still prefers AMD as his AI exposure given the durable demand for AI training hardware.
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 21:52
AI training demand remains infinite for Nvidia
Clem argues the AI boom is driven by training data, not just the inference model, creating effectively infinite demand for the hardware and cooling used to train models. DeepSeek's cheaper model does not reduce demand for Nvidia's training chips; thousands of Nvidia chips are needed to generate the datasets AI applications use.
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 23:44
Nasdaq bubble acceleration is coming later
Clem says the Nasdaq's five-year chart remains linear rather than parabolic, so a 2000-style bubble is not yet in place. He expects an acceleration and bubble sometime in the next two to three years, later rather than sooner, and views that parabolic move as the signal of the final leg or end of the run; until then it is a monitorable setup, not a short.
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 29:41
Bitcoin looks toppy; lightening exposure
Clem has been lightening his crypto exposure because Bitcoin looks toppy after a parabolic run and appears to have already had its major move. He does not want to watch the top tick-by-tick and would rather wait for the next cycle, so he is reducing rather than shorting.
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 32:40
UK large caps are cheap takeover targets
Clem is contrarian bullish on the UK as his top asset for 2025. The UK market has been unloved for years, but he argues the government has opened the door to takeovers of FTSE 100 companies; large, profitable, cheap international businesses are being acquired at roughly 40% premiums, and he expects UK value to work for two to three years while he stacks it.
Clem Chambers CEO, Online Blockchain 33:36
Gold miners fail to track gold
Clem avoids gold mining equities because they do not reliably track the gold price, even when gold rises. He prefers physical gold for a more reliable, sleep-at-night exposure rather than gold stocks.
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