The Last Time The Fed Did This, Lots of Regular People Got Rich (It's Happening Again)

About 50 years ago, the United States was facing an inflation problem and then we were hit with high oil prices because of conflict in the Middle East. Sound familiar? Because we're seeing something similar happened today. In the 1970s, the Federal Reserve Bank took certain actions in response to all the changes in the economy which made some people very rich while everybody else watched it happen. And it could be happening again. Let me explain. A few weeks ago, Wall Street was predicting that the Federal Reserve Bank was almost guaranteed to cut interest rates in March 2026. But then two things happened at the exact same time. First, the United States attacked Iran and oil prices jumped up. And second, we got a new inflation report that said businesses are seeing higher inflation than what was previously expected. And now every investor is trying to predict if the Federal Reserve Bank is going to do the same thing today in 2026 that they did in the 1970s because that changed our economy. Now to be clear, I'm not trying to predict what's going to happen tomorrow because nobody has a crystal ball. But while history doesn't exactly repeat itself, it does rhyme. In the early 1970s, the United States was facing an inflation problem because in 1971, then President Richard Nixon took the United States dollar off of the gold standard. I have directed Secretary Connley to suspend temporarily the convertability of the dollar into gold or other reserve assets except in amounts and conditions determined to be in the interest of monetary stability and in the best interest of the United States. This allowed the United States to do a lot of money printing and allowed the government to spend a lot of money which was great at first but then it created an inflation problem. Then the United States got involved in the Middle East conflicts which led to oil prices spiking. In 1973, the United States supported Israel in the Yam Kapour war and in response, the Arab members of OPEC cut oil to the United States. This created an oil shock because oil prices skyrocketed. We can compare that to what's happening now because in 2020, the pandemic hit and we started this money printing again. Not because we went off of the gold standard. We were already off of the gold standard in 2020, but because of this pandemic, the government wanted to stimulate the economy. So, we printed a lot of money which then caused the inflation problems that we saw over the last number of years. Well, here we are in 2026 and these oil problems have not gone away. And now the United States has attacked Iran. And because of this conflict in the Middle East, oil prices are spiking again. Why am I demonstrating this? Because after this happened, the Federal Reserve Bank flipped their economic policies. And these changes in the economic policies changed investments, it changed wealth, and it changed the economy. And that's what I want you to understand because again, we don't know what's going to happen now going forward, but we can study history. That way, if you can understand that, it can help you make better investments and hopefully grow your wealth. And this is why again on March 18th, I'm hosting a live free and virtual investor workshop. Because if you're investing your money, you're thinking about retirement, you're investing in a 401k, and you feel a little bit uneasy about things happening in the economy and markets. On this workshop, I'm going to show you how you can use these changes in our economy, not just with geopolitics in the Middle East, but changes with AI, changes with money, changes with the Federal Reserve Bank to your advantage. That way, you can invest better based off of research. I'll be presenting a bunch of research that my firm has been doing. That way you can see not just how the economy is changing, but how these changes create new and unique investment opportunities for the financially savvy. It's a free workshop. I'm doing it live twice on March 18th, once in the morning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, again in the evening at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. So, if you'd like to join me, I invite you. It's free. All you have to do is register and I have the link for you down in the description below. And by the way, as an added bonus, when you actually show up live on the workshop, we're going to give you a free digital copy of my team's new book, How Money Changed Forever, for free. It's a lot of value in this book, but you have to actually show up live on the workshop on March 18th to get a copy of this book emailed to you for free. So, now that you understand the foundation, let's start by going over what the Federal Reserve Bank did in the 1970s, and then let's go over how that made some people incredibly wealthy. The Federal Reserve Bank took drastic action in the 1970s to combat the inflation and to combat this oil crisis because when you have high oil prices, it doesn't just impact gas prices. It makes the prices of everything go up because higher gas prices, higher oil prices mean your groceries become more expensive. Vacations become more expensive. Buying anything becomes more expensive because if you want to buy something at Walmart, that product has to be shipped there or driven there and it comes from a warehouse and that comes from a farm. So all of that shipping, all the transportation becomes more expensive as oil becomes more expensive. So what the Federal Reserve Bank did is they drastically raised interest rates in response to the inflation and in response to these high oil prices. And when I say drastically raise interest rates, I mean they had to raise interest rates so high that getting a mortgage meant now you were paying 12% a year on your mortgage, 15% a year on your mortgage, sometimes even 18% a year on your mortgage because the Federal Reserve Bank got so aggressive to bring these prices of things down due to the oil, due to the inflation problem. That shift had a devastating effect on the stock market and the economy. Because when the Federal Reserve Bank raised interest rates that aggressively, we saw the stock market crash. We saw the stock market fall by around 45% between 1973 and 1974. And then we saw the economy crash as well because unemployment was skyrocketing. So during that time when the Federal Reserve Bank was aggressively raising interest rates to combat these problems, we saw the stock market go down, we saw jobs go down, and we saw the economy go down. But that doesn't mean that nobody made money. See, when it comes to interest rates, the Federal Reserve Bank has three options. They can cut interest rates, they can keep interest rates the same, or they can raise interest rates. If they cut interest rates, they risk making the inflation problem worse. Because if you cut interest rates, well, that makes borrowing money cheaper. Now, if you can go and get a mortgage at a cheaper rate, more people are going to want to buy a house. And if more people are buying houses, you have more bidding wars, home, prices go up, the inflation problem could become worse, especially during a time where we have higher oil prices. And we're already starting to see that happen today. Now, we have just started this Middle East conflict. I don't know how long it's going to last. I don't know how long the oil implications are going to last, but what we know is that higher oil prices can trickle down to many different parts of the economy. And the reason why I want you to understand this with lower interest rates is because President Trump has been demanding lower interest rates. And President Trump is putting in a new chairman at the Federal Reserve Bank who says he wants lower interest rates. Well, at least that's what they said before the conflict in the Middle East started. Now, we don't know what's going to happen, but we know that President Trump and the new chairman at the Federal Reserve Bank want lower interest rates. But this could complicate things and just understand that lower interest rates can make the inflation problem worse. Number two is the Federal Reserve Bank could do nothing. But if they don't do anything, well, if inflation is going up, that could make the inflation problem worse as well because sitting on the sidelines can be a form of action of just letting problems get worse. Or number three, the Federal Reserve Bank can raise interest rates. But if you raise interest rates, that slows down the economy. We remember this happening between 2022 and 2025 as the Federal Reserve Bank was raising interest rates. We saw slowdowns in the economy. We saw the job market get hurt. So if you feel like the job market is not that great today, part of the reason for that is interest rates. That's not the only reason, but higher interest rates slow down spending, they slow down borrowing, which can slow down jobs and the economy as well. This is where the Federal Reserve Bank is in a very tight position. We know that in the past they raised interest rates aggressively. But who actually made money as the Federal Reserve Bank was raising interest rates because well we should understand how people actually invested through these shifts in the 1970s and then I'm going to talk about what that means for you today in 2026 because things have changed as well. There were three primary assets that really benefited through this shift in the 1970s. Number one is gold. Because when the United States dollar was taken off of the gold standard, when more money printing was happening, when there was more concerns about inflation, when these oil prices were going up, gold was benefiting through all of this, we saw gold prices skyrocket during this era in the 1970s. And the investors of gold here were able to see their wealth grow. The second asset class that really saw benefit during this 1970s era were commodities. These were the investors investing in things like raw materials, like oil and metals and agriculture. These were booming during the 1970s even while the stock market was crashing. And we also saw the real estate prices, real estate investors were making money through this 1970s downturn. The stock market got hurt. The value of the dollar got hurt, but real estate prices went up despite the inflation. And even after you factor in the inflation, the real estate investors were making money through this shift. So what we saw happen in the 1970s is the investors that lost money were the ones that were holding on to cash, investing in stocks, and investing in bonds. The investors that made money during this shift in the 1970s were the investors that own gold, commodities, and real estate. Now, there are some key differences between the 1970s and today. So, let me highlight those key differences, and then I'm going to go over what are different ways that you can invest based off of these shifts that we're seeing happen today. So, let me start with the four differences between the 1970s and today, because this is very important for you to understand because it's not exactly the same. Difference number one between the 1970s and today is tariffs. In the 1970s, the reason why the prices of things were going up was because of money printing and it was because of high oil prices. Today, it could be a little bit different. Today, we could be seeing the prices of things going up because of the previous money printing, because of the high oil prices. But also, tariffs could lead to businesses raising the prices because they have to pay more money to actually purchase these products and import them into the United States. Number two is we have a very different Federal Reserve Bank today than we did in the 1970s. In the 1970s, the Federal Reserve Bank was very adamant to want to save the dollar, to want to fight inflation, and to do whatever it takes, even if that meant crashing the stock market, even if that meant hurting the economy because they wanted to preserve the value of the dollar and the economy long term. Well, today is a little bit different. President Trump is appointing a new chairman at the Federal Reserve Bank. It's going to start in May 2026. And President Trump has made it very clear that number one, he wants a weaker dollar. Number two, that he wants to see lower interest rates. Well, that's a very different outlook than what we saw in the 1970s, which could change monetary policy. Now, of course, to be clear, one person at the Federal Reserve Bank doesn't get to make the decisions unanimously. You have to have a majority vote, but it's something to keep in mind because that could potentially sway what the Federal Reserve Bank does. Number three is that gold has been signaling concerns way before this oil shock happened in 2026 because gold prices started to boom during the pandemic because of concerns about the dollar. But then the gold rise started to accelerate not just because people were buying more gold but because central banks around the world started buying more gold and they started accelerating their gold buying as a way to strengthen their currencies and as a way to separate themselves from the United States dollar. Now, normally gold prices go up because people are concerned about the dollar because they want to hedge their bets. And well, we've already seen a huge runup in gold prices every single year since the pandemic and it's been breaking record highs even before this hit with the oil crisis. So, that does create concerns that is gold going to continue going up the way that it has in the past. And number four is of course AI because AI is changing not just the economy but also the job market. During the 1970s, there was a basket of stocks called the Nifty50. These were the the big 50 stocks of the stock market. And people thought that these stocks would always be around. These are like the the Xeroxes, the IBMs, the Polaroids. Those stocks were trading at super high multiples. And then when the Federal Reserve Bank started raising interest rates, those stocks got crushed, which brought the stock market down. Today, we have something called the Magnificent 7. These are the seven largest companies in the stock market and they are primarily focused on technology and a lot of them are heavily involved with AI. Now, here's the thing. We don't know what direction this is going to go. We know that AI is here to stay. We know that AI is not going to go away, but we don't know if AI is going to crash before we start to see AI come back. Now, we've seen many bubbles happen in history. We just don't know that if these stocks that we're seeing right now, the Mag 7, are going to go through a crash before AI becomes more sustainable or if it's going to continue going up because AI is going to have such a drastic impact in the job market that these stocks are just going to continue rising because they're going to control a bigger share of the AI market. That's the uncertainty that we don't know the answer to just yet. So, now that you understand all this information, let's talk about how this could potentially create investment opportunities today. Now, I'm not here to tell you what to invest in, okay? I'm just a random guy on YouTube. Investing has risks. You are never guaranteed to make money when you invest. In fact, you will lose money at some point. So, make sure you always do your own due diligence and never blindly trust a random guy on YouTube. I'm going to go over some specific examples, but again, never invest more than you're willing to lose. I'm just showing you how you can start thinking like an investor. That's the goal with these examples. I'm going to go over five different types of investment ideas. Number one is gold. just based off of what we've seen in history that anytime we see concerns about inflation, whether it's because of oil prices or inflation, that has benefited gold prices in the past. Again, we have no idea what's going to happen in the Middle East, but if concerns about oil prices continue, that could benefit gold prices. Now, you can invest in gold by buying the physical gold or you can invest in ETFs that give you paper exposure to gold. Physical gold is always better because you own the actual asset. But the next best thing would be paper versions of that which are paper ETFs that give you exposure to that gold. Again, here are a couple examples not telling you what to invest in. Number one is GLD which is going to give you exposure to the gold. Again, the other one is I AU which will also give you similar exposure to that gold. Number two were energy companies because what we saw happen in the 1970s when this oil conflict happened and oil prices continued to go up while those higher oil prices made the profits for these energy companies and oil companies they skyrocketed. So they were able to make a lot more money. We don't know what's going to happen today. But if oil prices continue to go up well that means that these oil companies will be able to sell their oil for bigger profits as well. Again, a lot of uncertainty, but there is opportunity depending on what happens here. And there are ETFs that can give you exposure to that. Number one is XLE. This is an ETF created by Spider, SPDR, and this is going to give you exposure to the 20 plus largest United States energy companies. That way, you can get broader exposure to US energy. That's like Exxon Mobile, Chevron, Kico Phillips, and other stocks like that. XOP is going to give you a little bit more niche exposure to more of the oil and gas exploration and production companies. This is a more pure oil play. That's what XOP is. Number three, of course, based off of history, what we saw is that during the 1970s, commodities benefited. And well, there are ways for you to invest in commodities in this economy as well because there are ETFs that can give you exposure to that. Again, this is one of the things that I'm going to be talking about on March 18th, how you can use the changes in the economy to invest your money better. If you're interested in joining me on this live workshop, again the link is for you down in the description. But if you wanted to invest in these commodities, there are a couple ETFs that you can consider. Again, these are just a couple ways for you to start thinking like an investor. Number one is PDBC. This is an ETF that's going to give you exposure to the Invesco optimum yield diversified commodity strategy. This holds a bunch of future contracts across energy, metals, and agriculture. That way, you're getting kind of more of that broader exposure to the commodity space. Yes, a little bit more volatile, a little bit more risky, but it is an opportunity if that's something you're interested in or if you want to get a little bit more niche, you wanted to invest into a commodity like copper. COPX is an ETF that will give you exposure to copper. Now, copper is something I've been talking about for a little while. Copper has been benefiting because of the changes we've been seeing with trade in China, but as a general commodity play, that's another thing that you could think about here as well. Number four is farmland. And the reason why I'm talking about farmland here partially in the real estate side is because what we saw happen in the 1970s is not only did real estate prices go up, land prices went up, but the food that the farmers were selling, the prices of that also went up as well. Why? Because of all the inflation that we saw happen. And so as this happened, the farming industry started to become more profitable from a valuation perspective. And that could potentially be an investment opportunity if the prices of things keep rising. Now, unfortunately, there are no ETFs that are going to give you broad exposure to the farmland industry. So, here are a few different companies that you can consider investing in. Again, investing in individual company is more risky than investing in ETF because now you have the risk of the company going bankrupt as well. But this is my way of helping you starting to think like an investor. That way, you can start your research. Number one is ticker LD. This is a company that is a REIT, a real estate investment trust that specializes in investing in farmland across the United States. The way this company works is they buy the farmland and then they rent it to farmers and as food prices go up generally rental prices go up as well. Another example of this is FPI. This is another company that works similarly to land. It buys farmland and it rents it to the farmers and generally as food prices go up, rents go up as well. And then a little bit differently is DBA. This is a fund created by Invesco that's giving you exposure to agriculture prices. So if you want exposure to food prices themselves, this is investing in future contracts on wheat, corn, soybean, and cattle. So generally as food prices go up, this benefits as well. And the last but not least is silver. Now silver works kind of like gold that when people are concerned about the dollar, people buy silver. But in addition to that, people also use silver in the economy. Silver is used in many different piece of the economy. I mean, we're using more silver today than we have in the past, which is one of the reasons why silver prices have boomed so much over the last 5 years. But you have to also understand that silver is more volatile than gold. So when silver is going up, it might be going higher than gold. But when gold is going down, silver will generally fall even more than gold. So it's more risky, more volatile because of that. And sometimes people invest in it for the wrong reasons and then they get scared with the volatility. So you have to understand that going in. But the idea is if people get more concerned about the dollar, then they want more commodities. One of those commodities is silver. Of course, people buy silver for more than just hedge against inflation. But that's one of the reasons why people buy silver. And if people get more concerned about inflation, again, that could potentially benefit silver, but also understand that silver prices have gone up significantly since the pandemic as well. So what we talked about in this video is first about understanding history because in the 1970s the United States was facing an inflation problem because the United States dollar was taken off of the gold standard which led to more money printing which led to more inflation. Then in 1973 the United States got involved with the Middle East which then led to oil prices spiking which then created a problem in the economy and the Federal Reserve Bank responded by raising interest rates aggressively and these aggressive interest rate hikes then changed the economy. It caused the stock market to crash. It caused the economy to go down. It caused unemployment to skyrocket while we were still facing this crisis right here. Well, we're seeing something similar happen in 2026. What is that? Well, we saw a inflation problem because of the pandemic. We had all this money printing happen because the government wanted to stimulate the economy and that then created the inflation problem. And then in 2026 because of the conflict in the Middle East, the United States got involved which again led to an oil price spike. Now the question is what's going to happen in 2026? But to really understand that you have to also look at the differences between the 1970s and the 2020s because the four key differences are today tariffs could also cause prices of things to go up. That wasn't a concern in the 1970s. Number two, we have a very different Federal Reserve Bank today than in the 1970s. In the 1970s, the Fed was very open to raising interest rates, even if that meant hurting the economy, hurting the stock market. Today the president does not want to see the stock market go down. The president wants to see the Federal Reserve Bank cut interest rates. A very different environment today than before. Number three is today we've already seen gold prices skyrocket. And number four, AI is changing the job market and the stock market today is very different than what we saw in the 1970s. Now, despite all of that, what are different ways that you're going to invest based off of these changes? Now, again, we don't know what's going to happen in the Middle East. We don't know how long this conflict is going to last. We don't know what's going to happen with oil. That's what make this very volatile, very risky, very concerning. But here's based off of history, different things that have generally benefited from these types of shifts in the past. Again, I'm not telling you what to invest and just showing you how to start thinking like an investor. In the past, we saw this shift benefit gold. We saw this shift benefit energy prices because as oil prices go up, so do energy. We've seen this shift benefit commodities. We saw the shift benefit farmland. And we saw the shift benefit silver. Those are different things that you can do. Again, don't invest more than you're willing to lose. These are a couple of the things that I'll be talking about on March 18th on my live workshop. Again, if you haven't registered for that, I have the link for you down in the description. And finally, if you got value out of this video, the best thank you was a referral. So, if you could please share this video with a friend, family member, colleague, or fellow investor. That way, we can continue to spread this type of financial education. Thank you. President Trump just confirmed that he wants to get rid of your income tax. Take a listen. I believe that tariffs paid for by foreign countries will like in the past substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love. Lord.

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