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27 dated public stances tracked since 2025-07-17, most recently 2026-10-21. Each line carries the date and the venue it came from; quotation marks mean verbatim. Methodology.
The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Grant Williams's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Grant Williams is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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27
tracked stances
16
themes
0
side flips
2026-10-21
last heard
Returns 90d +4.1% 42% correct · 19 calls · 180d +3.4% 59% correct · 17 calls
Raw direction-aware returns on public statements — long calls credited when the price rose, shorts when it fell, shorts capped at −100% — in a rising market this mostly measures who was long, not who has skill. Returns run from the stance date; calls are rarely closed publicly, so fixed 90-day / 180-day / 1-year horizons are used. A horizon shows only once it has fully matured, and only at 5+ scored stances. “% correct” is the share of those scored calls whose direction-aware return was positive at the horizon — in a rising market a bullish call is correct by default, so read it beside the market, not alone.
Scored calls
Every tracked call with at least one matured horizon: the rows behind the Returns line above. A dash is a horizon that has not matured yet.
| Date | Name | Call | 90d | 180d | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | SILVER | bullish | -2.9% | — | — |
| 2026-07-21 | GOLD | owns | +1.3% | — | — |
| 2026-05-05 | long IRON ORE / long COPPER / long ZINC / long OIL | basket | -3.1% | +8.6% | — |
| 2026-05-05 | OIL | bullish | -15.3% | +8.8% | — |
| 2026-05-05 | Gold Miners | bullish | -11.4% | -7.8% | — |
| 2026-05-05 | COPPER | bullish | +9.1% | +8.4% | — |
| 2026-05-05 | Commodities Broad | bullish | -7.4% | +4.0% | — |
| 2026-05-05 | AEM | bullish | -17.1% | -4.0% | — |
| 2026-04-11 | GOLD | bullish | -13.4% | -13.0% | — |
| 2026-01-12 | long COPPER / long URANIUM | basket | +0.3% | -9.2% | — |
| 2026-01-12 | SPX | bearish | +1.0% | -8.3% | — |
| 2026-01-11 | long COPPER / long GOLD / long SILVER / long PLATINUM (+1 legs) | basket | +17.6% | +3.5% | — |
| 2026-01-11 | SILVER | bullish | -11.6% | -30.1% | — |
| 2026-01-11 | OIL | bullish | +79.3% | +51.7% | — |
| 2026-01-11 | COPPER | owns | -0.2% | +3.0% | — |
| 2025-12-02 | USTS | bearish | -1.3% | +0.8% | — |
| 2025-12-02 | USD | bearish | -0.3% | -1.8% | — |
| 2025-12-02 | GOLD | bullish | +26.5% | +6.2% | — |
| 2025-07-17 | GOLD | bullish | +25.9% | +37.1% | +19.8% |
Most-argued themes
| Theme | Stances | Lean | Mix | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLD | 5 | 5 bullish | 2026-10-21 | |
| COPPER | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-05-05 | |
| Commodities Broad | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-10-21 | |
| OIL | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-05-05 | |
| SILVER | 2 | 2 bullish | 2026-07-21 | |
| 60/40 BALANCED PORTFOLIO | 1 | 1 bearish | 2026-09-28 |
Tracked stances
bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
Gold is the primary hedge against purchasing-power confiscation via inflation; Williams has held it as a core portfolio position since 2003 and argues it has outperformed most equity markets over that span while carrying less conventional risk
“the solution was gold... I've looked at gold in 2003 and realized that that is going to be a really good long-term solution”
Grant Williams | Where To Hide Out In Markets During The Fourth Turning & Changes On The Horizon
2026-10-21
Commodities Broad
bullish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Commodities represent a long-term bet on the rotation back to real tangible assets as financial-asset valuations eventually reset after the current everything-bubble bust
“commodities offer a great place to hide out — they're a long-term bet on a return to real tangible assets”
Grant Williams | Where To Hide Out In Markets During The Fourth Turning & Changes On The Horizon
2026-10-21
TIPS
bullish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Short-dated TIPS currently yield approximately 3% real, making them genuinely attractive for the first time in years as an inflation-protected capital-preservation vehicle without taking excessive duration risk
“you get 3% real yield on TIPS. If you can do that on a five-year bond, I think that's actually, for the first time in a long time, makes an awful lot of sense”
Grant Williams | Where To Hide Out In Markets During The Fourth Turning & Changes On The Horizon
2026-10-21
Investment Grade Credit
bullish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Solid companies with strong track records and manageable debt profiles now offer yields high enough that the return OF capital risk is acceptable, making select corporate credit an attractive hiding-out destination
“certain corporate bonds, if you start to get a good yield... solid companies that have an incredible track record — there are going to be some great opportunities there”
Grant Williams | Where To Hide Out In Markets During The Fourth Turning & Changes On The Horizon
2026-10-21
Big Tech
bearish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Equity markets offer no long-term value at current valuations; the tailwinds of deflation and falling rates that drove returns for 20 years have reversed into inflation and rising rates, and passive inflows that mechanically drove markets higher may finally…
“I don't think that equity markets per se and just being long the S&P or being long the Magnificent 7 is going to work”
Grant Williams | Where To Hide Out In Markets During The Fourth Turning & Changes On The Horizon
2026-09-28
Long Dur Treasuries
bearish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
With purchasing power eroding at roughly 10% per year, locking capital for 30 years at ~5.5% is a guaranteed loss in real terms, and the 40-year bond bull market has definitively reversed — the 30-year chart shows a V-shaped bottom taking off
“Open up the 30-year bond chart and you'll see a V-shaped bottom, they're taking off right now, and it's really dangerous”
Grant Williams: Gold, Bonds and Bessent
2026-09-28
60/40 BALANCED PORTFOLIO
bearish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
The 40-year regime of falling rates that kept bonds and equities negatively correlated has reversed, destroying the hedge that made 60/40 work — in 2022 it had its worst drawdown in 100 years and that is the new normal, not an anomaly
“It will no longer be so easy to have a 60/40 portfolio, where everything will be fine because one thing is growing and the other is falling”
Grant Williams: Gold, Bonds and Bessent
Gold is responding to structurally rising US debt, loss of trust between nations, and central bank reserve diversification post-Russian asset freeze — these drivers are perennial and make current $4,000 price far too low relative to historical debt-coverage…
“Gold is money period... it has protected my purchasing power and made sure I am able to buy with it today what I could buy when I started”
90d +1.3%
Grant Williams: Why the Financial System Must Reset
Said again: 2026-08-19 (Wealthion), 2026-09-28 (Grant Williams Podcast)
Silver will be dragged higher over time by gold's monetary re-rating for the same macro reasons, with the correction from $120 to $60 being a perspective issue — $60 was itself an unthinkable ceiling not long ago
“Silver always moves with gold. It sometimes moves later but always moves more violently in both directions”
90d -2.9%
Grant Williams: Why the Financial System Must Reset
2026-05-05
long IRON ORE / long COPPER / long ZINC / long OIL
basket
Grant Williams Podcast · video
In a world shifting from abundance to scarcity, the absolute necessities of industrial civilization — iron ore, copper, zinc, and oil — will be competed for by every state actor with no ability to substitute or conjure supply, making them the safest entry…
90d -3.1% · 180d +8.6%
Grant Williams: Why Gold Will Skyrocket | The Changing World Order Playbook
Petroleum is a global necessity that cannot be printed or manufactured by central banks, supply disruption risk is real and being ignored by complacent markets, and real-terms prices remain historically undemanding even at $100
“you cannot print petroleum”
90d -15.3% · 180d +8.8%
Grant Williams: Why Gold Will Skyrocket | The Changing World Order Playbook
Every country on Earth needs copper and there have been no major tier-one discoveries in five years, so intensifying geopolitical competition for a shrinking supply pipeline will drive prices significantly higher
“every country on Earth needs copper. Period.”
90d +9.1% · 180d +8.4%
Grant Williams: Why Gold Will Skyrocket | The Changing World Order Playbook
2026-05-05
Commodities Broad
bullish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Long-dated call options on commodity producers offer highly leveraged exposure to a multi-year commodity bull cycle for investors already comfortable with equity markets, as management quality and asset quality will be rewarded over a 5-to-10-year horizon…
“long-dated call options on companies that will ultimately be a highly leveraged exposure to that performance”
90d -7.4% · 180d +4.0%
Grant Williams: Why Gold Will Skyrocket | The Changing World Order Playbook
Said again: 2026-07-21 (Grant Williams Podcast)
Agnico Eagle is demonstrating that gold miners are generating extraordinary earnings as gold prices surge, yet the market is ignoring the results because the sector has been out of favor for so long
“Agnico Eagle had extraordinary results the other day. I mean literally these companies are printing money”
90d -17.1% · 180d -4.0%
Grant Williams: Why Gold Will Skyrocket | The Changing World Order Playbook
2026-05-05
Gold Miners
bullish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Gold miners are generating exceptional cash flows as gold trades at historically elevated levels, but the sector remains under-owned because investors still reflexively sell rallies, setting up a violent repricing when institutional flows rotate in
“when it happens, it will happen fast, and the move will be violent”
90d -11.4% · 180d -7.8%
Grant Williams: Why Gold Will Skyrocket | The Changing World Order Playbook
2026-04-14
FINANCIAL ASSETS VS REAL ASSETS (SHORT FINANCIALS / LONG REAL ASSETS)
bearish
Grant Williams Podcast · video
The decades-long bull market in financial assets is reversing as the world shifts from abundance to scarcity, with the financial-assets-to-commodities ratio turning after making lower lows for years — a rotation from bonds and equities into commodities and…
“the fall of financial assets versus real assets that could go on for 25 years”
CAPITAL CONTROLS ARE COMING. ARE YOU READY? Grant Williams.
Miners are operating in the best margin environment in memory — even stress-testing $150 oil still leaves margins exceptional — giving the sector a commodity-price floor as a backstop, making now a strong entry point for well-run producers with proven…
“they've really never had a better landscape to operate in”
90d -13.4% · 180d -13.0%
Grant Williams: The Shift to Scarcity — What It Means for Gold, Commodities & Stocks
Said again: 2026-04-14 (Grant Williams Podcast), 2026-05-05 (Grant Williams Podcast), 2026-07-09 (Grant Williams Podcast)
2026-01-12
long COPPER / long URANIUM
basket
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Deglobalization and reshoring of supply chains require physical commodities as foundational inputs; after 40 years of financialization these have been unloved and are now essential as Western nations compete to rebuild industrial capacity
“You don't need another CDO. You don't need another set of ETFs. You need copper. You need uranium.”
90d +0.3% · 180d -9.2%
The Regime Shift No One is Prepared For | Grant Williams on the 100 Year Pivot
The 40-year tailwind of rising stocks, falling rates, and globalization has reversed; buy-the-dip as a default strategy will fail in the next 10-20 years as volatility rises and the structural environment flips
“There is no chance in hell that what worked in that previous environment works the same way going forward.”
90d +1.0% · 180d -8.3%
The Regime Shift No One is Prepared For | Grant Williams on the 100 Year Pivot
2026-01-11
long COPPER / long GOLD / long SILVER / long PLATINUM (+1 legs)
basket
Grant Williams Podcast · video
Tangible commodities with industrial use and function will form the new 'mag 7' as global trust in financial assets and institutions erodes, driving a secular rotation into real asset ownership over financial claims
“there will be a new mag 7... copper, gold, silver, platinum, all these things, oil”
90d +17.6% · 180d +3.5%
Grant Williams: "There is no Safe Haven, it's an Illusion"
Oil is relatively cheap compared to gold and other assets, and the broader shift toward securing ownership of tangible commodities with real-world utility supports higher prices over the long term.
“I would agree that I think oil is cheap.”
90d +79.3% · 180d +51.7%
Grant Williams: "There is no Safe Haven, it's an Illusion"
Silver, alongside gold and other tangible commodities, benefits from an era where trust in financial systems is eroding and investors are prioritizing ownership of physical assets with real utility.
“owning gold and silver...tangible things that have a use and a function is the new mag 7”
90d -11.6% · 180d -30.1%
Grant Williams: "There is no Safe Haven, it's an Illusion"
Copper is cheap and, as a tangible industrial commodity, stands to benefit from a structural shift where nations and investors prioritize securing ownership of physical assets over financial or IP-based assets.
“owning copper, which I also think is cheap”
90d -0.2% · 180d +3.0%
Grant Williams: "There is no Safe Haven, it's an Illusion"
Said again: 2026-04-11 (Grant Williams Podcast)
Foreign central bank demand for Treasuries peaked around 2014 and has been declining ever since, replaced by flakier hedge fund basis-trade buyers; if confidence in the Treasury market breaks, the stable-coin/Treasury system the US is building has a…
“If confidence goes in the Treasury market…that's a big Achilles heel for any stable coin/treasury based system”
90d -1.3% · 180d +0.8%
Grant Williams: When TRUST breaks, GOLD is the only END GAME
Said again: 2026-01-11 (Grant Williams Podcast)
Physical delivery volumes on the Shanghai Gold Exchange have surged and pricing power over gold is shifting eastward, meaning Western paper-market pricing mechanisms (LBMA, COMEX) are losing relevance while eastern physical demand increasingly sets the real…
“the Shanghai Gold Exchange has gone from being a curiosity to a very vibrant very important part of the global gold trading network”
90d +26.5% · 180d +6.2%
Grant Williams: When TRUST breaks, GOLD is the only END GAME
Said again: 2026-01-11 (Grant Williams Podcast), 2026-01-12 (Grant Williams Podcast)
The dollar's demise is ultimately inevitable as the US racks up unpayable debt and resorts to direct Fed monetization, repeating the arc of sterling's decline from reserve currency in 1956 — and the final phase may accelerate sharply once the endgame becomes…
“Whilst I'm not saying the demise of the dollar is imminent, it's ultimately inevitable”
90d -0.3% · 180d -1.8%
Grant Williams: When TRUST breaks, GOLD is the only END GAME
The 2022 US Treasury freeze of Russian central bank assets broke the sanctity of dollar reserves for every sovereign holder, triggering a doubling of central bank gold buying on a structural and irreversible basis
“central bank gold buying doubled — literally from that moment”
90d +25.9% · 180d +37.1% · 1y +19.8%
Dollar Crisis & The Great Gold Reset | Rick Rule, Frank Giustra, Grant Williams & More
Said again: 2025-09-23 (Wealthion)
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