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"There's really not a big way out of a stagflation other than printing."

The conditions that preceded the 2008 crash are showing up again, but with a key difference. In 2008, homeowners had no equity and walked away. Today, they have massive equity and locked-in low rates, which means the crash won't look the same. What Ken McElroy, who lived through 2008, is more worried about is something most people aren't talking about: double-digit unemployment driven by AI and inflation hitting at the same time, stagflation, with a government too indebted to raise rates high enough to fight it.

Jaspreet Singh sits down with real estate investor Ken McElroy and realtor Danielle to break down the housing market, the stagflation risk, and how debt (when used correctly) can be the most powerful wealth-building tool available.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why 2026 is not 2008: back then there were 4–5 million homes on the MLS and zero equity; today there's only 1 million homes listed and most owners have significant equity
• Why the government can't raise interest rates high enough to fight stagflation; unlike the 1970s when the Fed jacked rates to 15–18%, today's $39 trillion national debt makes that impossible because the interest payments alone would sink the country's finances
• How Ken structures a billion dollars of real estate debt without losing sleep: tenants pay the mortgage, inflation increases the asset value on the full purchase price including borrowed money, and cash-out refinancing pulls equity out tax-free without triggering a taxable sale
• What first-time buyers and investors should do right now: negotiate aggressively rather than wait for a crash, ensure rental properties cash flow from day one, and consider house hacking or rent-to-own strategies to get into the market despite high prices

Keywords: housing market 2026, stagflation, real estate investing, Ken McElroy, good debt vs bad debt, cash out refinance, value add real estate, inflation hedge, first-time home buyer, double-digit unemployment

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"Here we are 55 years later and we're still temporarily off that gold standard."

In 1971, Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard, temporarily. In 1974, the petrodollar agreement with Saudi Arabia gave the dollar a new anchor (oil). For 50 years, that system held. Now it's cracking. Saudi Arabia is selling oil to China in yuan. The UAE just left OPEC after 60 years. And global currency reserves held in U.S. dollars have dropped from 72% in 2001 to 56% by end of 2025.

Jaspreet Singh traces the dollar's evolution from gold-backed currency to fiat to petrodollar and explains why the UAE's departure from OPEC is the latest signal that the world is quietly, slowly, moving away from dollar-denominated oil trade and what that means for investors.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• How the petrodollar was born: in 1974, the U.S. struck a deal with Saudi Arabia. They take oil profits in dollars and buy U.S. treasuries; in exchange, receive U.S. weapons and military protection, effectively making the dollar the currency every country needed to buy energy
• Why Russia's 2022 sanctions accelerated de-dollarization: when the U.S. froze Russian assets, countries around the world took note and began quietly seeking alternatives, knowing their own dollar-denominated reserves could face the same fate
• How China has been dismantling the petrodollar piece by piece: creating yuan-priced oil futures, striking a deal with Saudi Arabia to sell oil in yuan, and growing the BRICS alliance, while the UAE's OPEC exit signals more countries are ready to trade outside dollar terms
• Five investment angles to consider: gold as a dollar hedge (GLD), international markets from developed (VEA) to emerging (VWO), domestic energy independence plays (XLE), defense ETFs (ITA), and broad U.S. market exposure (SPY)

Keywords: petrodollar, dedollarization, UAE OPEC, Saudi Arabia yuan, dollar reserve currency, gold investing, geopolitical investing, energy ETF, defense stocks, international diversification

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