The Goldilocks Gamble on a Perfectly Imperfect Future by Chris Martenson This episode of Finance U explores stock market surges, housing affordability crises, AI’s economic impact, commercial real estate challenges, inflation concerns, commodity trends, and strategies for financial resilience. The Goldilocks Gamble on a Perfectly Imperfect Future by Chris Martenson This episode of Finance U explores stock market surges, housing affordability crises, AI’s economic impact, commercial real estate challenges, inflation concerns, commodity trends, and strategies for financial resilience.
How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Financial Scammers. Long Bonds Say, “Creak! Pop!” by Chris Martenson Beware the scammers! They are picking up the pace and the sophistication of their techniques. And also beware the signals from the long bond markets. Creak! Pop! How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of Financial Scammers. Long Bonds Say, “Creak! Pop!” by Chris Martenson Beware the scammers! They are picking up the pace and the sophistication of their techniques. And also beware the signals from the long bond markets. Creak! Pop!
When Everything Seems Nuts, It’s Time to Play Defense by Chris Martenson Do you trust these markets? There are so many signs that the headline market gains are not aligned with underlying fundamentals that it’s causing more people to answer “no” to that question. When Everything Seems Nuts, It’s Time to Play Defense by Chris Martenson Do you trust these markets? There are so many signs that the headline market gains are not aligned with underlying fundamentals that it’s causing more people to answer “no” to that question.
Caution Is Advised (as Retail Piles In) by Chris Martenson Inflation! Oil! The Fed! Oh my! Caution Is Advised (as Retail Piles In) by Chris Martenson Inflation! Oil! The Fed! Oh my!
Weak Employment and Housing, Yet a Massive Stock Market Advance + Volatility Crush. What Gives? by Chris Martenson Employment growth is very weak and there are plenty of worrying signs in both these numbers and housing. Yet the past nine-weeks have seen an absolutely monster of a stock market rally accompanied by a record-setting volatility crush (-63%!). Are central banks directly intervening to set market prices? Weak Employment and Housing, Yet a Massive Stock Market Advance + Volatility Crush. What Gives? by Chris Martenson Employment growth is very weak and there are plenty of worrying signs in both these numbers and housing. Yet the past nine-weeks have seen an absolutely monster of a stock market rally accompanied by a record-setting volatility crush (-63%!). Are central banks directly intervening to set market prices?
Finance U: China Has a Winning Hand While US Consumers Are Tapping Out by Chris Martenson The China trade wars are anything but over, US consumers are leveraged up, tapped out and rolling over, And Trump is fretting over the huge impact that loss of China’s imports represents. Finance U: China Has a Winning Hand While US Consumers Are Tapping Out by Chris Martenson The China trade wars are anything but over, US consumers are leveraged up, tapped out and rolling over, And Trump is fretting over the huge impact that loss of China’s imports represents.
Get Ready: High Inflation Is Coming by Chris Martenson How manipulated are our “markets?” What will the Big Beautiful Bill bring to our future? How should we think about A.I.’s demands on energy and the possibility of breaking current encryption? Tune in to find out… Get Ready: High Inflation Is Coming by Chris Martenson How manipulated are our “markets?” What will the Big Beautiful Bill bring to our future? How should we think about A.I.’s demands on energy and the possibility of breaking current encryption? Tune in to find out…
The Big Beautiful Bill Is More of the Same by Chris Martenson There’s a crisis afoot in the global long-bond markets. Japan’s is melting down, while the rest are under pressure. Adding fuel to the fire, the Trump administration threw in the towel on controlling US fiscal deficits and now says the plan is to instead “grow the economy.” Translation: More money printing and inflation, dead-ahead. The Big Beautiful Bill Is More of the Same by Chris Martenson There’s a crisis afoot in the global long-bond markets. Japan’s is melting down, while the rest are under pressure. Adding fuel to the fire, the Trump administration threw in the towel on controlling US fiscal deficits and now says the plan is to instead “grow the economy.” Translation: More money printing and inflation, dead-ahead.
Stocks Say ‘Everything Is Awesome!’ While Bonds Sneak Out the Back Door by Chris Martenson Sound money is the cornerstone of economic prosperity. We don’t have sound money, and the Fed has operated like a monetary vandal authoring the widest wealth gap in US history and the worst generational inequalities. But still we have to make our investment decisions… Stocks Say ‘Everything Is Awesome!’ While Bonds Sneak Out the Back Door by Chris Martenson Sound money is the cornerstone of economic prosperity. We don’t have sound money, and the Fed has operated like a monetary vandal authoring the widest wealth gap in US history and the worst generational inequalities. But still we have to make our investment decisions…
Did the Fed Begin Stealth QE? If So, That Has Huge Implications by Chris Martenson Has the Fed begun a program of stealth QE? Also, we discuss peak oil, CBDC opposition, economic inequality, and the need for a nuclear energy renaissance. Tune in! Did the Fed Begin Stealth QE? If So, That Has Huge Implications by Chris Martenson Has the Fed begun a program of stealth QE? Also, we discuss peak oil, CBDC opposition, economic inequality, and the need for a nuclear energy renaissance. Tune in!