Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, LLC, joins the team to talk bonds, the Fed and much more.

1:00 Where are #rates going?

5:51 The #Fed and the Heisenberg principle 11:07 Potential consequences of a decade of interest rate #price control 15:10 The significance of a three percent 10-year #yield

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David Stockman, director of the Office of Management of Budget under President Reagan and mas­ter of mazy budgetary arithmetic, joins Jim and Evan for a scintillating discussion of fiscal and monetary matters.

0:00 The #Simpsons foreshadowing

3:20 Deficits and #debt monetization. What's the harm?

9:01 Requiem for a #bond bull market

15:30 Sell what the #central banks are selling

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Jim, Evan and Phil revisit Grant's 2017 bearish analysis of Facebook, with historical analog.

2:05 "Sell #Coke" 1996

6:06 Paul Fusselll and #human folly

10:41 Where do we stand now?

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Biff Robillard, president and co-founder of Bannerstone Capital Management, LLC, joins the team to share his insights on the markets and investors' state of mind.

1:40 Major changes are afoot

5:18 Rough road ahead for the #dividend aristocracy

9:05 #Pricing power, who has it?

14:55 Lack of #investor enthusiasm

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Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research, Inc. and author of Predicting the Markets, A Professional Autobiography, joins Jim for a lively discussion.

1:52 Interest #rates, then and now

4:11: "The #bond market has been rigged"

7:22 #Inflation is the big risk

12:08 Has #macroeconomics succeeded?

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Jim, Evan and Phil discuss the latest happenings in the Middle Kingdom and around the globe.

1:17 The People's Republic of #Debt

3:17 #Zombie bond market for zombie companies

7:10 ECB scorns #tariffs, buys bonds

13:09 The perils of #social media

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Stephen Stanley, chief economist and Xavier Negroni, co-head of the finance desk at Amherst Pierpont Securities, join the Grant's team to try and make sense of the jump in short rates, while speculating on the Fed's next move.

2:17 The mighty #dollar is getting no respect

6:48 The Feds Powell debuts in front of #congress

8:30 What are #credit spreads telling us?

11:15 "#Investors have lots of choices"

17:00 Stephen forecasts the 2018 #rate hike regime

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Jon Boyar, president of Boyar Research, joins the team to discuss opportunities in U.S. equities that are not eligible for the major indices.

1:45 Jon's approach to finding #value

5:40 Patience is a virtue

11:55 Jon's investment process and a few of his favorite #stocks

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Kai Stinchcombe, co-founder and CEO of True Link Financial, joins the team to discuss his recent article questioning the utility of the supposedly-groundbreaking software for digital assets.

2:07 The case against the #blockchain

4:14 A costless and decentralized form of exchange: #Cash

4:45 #Bitcoin conference doesn't accept bitcoin

7:17 #Ripple and international payments

12:28 "Here's your #libertarian paradise, have a nice day"

21:15 It works somewhere else!

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Mark B. Spiegel, managing member at Stanphyl Capital, joins the team to discuss his favorite ideas, long and short.

2:47 #Tesla, a love affair in reverse

6:40 Opportunities in the nano-cap realm

10:02 Fewer public #companies. Less value?

12:13 Mark's thoughts on agricultural #commodities

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