Power Trading Radio

They dynamic duo of John O’Donnell and Merlin Rothfeld are back together after a 2 week break. John gives his thoughts on market volatility and direction focusing on several factors for further moves. From technical patterns to market internals, there are many clues as to market weakness and the duo break these down. John also talks about some of his favorite books which might help listeners grasp the financial markets better. Merlin also brings in some of the recent housing data to see If that might hold things up at these levels, or get rolled over by other market movers.

Master Instructor Tillie Allison joins Merlin for a look at portfolio allocations and when to adjust. A listener sends in a question about his portfolio which he is rightfully worried about as it is very heavily weighted in one area and lacking risk protection for downside risk. The duo discuss this as well as a better balanced portfolio using a variety of different financial instruments. Tillie stresses the benefit of using Options to help increase rate of return while incurring minimal risk.

On past shows, Jasmine has shared highlights from the XLT and mastermind programs at Online Trading Academy. This time she joins Merlin for a breakdown of some current currency markets offering insightful analysis as well as key market levels. The duo address several listener questions as well, for an informative and technical show.

4 weeks ago, Joanne was a guest on the show and talked about why she felt the market was headed for higher highs. Well, the markets have had a nice run since then! We talk to Joanne again to see if her opinion about market direction has changed, or if it’s still bullish. Merlin and Joanne also take a look at several listener questions including: WPZ, HOT, and the divergence between the Russell2000 and the Dow 30.

Guest host John O'Donnell chats with Dr. Mark Skousen. Mark was recently named one of the 20 most influential living economists. The duo discuss the new Wall Street Journal article Mark wrote on Gross Output replacing GDP as primary indicator. They also discuss Mark’s upcoming Freedom Fest in Las Vegas, and his High Income Alert Service for investors in dividend stocks. Visit freedomfest.com

Roger Best is live in studio with Guest Host John O'Donnell. Roger is an instructor for Online Trading Academy. John and Roger discuss the financial markets while answering questions form a live studio audience. Come join the fun!

John O’Donnell & Mark Thornton of Mises Institute discuss the state of the economy and jobs especially older adult workers staying on the job and “crowding out” younger aspirational workers. They discuss why inflation will continue to erode the quality of life for boomers, and why we need to abolish the fiat monetary model and return to the proven gold standard. They also

discuss why austrian economists were able to call the housing bubble forming & the bust in 2006, and other traditional Economists did not even see the housing bubble form and never warned of the coming housing price crash and mortgage implosion in USA and Europe.

John O’Donnell and guest Scott McCormick are in the studio today. Scott is a CMT and an instructor at Online Trading Academy. The duo discuss price ratios today, market sector rotation, the 4 stage business cycle and how to integrate the OTA Supply vs Demand patented strategies for better entries/exits in capital markets. 

John O’Donnell interviews Dr. Peter Klein of Mises.org on the critique of the popular new book "Capital in the 21stCentury" by Thomas Piketty. The topics include income inequality cause and effect, role of Fed intervention in capital markets, malinvestment in boom/bust cycles with anemic price discovery and the 99% vs the 1% myth. They also discuss why boomers are working longer and the impact of youth joining the workplace.

John O’Donnell’s guest today is Dr. George Reisman. He is a Pepperdine University Professor Emeritus of Economics and author of Capitalism: A Treatise of Economics. He was a personal student of Ludwig von Mises under whom he obtained his doctorate in economics in 1963. His website is www.capitalism.net. The duo discuss on PTR today:  economic inequality, including income and inheritance taxes, the nonsense of the 99% vs the 1%, and where Marx was wrong about capitalism and why the Fed cannot control the equity and real estate markets with interest rate manipulations.