Power Trading Radio

Guest host John O'Donnell interviews David Morgan of The Morgan Report which is a precious metals newsletter.  They discuss supply vs demand fundamentals for silver, how to invest in silver, value of ETFs for silver exposure risks v rewards. Dave opines on the inflation vs deflation debate and why he believes inflation is the real risk ahead.  They also discuss the role of Precious Metals in Asia.

Merlin starts the show off by addressing a recurring question regarding a highly touted product with crazy returns: the 801k. After explaining what this fictitious product is, Merlin breaks it down as just another sensational marketing ploy to get traders to shell out more money. Tillie Allison joins the show from her Futures class in San Jose California. Tillie talks about how she used a recent Pro Pick to help set up a trade that her class took and capitalized on a great market move to the downside. Later, the duo dive into more trade analysis from Tillie’s playbook.

Walking the halls of Online Trading Academy today, Merlin stopped several times outside the door of Options trading class in Irvine California. The class was constantly buzzing with energy, excitement, collaboration and education. The ringmaster, Jerry Baldwin, had created a prosperous trading environment which had to be seen to be believed! Merlin invites Jerry into the studio to talk about his trading background, and what caused such an incredible energy level in his classroom. Jerry runs through his trading style, and highlights the importance of multiple asset classes as odds enhancers when trading.

Merlin returns from Dallas to host Power Trading Radio, in a session that covers stocks, commodities, and currencies! After a quick overview of the highs and lows from the Traders Expo, Merlin takes a look at the fierce market selloff and offers some thoughts on where it might be headed next. Later, several listener questions are answered regarding commodities, including: Gold, Silver, Oil. While these assets are very important, Merlin shifts focus to the US Dollar as a greater force in the markets, and one that will continue to have a profound impact on the market all the way until the November election.

John O’Donnell of Online Trading Academy and Power Trading Radio guest host interviews Jim Puplava of Puplava Financial Services Group. PFSG is a family of three companies—Puplava Financial Services, Inc. (Registered Investment Advisor), Puplava Securities, Inc. (broker/dealer, member FINRA/SIPC), and Financial Sense® (investor education)—each sharing the same goal: to provide exceptional asset management and educational resources that help investors build, maintain and preserve their wealth.  PFS Group manages over $390 million for more than 850 clients (as of March 31, 2012; account values fluctuate with market conditions). Jim, also an Online Trading Academy graduate, and John O’Donnell discuss the inflation versus deflation pundit forecasters, gold stock vs bullion and how to use Online Trading Academy’s supply and demand zone core strategies in your trading/investing decisions to protect your capital and prosper.

JO and guest Darek Zelek , an OTA instructor, discuss his pioneering work in India to teach classes on their markets.  JO and Darek discuss the role of gold as “real money” in a fiat currency world gone wild with inflation, deflation, corruption, and uncertainty.

An OTA class from the Irvine Center joins the show today as an in-studio audience and gets questions answered by John and Darek.

A lack of economic reports and global news made for a relatively quiet trading day, leaving the Dow and S&P relatively unchanged, and the NASDAQ up .46%. As the G7 emergency meeting tries to clear up some of the European ailments, traders are anticipating more volatility over the coming weeks as Greece heads into its Election process. 26 year CBOE Floor Trader Michael Young joins Merlin Rothfeld to share his thoughts on the above issues as well as his prognosis for future market activity. Listener questions range from Trading in the after hours session, plight of the euro and stock BWA.

As the markets tank and global investors escalate their panic, Merlin & John shed some light on what is happening out there to cause such fervor. President of Stock Trader’s Almanac, Jeffrey A. Hirsch joins the show to talk about his book “Super Boom” which calls for the Dow to hit 38,820 by 2025, as well as his upcoming book “Little Book of Stock Market Cycles” due out in august 2012. Jeffrey shares his thoughts and vast statistical market knowledge with listeners on where this bearish market cycle will take us before we see some buying opportunities which could begin his forecasted Super Boom. The trio also talk about Europe, Bonds and several other topics, all backed up with market stats.