Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski

Phil Graham and Judy Shelton columns today. Only 38% of Americans have discussed their aging parents' finances. Jobless claims tick higher. Kevin O’Leary answers questions about his involvement in FTX. Wealthy New Yorkers are moving out. Citadel Christmas party. Musk vs. San Francisco. Shark Week is racist? Meghan, Harry and Michael Corleone.

Lessons from the Nifty 50. Bear market lessons. Active vs. passive management. Don’t act out of fear. Europe goes after Meta. Carvana tanks. The Vampire Squid opines on Crypto. The Trump organization was found guilty…explained. Republicans fail in Georgia. Covid 180 in China. Ukraine/Russia has gotten pretty scary.

Jamie Dimon interview on CNBC. We don’t believe that good news is bad news as conventional wisdom dictates. The saddest thing in the world is wasted talent. We don’t let politics slow us down. Inflation's biggest component is easing. TSMC is investing $40 billion. Western Europe can’t get out of its own way. See the world for the terrain, not what conventional wisdom is dictating. Walmart and crime. Home Depot tragedy.

From Jordan Belfort to private equity the pump and dumps never end. The latest on the ongoing crypto implosion. Apple moving out of China. Semiconductors and our cost of doing business problems. More on the thwarted rail strike. We will push back on ESG investing. Jobs numbers and the missing male workers. Republicans demand a short-term spending bill. The EU puts a cap on Russian oil. Twitter and Stranger Things.

The scams never seem to stop. I feel like a cross between Sisyphus and Cassandra. Magic money machine. Hubris and the people who know too little. You don’t know what you don't know. The living breathing field of economics. Being Antifragile. Regulators can do absolutely nothing. The one and only way to protect yourself is…Elizabeth Holmes gets sentenced. G wagons and politics. Cool, woke, and neat are not a business model. Case studies: Carvana and Beyond Meat. Private equity could give a rat’s ass about the long-term prospects of companies they back. They want out ASAP. Civil unrest in China. What are the possible outcomes? Employers rethink college degrees. Student loan debt and Hedge Fund University. How debt shapes kids' lives. It is a business, not a nonprofit. Do it debt free. Another real estate warning. Child tax credit con. Government is going to backstop $1 million+ homes.

These interviews are surreal and ridiculous at the same time. Senate weighs in. Latest on Student Loan forgiveness. 3% down on a million-dollar mortgage? What could possibly go wrong. Russian oil caps. Twitter has messed with elections. The Powell decoder ring. Lame duck spending blowout. U.S. Soccer and merit.

ADP, PMI, GDP and Jolts. Powell doing a coffee talk this afternoon. The difficulty of making sense out of the nonsensical. The latest out of China. The EV charging conundrum. Tech layoffs are accelerating. The latest from the streaming wars front. Railroad Unions are not happy with the Biden administration. Government is going to backstop $1 million+ homes. Zero accountability on Ukraine aid.

How debt shapes kids' lives. It is a business, not a nonprofit. Do it debt free. Hubris and the people who know too little. You don’t know what you don't know. The living breathing field of economics. Being Antifragile. China is looking to vaccinate. Scams and G-Wagons. Another real estate warning. Child tax credit con.

Zero Covid pushback. Quality of life issues. What does this mean for energy prices? How does this affect supply chains? How will the Communist government react? Cool, woke, and neat are not a business model. Case studies: Carvana and Beyond Meat. ESG in your 401K? Private equity could give a rat’s ass about the long-term prospects of companies they back. They want out ASAP. The eternal Covid emergency. Employers rethink college degrees. I like this new Italian PM a lot. Elizabeth Holmes gets sentenced. More Crypto fallout.

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