LOTS on tap for this episode, though I do my best to keep my own remarks limited so that you'll spend time on the below as you can! LINKS: -- https://theequityexplorers.com/ Our Investor Boot Camp the week of June 2 -- https://www.smenet.org/ Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration --    • Video presentation: WHY do we need a Natio...   My SME Presentation on what is needed to build a durable framework for U.S. Energy and mining, etc. --    • Alex Krainer: US Efforts to Reset the Glob...   Prof. Glenn Diesen and Alex Krainer discussion -- https://x.com/onechancefreedm/status/... Twitter / X user EndGame Macro -- one of several recent missives on bond market troubles (check him out!) -- https://x.com/wolfofwolfst/status/192... Wolf Richter on the implosion in the Japanese bond market -- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/citi-c... Citigroup's CEO Jane Fraser's recent poignant comments, in part, "We are entering a new phase of globalization — one less defined by cooperation, and more by strategic self-interest...Long-held assumptions are being challenged, not just by tariff announcements but by a deeper confidence shock. The near-term impact is already being felt, and the long-term trajectory is being rewritten in real time." -- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jpmorg... J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on "the extraordinary amount of complacency" in markets.

For most of this new episode of your Money Today, I visit with Co-portfolio Manager Brad Lamensdorf of the Advisor Shares Ranger Equity Bear ETF (NYSEArca-HDGE).

HDGE has been shining so far in 2025, UP about 15% for the year against about a 7% decline in the S&P 500 through late this week.

More important, HDGE does not employ the money-burning options and related strategies of the typical inverse ETFs that focus robotically on shorting various indices/sectors; so in relative terms there is less risk with HDGE.

You'll learn why HDGE is our single biggest portfolio weighting in ETFs. Its active strategy focusing on a few key factors is one I expect will continue to perform well for us as this secular bear market unfolds. Further, I suspect you will find as I have over time that the clinical, NON- "religious" approach that Brad and his partner John Del Vecchio take makes GREAT sense!

To learn more, visit https://advisorshares.com/etfs/hdge/

Also, for the link to my discussion on President Trump's energy and minerals-related E.O.'s, the National Infrastructure Bank, etc., visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEaj5ddwJKQ