Financial Sense

Avi Gilburt on Market Drop, Fifth Wave Blow-Off Top

Feb 21 – FS Insider interviews Avi Gilburt at ElliotWaveTrader.net to get an update on his outlook for the U.S. stock market, gold and oil. Avi explains both the short- and long-term outlook for the S&P 500 based on Elliott Wave theory and gives his contrarian view on the gold...

Customers Are Disrupting the Markets, Not Technology, Says Thales Teixeira

By Justine Hall

Feb 21 – Technology and innovation are undoubtedly woven together in today’s web of disruption. However, Thales Teixeira of the Harvard Business School, argues technology isn’t the main driver of massive disruption, rather, it’s a change in consumer...

Craft Weed vs. Big Marijuana

With Cris Sheridan

Feb 20 – FS Insider interviews Ryan Stoa, Associate Professor of Law at Concordia University, to discuss his latest book Craft Weed: Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry . Ryan updates listeners on...

Decoupling: The Third Wave of Digital Disruption

With Cris Sheridan

Feb 19 – FS Insider interviews Thales Teixeira at the Harvard Business School to discuss the economics of disruption as featured in his latest book, Unlocking the Customer Value Chain – How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption. Thales explains the three...

Where Is the Next Sovereign Debt Crisis?

By Kurt Kallaus

Feb 19 – US debt surpassing 100% of our annual GDP sounds worrisome, yet China and Japan are much higher. While much of China’s debt is held in its quasi government owned corporations and municipalities, their total debt to GDP is estimated...

Gold Prices Jump in All Currencies, Silver Lags Badly, as India-Pakistan Bloodshed Continues

By Adrian Ash

Feb 19 – Gold prices rose against all major currencies on Tuesday, breaking above $1330 per ounce in US dollar terms as U.S.-China trade talks continued and tensions rose between nuclear powers India and Pakistan over continuing bloodshed in the border...

The Technology of Lowering Your Blood Pressure

With James Puplava CFP

Feb 19 – According to the CDC, one in every three Americans will suffer from high blood pressure in their lifetime. The diagnosis leads to a slew of different prescriptions, often leaving patients confused and worried. On today’s program Jim Puplava...

Income For Life

With James Puplava CFP and Chris Preitauer

Feb 18 – Over the last few weeks, we've been covering a new method of thinking and planning about your retirement. In this edition of Lifetime Income, Jim Puplava and Chris Preitauer discuss investments. Blue chip dividend...

Attractive Opportunities In Tech and Health Care, Says Ari Wald

With Chris Preitauer and James Puplava CFP

Feb 15 – Ari Wald, managing director at Oppenheimer & Co., joins the program and discusses his outlook on the S&P 500 and why it is likely to be bound in a trading range with a possible breakout. Then Jon Maddux, CEO of Drop Mortgage and FundLoans explains...

33 AD: QE and Negative Interest Rates Have a Long History

With Chris Preitauer and James Puplava CFP

Feb 15 – This week on the show we’re looking at the nation’s debt which rose to $22 trillion and could continue to increase. Jim Puplava and Chris Preitauer discuss the consequences of this debt, as well as Jim’s most recent article where he examines how...

Governments Are Building a Global Digital Currency to Dethrone the US Dollar (Reprise)

With Cris Sheridan

Feb 15 – “A new space race has begun,” says Erik Townsend, “to develop and roll out a global-scale government-issued digital currency system” to replace the US dollar. Today, on FS Insider, we dive into a new book...

The Housing Market Is Cooling Off– Here’s Why

By Justine Hall

Feb 14 – Not every economic downturn has catastrophic effects on the housing market—it may just feel that way in the post great recession world. Ralph McLaughlin, deputy chief economist at CoreLogic, recently spoke with Jim Puplava and listed three key factors...

Market Outlook Pivots on U.S.-China Trade Deal, Says Kurt Kallaus

With Cris Sheridan

Feb 13 – He called the October 2018 peak in U.S. stocks and the December lows; now, Kurt Kallaus at ExecSpec.net says the future direction of the stock market is highly tied to a U.S.-China trade deal as the US dollar, commodities, and...

33 AD: There's Nothing New Under the Sun

By James Puplava CFP

Feb 13 – The year 33 AD was marked by two disturbances throughout the Roman empire. The first was the crucifixion of Christ who was tried before Pontius Pilot then was crucified, died and buried giving rise to a new world religion...

The Dog Ate My Eurozone Recovery

By Kurt Kallaus

Feb 13 – European dysfunction is making Trump’s economic ‘strategy’ look prescient. We all know that trade wars are bad for all economies, yet the U.S. economy accelerated in 2018 while all others have slowed to a crawl as U.S. tariff threats across multiple...

Stars Aligned for 2019 Infrastructure Bill, Says ASCE’s Casey Dinges

With Cris Sheridan

Feb 12 – FS Insider interviews Casey Dinges, Senior Managing Director at the American Society of Civil Engineers, on the prospects for a comprehensive infrastructure bill this year. Casey also discusses how much the U.S. needs to spend...

70 Is the New 65 for Retirement

With James Puplava CFP

Feb 12 – Many of today’s workers lack the resources to retire at traditional ages and maintain the same standard of living throughout their retirement years. Risk and responsibly have shifted from government and employers to individuals. Alicia Munnell tells us how...