Futures Edge Show: Finance Unfiltered with Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino

The AI productivity boom everyone is celebrating isn’t real. Strip out semiconductor operating leverage, and the average S&P 500 company is still below its 2022 margin highs. What looks like a productivity story is really just fixed-cost businesses growing into their capacity. Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Officer at New Edge Wealth, joins Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino to break down what&#39...

im Iuorio spent 39 years on a trading floor. Bobby Iaccino broke his golf clubs in half and threw them in a lake because he couldn't handle being bad at something. Both admit they beat themselves up constantly to perform better. Dr. Steven Sideroff, a UCLA clinical psychologist and peak performance researcher, says they've had it completely backwards. In this conversation:◾️Why traders an...

Trump promised to end wars. Now he's bombing Iran, and one of Wall Street's sharpest independent thinkers says it may have just cost him his entire legacy. Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino sit down with Dr. Dave Collum, Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cornell University and one of the most fearless macro thinkers in finance, to unpack what's really happening in Iran and oil markets, and...

Oil is up  but stocks shrugged it off. What's really going on in the markets right now? In this episode of The Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino break down the disconnect between crude oil prices and equity markets, the massive implications of the UAE leaving OPEC, and exactly what levels to watch on the Mag-7, Apple, and Nvidia going into earnings. ◾️ Timestamp 00:00 — Intro & s...

Jim, Bobby, and Mike break down nine consecutive weeks of gains on the S&P, why market breadth is quietly deteriorating, and what smart money is actually doing while everyone else is buying calls. In this episode:▫️9 weeks up on the S&P: what history says happens next▫️Put/call ratio at multi-year lows and why that's a red flag▫️VIX hedges and covered calls: how to protect your portfol...

Lucy Biggers spent six years deep inside the climate activist movement. She interviewed Greta Thunberg. She pushed the Green New Deal. She gave up plastic straws and felt guilty about her carbon footprint every single day. Then she started reading the data. In this conversation with Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino, Lucy breaks down the moment by moment evolution that took her from true believer to one...

Oil is up  but stocks shrugged it off. What's really going on in the markets right now? In this episode of The Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino break down the disconnect between crude oil prices and equity markets, the massive implications of the UAE leaving OPEC, and exactly what levels to watch on the Mag-7, Apple, and Nvidia going into earnings. Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro & sponsor...

The market keeps bouncing back from everything. COVID. 9% inflation. Silicon Valley Bank. Liberation Day. And every time, investors learned the same lesson: it always works itself out. But what if this time it doesn't?  Jim Bianco, President and CEO of Bianco Research  joins Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino to break down the one macro risk nobody is pricing in right now. And why if it stays unresolv...

Is the AI job apocalypse real—or just hype? In this episode of the Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino sit down with investor and author Jared Dillian to break down what AI actually means for jobs, markets, and the economy. While headlines predict massive job losses, Jared argues that tech revolutions take time—and often create more opportunities than they destroy. They also get into whethe...

Stocks are climbing, oil is surging, and uncertainty is everywhere — so what is the market seeing that everyone else is missing?  On this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Marta Norton, Chief Investment Strategist at Empower, to break down the biggest forces shaping markets right now. Marta explains why the U.S. economy may be more resilient than many investors expe...

Is this market setting up for another selloff… or a surprise reversal? Mike Arnold of Path Trading Partners returns to the Futures Edge for his monthly segment to break down the critical technical levels driving the S&P 500, Nasdaq, Russell, crude oil, gold, Bitcoin, Amazon, Google, and more. If you trade futures, stocks, ETFs, or options, this is the chart-focused analysis you need before mak...

Is your money actually safe anymore? On this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Lawrence Lepard, author of The Big Print, to break down what today’s investors are really up against: rising debt, shaky fiat currencies, inflation, Bitcoin, gold, and the growing loss of trust in government stewardship of money. Larry explains why more everyday people are turning to soun...

What happens when rising oil prices, Middle East conflict, weakening jobs data, and America’s affordability crisis all collide at once? In this episode of Future’s Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Jeffrey Tucker, president of the Brownstone Institute, for a wide-ranging and provocative conversation on the biggest forces shaping America right now. From Trump’s handling of Iran and the...

What happens when a 25-year Chicago Mercantile Exchange trader decides to run for public office in one of the most important purple states in America? In this episode of Futures Edge with Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino, former trading floor veteran Jeffrey Carter joins the show to explain why he’s running for Nevada State Treasurer — and why he believes the office should be run by finance professional...

In this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio, Bobby Iaccino, and Michael Arnold break down the current state of the markets as geopolitical tensions ripple across asset classes. The discussion focuses on crude oil, gold, silver, and Bitcoin, examining how military conflicts and global instability are influencing inflation expectations, interest rates, and investor sentiment. They also analyze key s...

What if the best investing edge isn’t a chart pattern… but a business model? Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with John Tinsman (Founder, AOT Invest) to break down why “low marginal cost” companies have dominated for decades—and how his ETF AOTG is built to target them. In this episode, John explains the core thesis behind AOTG: prioritize high-growth, profitable businesses where the cost of se...

Trade headlines hit… and suddenly gold spikes, stocks drop, and the guys start seeing signals that feel uncomfortably familiar. Jim Iuorio and Bobby Iaccino break down why the market may be reacting less to “tariffs” and more to trade uncertainty, what a surge in SOFR upside calls could be hinting at, and how they’re positioning across equities, precious metals, oil, and crypto. You’ll hear the du...

Bitcoin is down hard… so is it a buyable asset class or just a trader’s toy? Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino welcome back Shana Orczyk Sissel (Founder & CEO, Banrion Capital)—aka the queen of alternatives—for a fast, wide-ranging conversation on crypto positioning, market breadth, why earnings feel “rigged” by whisper numbers, and whether crude oil is setting up for a real move. Shana breaks down h...

Florida might be “the best state in the country”… but what happens when the families who built it can’t afford to stay? On this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with James Fishback (Founder & CEO, Azoria Partners | 2026 Florida Gubernatorial Candidate (R))  for a wide-ranging, no-teleprompter conversation about what he calls the real crisis in Florida: affordability...

AI isn’t coming for markets — it’s already here. In this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Nathan Powell, Founder & CEO of Deep Market Making, to explore how deep learning is quietly transforming bond markets, trading desks, and financial decision-making — far faster than most investors realize. Nathan shares his journey from Microsoft’s early deep-learning rese...

Markets are cracking… and gold is screaming higher. In this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino are joined by William Rhind, President & CEO of GraniteShares ETFs, to unpack one of the strangest macro setups in years: Stocks selling off while yields rise, Japan’s bond market flashing warning signs, and precious metals surging as investors quietly reposition for a world defined...

The market narrative you think you’re trading might be the one that breaks your portfolio. In this episode of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Michael Green (Chief Strategist & Portfolio Manager, Simplify Asset Management) for a wide-ranging conversation that connects the dots between Bitcoin’s structural problem, the controversy around the U.S. poverty line, gold/silver...

The market looks fine… until you zoom out. In this monthly segment of Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Mike Arnold (UnfilteredInvestor.com) to break down the technical cracks forming beneath the surface—from repeated S&P price rejection and a weakening Nasdaq, to violent swings in silver and a fresh Percent B “buy” setup in gold. Inside this episode: - Why the S&P ral...

Gold and silver are ripping higher—so is this move getting “ridiculous,” or are we still early? On The Futures Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino sit down with Shana Orczyk Sissel (Founder & CEO, Bannerman Capital) to break down what’s driving the latest metals surge, why global reserves may be shifting from U.S. Treasuries to gold, and what could actually stop this trade. They dig into: - Why d...

Chicago can’t go bankrupt… and the Fed is “not doing QE” while buying tens of billions in Treasuries to keep the funding markets from cracking. So what happens next: higher inflation, higher long rates, and a steeper yield curve — or a policy pivot that no one wants to admit? In this episode of the Future’s Edge, Jim Iuorio and Bob Iaccino are joined by Jim Bianco (Bianco Research) for a fast, blu...