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Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski

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Welcome to The Watchdog on Wall Street Podcast. Author, investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski exposes the lies and myths of the big brokerage firms, the mainstream press, and the government. Chris explains the news coming out of the complex worlds of finance, economics and politics and the impact it will have on everyday Americans. For more information, visit radioamerica.com/watchdog-on-wall-street/

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Episodes

How to Alienate a Key Ally in One Move 06.02.2026 6:19

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured The U.S. managed to seriously anger Poland—one of its strongest European allies—after the American ambassado...

Fear, Loathing, and a Line That Should Never Be Crossed 06.02.2026 8:03

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured This episode examines the psychological toll of waking up each day bracing for what the news will bring—and...

Gaming the System: When “Disability” Becomes a Campus Perk 05.02.2026 6:38

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured This isn’t compassion—it’s exploitation. Nearly 40% of Stanford undergrads now claim a disability, unlocking...

The EV Bloodbath: By the Numbers 05.02.2026 6:43

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured This was always going to be bad—just not this bad. Forced EV mandates turned into one of the most expensive...

The Private Equity Apocalypse 05.02.2026 11:01

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Private equity’s easy-money era is ending. Bloated fees, fake valuations, and years of underperformance are...

American Hustle 2.0: Melania, Amazon, and Political Payoffs 05.02.2026 12:11

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Amazon didn’t fund the Melania movie to make money—it was a cost of doing business. Nearly $30 million to li...

Manufacturing Retreat: Tariffs, Subsidies, and the Reality Behind the Numbers 04.02.2026 7:16

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Despite talk of a manufacturing “golden age,” the numbers tell a different story. Factory employment is down...

Thomas Massey vs. the Omnibus: How Both Parties Killed Fiscal Sanity 04.02.2026 4:19

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Thomas Massey tried—again—to stop an omnibus spending bill stuffed with waste, foreign giveaways, and borrow...

“Move On”? The Epstein Files and the Silence That Protects Power 04.02.2026 13:14

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Once again, we’re told to move on. Media figures and political insiders dismiss the Epstein files while elit...

Crypto Myths, Fables, and $2 Million Fairy Tales 04.02.2026 17:06

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Crypto is falling again, and the same “experts” are back with the same wild price targets—no math, no fundam...

Beware the Poison Pitch: How Seniors Are Still Being Targeted 04.02.2026 7:02

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured The scams never really change—only the packaging does. After decades of fighting fraud, this episode exposes...

King Dollar, High Rates, and the Fed’s War on Growth 04.02.2026 10:23

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Why does the U.S. pay higher interest rates than weaker economies—and why won’t they come down? This episode...

Sorry, Xi—The Yuan Isn’t Replacing the Dollar Anytime Soon 04.02.2026 2:51

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured China wants the yuan to become a global reserve currency. Ambitious? Sure. Realistic? Not even close. In thi...

FINRA Arbitration: Why the Odds Are Stacked Against Small Investors 03.02.2026 7:22

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured “May the odds be in your favor”—nice line, terrible reality. If you’re an individual investor taking on a bi...

Why Crooks Thrive in the Gray—and Honest People Pay the Price 03.02.2026 6:04

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Lawyers and crooks love gray areas. Honest people don’t. From an 80,000-page tax code to endlessly “interpre...

An Offer He Refused: Why He Won’t Sell Out His Clients 03.02.2026 5:27

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured After receiving an aggressive, jaw-dropping buyout offer, Chris says the answer was never in doubt. The mult...

Tariffs, Steel, and the Hidden Cost of ‘Winning 03.02.2026 4:47

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured He breaks down why headline wins—like the U.S. producing more steel than Japan—don’t tell the full story. Ta...

Europe’s Bailout Was a Lie: Greece, the Crisis, and What the Epstein Files Suggest 02.02.2026 3:05

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Chris argues the European financial crisis was never about saving Greece, Ireland, or Italy—it was about sav...

Financial Crack: Why Leveraged Commodity Funds Are Crushing Traders 02.02.2026 5:19

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Commodity traders are learning a brutal lesson as highly leveraged metals and commodity funds implode. After...

The Name They Won’t Say: Epstein, Elites, and the Silence That Says Everything 02.02.2026 11:53

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Chris spent the weekend going through documents he wishes he hadn’t seen. Some may be questionable—but where...

The Immigration Myth, Trade Reality & Why Economic Failure Can Be a Good Thing 01.02.2026 37:31

Chris Markowski dismantles the great immigration lie and explains how divide-and-conquer politics—especially at the state level—distort economic truth. From why trade sanity matters more than slogans to how bankruptcies can actually strengthen an economy, this hour connects economic fundamentals to political theater. Chris also takes aim at the cultural circus surrounding Donald Trump, Elizabeth W...

Capitalism Isn’t the Villain: Wall Street Games, the Death of the Dollar & the Greater Fool Trap 31.01.2026 39:38

Is capitalism really broken—or just misunderstood? Chris Markowski breaks down what capitalism done right actually looks like, using real-world lessons from successful business leaders who reject Wall Street short-termism. From growing fears about the death of the dollar to why the Greater Fool Theory is alive and well in today’s markets, Chris explains how Wall Street keeps winning while everyday...

Boomer Socialism, Pork Politics & the Collapse of Financial Reality 31.01.2026 39:41

Is modern financial planning ignoring reality in the name of “longevity”? Chris takes on the growing obsession with never-ending retirement projections while Washington embraces runaway spending and pork-barrel politics. From Republican capitulation to the rise of what Chris calls “Boomer Communism,” this hour digs into why charity has become an industry, political parties are losing relevance, an...

Cockroaches in the Market: The Private Credit Problem 31.01.2026 6:14

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured You don’t always see them—but when you do, you know there are more hiding. That’s the problem with private c...

Why Wall Street Can’t Stand Us 31.01.2026 4:26

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Do other financial advisors hate us? Some do—and for one simple reason: we pull back the curtain. We expose...