Finance, Investing, & Markets

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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You Can’t Deep-Dive a Shallow Pool: The Real Inflation Story Wall Street Won’t Tell 19.12.2025 7:49

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 headlines say inflation is cooling—but a closer look shows the data is full of holes. In this deep (and...

Foaming for War: When Influencers Cheer Conflict and Forget the Cost 19.12.2025 3:03

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 Ahead of Trump’s speech, right-wing influencers worked themselves into a frenzy over rumors of a new war wit...

Trump’s “Jingle All the Way” Speech: Fewer Gimmicks, Higher Stakes 19.12.2025 9:43

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 Staying up late paid off—this was a different kind of Trump speech. No teleprompter, fewer crowd-pleasing ri...

Target-Date Funds: Wall Street’s “Set It and Forget It” Trap 18.12.2025 5:02

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 Target-date funds are sold as the easy, worry-free choice for 401(k) investors—but that simplicity is disapp...

The War on Poverty in U-Hauls: When Government Aid Can’t Save a Town 18.12.2025 8:28

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 A heartbreaking Wall Street Journal report from McDowell County, West Virginia exposes the limits—and uninte...

Fed Cuts, Mortgage Hikes: Why Washington Can’t Wish Rates Down 18.12.2025 2:54

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 Washington keeps insisting that rate cuts will make housing affordable—but reality says otherwise. Despite t...

Economic Reality Check: Poll Numbers Don’t Lie 18.12.2025 6:30

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 As the president prepares to address the nation, the economic reality facing everyday Americans is stark—and...

I Hate It When a Plan Comes Together: Insurance Wins, You Lose 18.12.2025 4:02

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 Just as predicted, Congress is moving to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies—another massive cash infusion...

A Fool and His Money: Wall Street’s Latest Casino Tricks 18.12.2025 3:21

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 From around-the-clock stock trading to app-based parlay bets on NFL games, Wall Street is blurring the line...

Empire, Deterrence, and Assimilation: Why the Bar Matters at Home and Abroad 17.12.2025 12:07

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 From America’s uneasy military footprint in Syria to the broader question of assimilation at home, this epis...

Defining Deviancy Down: When Partisanship Excuses the Inexcusable 17.12.2025 8:40

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 Drawing on Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s warning about “defining deviancy down,” Chris takes a hard look at how...

Half-Assed Reform vs. the End Game: Why “Medicare for All” Was Always the Plan 17.12.2025 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 Republicans roll out what even the Wall Street Journal calls “better” healthcare ideas—but better doesn’t me...

Ford’s EV Collapse Is a $19.5 BILLION Taxpayer Failure (And We’re the Real Losers) 16.12.2025 11:47

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 Ford just tapped out on electric vehicles — and no, this isn’t a moment to gloat. The company took a stagger...

From Providence to Paris: When Authorities Hide the Truth and Borders Stop Meaning Anything 16.12.2025 9:12

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 A blunt, unfiltered look at a week of violence, denial, and political cowardice—from a suspiciously murky sh...

Trump, Rob Reiner, and a Missed Moment for Grace 16.12.2025 11:02

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 horrific death of Rob Reiner and his wife should have been a moment for unity, reflection, and basic hum...

Rotating Out of AI? Or Just Smart Portfolio Management 16.12.2025 2:56

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 Wall Street’s chattering classes are buzzing about a “rotation out of the AI trade,” as if it’s some shockin...

China’s Economic Cracks Are Widening—and Exports Are the Only Thing Holding It Together 16.12.2025 5:52

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 latest economic data out of China is flashing warning signs everywhere. Retail sales are barely growing,...

$18 Trillion in Tariffs? Let’s Do the Math 15.12.2025 3:45

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 Donald Trump says tariffs generated $18 trillion in just 10 months —and some Republicans are repeating it l...

The Affordability Crisis: Hoax, Spin, or a Hard Economic Reality? 15.12.2025 17:08

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 Is America’s affordability crisis real—or are we being gaslit into believing everything is fine? A new CNBC...

Tariffs: A Double-Edged Sword 14.12.2025 39:27

Chris Markowski, the Watchdog on Wall Street, discusses various pressing economic issues, including the role of government in economic growth, the impact of tariffs, state governance, immigration, and drug trafficking. He emphasizes the importance of financial freedom and the need for individuals to take charge of their economic futures while critiquing government policies that hinder growth and p...

Political Accountability in Finance 13.12.2025 39:40

Chris Markowski, the Watchdog on Wall Street, delves into the financial truths that are often obscured by mainstream narratives. He discusses the ethical implications of capitalism, the pitfalls of trading platforms like Robinhood, and the consequences of political decisions on financial justice. Markowski emphasizes the need for accountability in both the financial sector and government, while a...

Prioritizing What Matters Most 13.12.2025 39:39

Chris Markowski discusses the importance of prioritizing financial planning over conventional retirement planning. He emphasizes the need for individuals to focus on what truly matters in life, such as family and experiences, rather than material possessions. The conversation also touches on the challenges faced by the Federal Reserve and the impact of private equity on financial advisories, highl...

Tariffs, Promises, and the Farm Betrayal 13.12.2025 4:52

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 Farmers were told they’d thrive. Instead, they got crushed—undercut by a trade war that tanked exports, forc...

War Drums, Lobbyists, and the China Myth 13.12.2025 9:27

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 When the New York Times tells you to “prepare for war with China,” it’s time to ask who’s writing the script...

AI, States’ Rights, and the Quiet Power Grab No One Read 13.12.2025 5:51

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 Most of the media skipped the homework, but we didn’t. Chris explores Trump’s push for a unified national AI...