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Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski

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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39:39

The Sisyphus of Wall Street: A Financial Struggle

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/27

Chris Markowski, the Watchdog on Wall Street, discusses the pervasive myths and realities of the financial world, emphasizing the importance of financial literacy and personal responsibility. He critiques the current state of private equity and alternative investments, warns about the dangers of government intervention in capitalism, and highlights the challenges faced by younger generations in the housing market. Markowski uses the Sisyphus analogy to illustrate the ongoing struggle against

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39:39

A Tribute to Jonathan Clements: Lessons in Finance

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/27

Chris Markowski reflects on the legacy of Jonathan Clements, a mentor and financial columnist who championed financial independence and exposed Wall Street's misleading practices. The conversation delves into the importance of financial literacy, the challenges faced by Generation X regarding retirement, and the pervasive myths propagated by the financial industry. Markowski emphasizes the need for self-reliance and critical thinking in personal finance, urging listeners to be wary of scams and to

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4:50

Sisyphus and Private Equity: Pushing the Same Rock,...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/25

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 Like the cursed king Sisyphus, condemned to push a boulder uphill only to watch it roll back down, the fight against private equity schemes feels endless. Week after week, slick firms push risky investments into retirement

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10:09

Trump’s $100K Visa Fiasco: Immigration Policy No One...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/25

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 White House just floated a $100,000 H-1B visa fee and a $1 million “gold card” for wealthy immigrants—and no one, not even Trump’s team, seems to know what it really means. In this episode:Why Silicon Valley is in full-blown

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5:54

Trump Just TORCHED The UN

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/25

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 Trump took the world stage at Turtle Bay and didn’t hold back. In this episode:Why he says the UN creates more problems than it solvesThe “greatest con job ever” of climate change spendingHow the UN is funding mass migration

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13:16

Public-Private Partnerships: The Death of Capitalism

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/25

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 Obamacare to Trump’s steel deals, Washington has steadily blurred the line between referee and player. When government takes stakes in private companies, shields them from failure, or dictates how industries operate,

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18:00

Jimmy Kimmel and The Case for FREE SPEECH For All

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/24

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 Jimmy Kimmel praised free speech defenders—but left out one thing: admitting he was wrong. In this episode:Why censorship has become a two-way street, with both parties guilty of playing the gameHow Trump, Biden, and the media

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19:03

How Washington Built a War Machine and Got Rich Off...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/24

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 I stayed up all night watching Bodyguard of Lies — and you should, too. In this episode:The jaw-dropping receipts the doc uncovers: fraud, cash stuffed in VCRs, bridges blown up for repeat contractsHow $2 trillion and thousands

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6:33

Back to Bagram? Trump’s Push to Return to Afghanistan

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/23

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 The Trump administration is exploring a controversial move: reopening Bagram Air Base and reestablishing ties with the Taliban, all under the banner of countering China and boosting U.S. influence. But critics warn it looks like

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6:34

Nvidia, OpenAI & The Risk No One’s Talking About

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/23

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 Nvidia’s cash flow is soaring, AI spending is exploding—and some Wall Street vets are getting déjà vu. In this episode:Why today’s AI frenzy looks eerily similar to the dot-com bubble’s vendor financing schemesHow Nvidia’s $100B

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8:46

Jimmy Kimmel is BACK and You Can Blame Trump for It!

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/23

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 Jimmy Kimmel was on the ropes—until Trump’s FCC handed him a lifeline. In this episode:Why free speech means letting clowns like Kimmel bury themselvesHow the FCC’s “public interest” standard has always been abusedAyn Rand’s

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13:29

Financial Sorcery & Black Magic: The Dark Alchemy of...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/23

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 A blistering take on how private equity uses financial engineering — SPVs, rating tricks, and “volatility laundering” — to disguise junk-like credit as investment-grade paper and shove it into pensions, insurers, and

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5:41

Why Colleges Love International Students: Follow the...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/23

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 The Wall Street Journal says U.S. colleges are fighting hard to keep international students—and Markowski explains why. It’s not about diversity or prestige, it’s about economics: foreign students bring in nearly $44 billion a

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2:59

The Truth About Trump’s $100K H-1B Visa Fee

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/23

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 Confusion and panic swept airports and embassies after the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee was announced. In this episode:Why current H-1B holders don’t need to worry about reentry or renewalsHow the fee only applies

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2:42

Dead Canary in the Coal Mine: Private Equity’s HVAC...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/22

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 Carrier’s CEO just sounded the alarm: HVAC sales plunged 30% in July and are set to drop over 40% year-over-year in Q3. Markowski calls it another “dead canary,” warning that private equity is sitting on overinflated

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5:27

The Great Inflation Lie: Why 2% Is a Fairy Tale

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/22

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 The Fed wants you to believe inflation is under control with its so-called “2% target”—but reality tells a different story. From eggs up 170% to health insurance, housing, and fuel all climbing double-digits, everyday

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5:33

The Housing Market Horror Story: Why Prices Must Fall!

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/22

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 Forget Halloween decorations—these housing stats are truly terrifying. According to Fannie Mae, affordability won’t return unless:Home prices collapse by 38%Incomes surge 60% (not happening)Or mortgage rates plunge to 2.35% (a

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8:34

Ferris Bueller’s Retirement Anxiety: Gen X vs. the...

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/22

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 The oldest Gen Xers are hitting 60—and their fears about retirement are real. Markowski revisits a warning he gave 30 years ago: don’t count on Social Security. From bad personal finance choices (like cashing out 401(k)s) to

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39:28

Navigating Anger and Accountability

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/21

Chris Markowski discusses the harsh realities of the financial world, reflecting on the impact of figures like Charlie Kirk and the nature of accountability in today's society. He delves into the historical context of violence, the decline of journalism, and the implications of free speech. The conversation also touches on the failures of ratings agencies and the influence of social media on political discourse, culminating in a discussion about the modern dilemma of young adults taking on debt for

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39:36

Facing Financial Realities: A Call to Action

Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski ·

2025/09/20

Chris Markowski discusses the harsh realities of the financial world, emphasizing the importance of community support, fiscal responsibility, and the challenges faced by younger generations in achieving home ownership. He critiques corporate influence on the housing market and advocates for reforms to make housing more accessible. The conversation also touches on the need for uplifting stories and life hacks to inspire listeners.

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