Being disciplined pays off.

Markets finishing in a good place – ready for 2026.

Fun times ahead with a January warning.

Inspired by Market Wizards with our guest, the renowned Jack Schwager.

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Mr. Schwager is a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. Mr. Schwager is one of the founders of Fund Seeder (FundSeeder.com), a platform designed to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide and connect unknown successful traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group (2001-2010), a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. His prior experience also includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street‘s leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities.

Mr. Schwager has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest hedge fund managers of the last three decades: Unknown Market Wizards, (2020), Market Wizards (1989, 2012), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001), Hedge Fund Market Wizards (2012), and The Little Book of Market Wizards (2014). His other books include Market Sense and Nonsense (2012), a compendium of investment misconceptions, and the three-volume series, Schwager on Futures, consisting of Fundamental Analysis (1995), Technical Analysis (1996), and Managed Trading (1996). He is also the author of Getting Started in Technical Analysis (1999), part of John Wiley‘s popular Getting Started series.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (NVDA), (TOST), (QQQ), (GLD)

The walls are coming down – the house of cards exposed.

We have economic data – late but we got it.

And that concludes the last full week of trading for 2025!

And our guest – Robbie Miles, CEO of Live and Let Live

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Robbie Miles is the CEO of Live and Let Live – Live and Let Live is a global movement committed to building a freer, more peaceful world. As part of the Live and Let Live community, you’re surrounded by individuals who share a passion for personal responsibility, non-aggression, and being good humans.

Here, we connect, collaborate, and grow together — exchanging ideas, supporting one another, and taking action that aligns with our shared values of peace, freedom, and human flourishing. Whether you’re here to learn, contribute, or lead, there’s a place for you in this movement.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SLV), (GLD), (ORCL)

The Fed cuts and keeps markets guessing.

Silver hits a record – up 100% this year.

Looking at frameworks and fake transparency.

And our guest – Ed Easterling, Founder and President of Crestmont Research

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Ed Easterling is the founder and President of Crestmont Holdings, an Oregon-based investment management and research firm that publishes provocative research on the financial markets at www.CrestmontResearch.com. He has over thirty years of alternative investment experience, including financial markets, private equity, and business operations.

Mr. Easterling is the author of recently-released Probable Outcomes: Secular Stock Market Insights and Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles (Cypress House; 2005). In addition, he is contributing author to Just One Thing (John Wiley & Sons; 2005) and co-author of chapters in Bull‘s Eye Investing by John Mauldin. Mr. Easterling is a Senior Fellow and a Board Member at the Alternative Asset Management Center at SMU‘s Cox School of Business in Dallas, and previously served as a member of the adjunct faculty teaching the course on alternative investments and hedge funds for MBA students. Mr. Easterling holds a BBA in business, a BA in psychology, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (QQQ), (NVDA), (IBM)