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Interview recorded - 19th of January, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Jim Bianco. Jim is the is President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, L.L.C.During our conversation we spoke about Jim's overview for 2025, inflationary fear, demand decreasing, liquidity issues, impact on the markets and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:22 - Overview of 20254:51 - Inflation fear6:36 - Disinflationary trends14:06 - Return to 2010’s?16:16 - Demand decrease19:22 - Yield curve control22:56 - Liquidity25:06 - Monetary responsible32:29 - Impact on the markets?34:42 - Precious metals37:54 - AI infrastructure 45:57 - One message to takeaway?Jim Bianco is President and Index Manager at Bianco Research Advisors. He is also the President of Bianco Research LLC. Since 1990, Jim’s commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets. Unencumbered by the biases of traditional Wall Street research, Jim has built a decades long reputation for objective, incisive commentary that challenges consensus thinking.Jim appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business, and is often featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, Grants Interest Rate Observer, and MarketWatch. Jim has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Marquette University (1984) and an MBA from Fordham University (1989).Jim Bianco: Research: https://www.biancoresearch.com/visitor-home/ETF: https://www.biancoadvisors.com/X: https://twitter.com/intent/follow?screen_name=biancoresearch&tw_p=followbuttonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bianco-117619152/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 19th of January, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Lyn Alden. Lyn is one of the foremost macro strategists, Founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy & author of the book “Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better”.During our conversation we spoke about her overview for 2025, the growing deficit, what this means for inflation, immigration impact, demographics, the end of institutions, currency collapse and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:55 - Overview of 20252:43 - End of bull market?5:35 - FED challenge8:16 - Next FED chair11:38 - Running it hot14:43 - Grow out of deficit17:21 - Higher inflation21:23 - Negative on the future?23:13 - Immigration impact27:36 - Demographics29:53 - Trump & Greenland33:53 - Complex issues37:11 - Milei & other institution breakers39:58 - Losers41:40 - One message to takeawayLyn runs an investment research service for both retail and institutional investors at LynAlden.com. Her focus is on fundamental investing with a global macro overlay, with an emphasis on equities, currencies, commodities, and digital assets. Lyn has also worked for over a decade in the aviation industry in a range of roles, starting as an electronics engineer and moving into project and facility management, and engineering finance. Eventually she became the head engineer and head of technical procurement for the facility, before retiring in her 30s. Lyn has a bachelor's in electronics engineering and a master's in engineering management, with a focus on engineering economics and financial modelling. Lyn Alden - Website - https://www.lynalden.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynalden/Twitter - https://twitter.com/lynaldencontact?lang=enWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 12th of January, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Professor Steve Hanke. Steve is a renowned economist, the Professor of Applied Economics and Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University who has authored many books.0:00 - Introduction1:22 - FED BoJ scenario9:35 - Inflation rising11:14 - 2025 in review14:13 - Equities in 202616:59 - Bonds & the dollar19:31 - Problems with inflation20:24 - Venezuela24:14 - Any other trends for 2026?26:15 - One message to take away?Steve H. Hanke is a Senior Fellow, Contributing Editor of The Independent Review, and a Member of the Board of Advisors at the Independent Institute. He is a Professor of Applied Economics and Founder and Co-Director of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and the Study of Business Enterprise at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He is also a Senior Adviser at the Renmin University of China’s International Monetary Research Institute in Beijing, and a Special Counselor to the Center for Financial Stability in New York. Hanke is also a Contributing Editor at Central Banking in London and a Contributor at National Review. In addition, Hanke is a member of the Charter Council of the Society for Economic Measurement and a Distinguished Associate of the International Atlantic Economic Society. He is ranked as the world’s third-most influential economics influencer by FocusEconomics in Barcelona, Spain.Steve Hanke: Book - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-63398-0X - https://x.com/steve_hankeBio - https://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=516WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 8th of January, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming on Jeff Park. Jeffs serves as Chief Investment Officer at ProCap Financial.During our conversation we spoke about the current outlook of the markets, shifting monetary policy, impacting markets, end to markets cyclicality and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:01 - Current outlook of the markets2:35 - Shifting monetary policy12:01 - Impacting markets?16:32 - End to markets cyclicality?21:09 - Ideological investing24:11 - Any assets to outperform?29:47 - One message to takeawayJeffrey (Jeff) Park is a portfolio manager and Bitcoin-focused investor known for bridging traditional credit and hedge fund strategies with the emerging digital asset class. He serves as Chief Investment Officer at ProCap BTC, where he leads investment research and portfolio construction dedicated to Bitcoin and adjacent infrastructure. Previously, he was Head of Alpha Strategies & Portfolio Manager at Bitwise Asset Management, and earlier held roles at Corbin Capital Partners, the Harvard Management Company, and Morgan Stanley.Across traditional and crypto markets, Park has managed mandates spanning opportunistic credit, multi-strategy hedge fund solutions, and digital asset investments. His recent work concentrates on institutional-grade approaches to Bitcoin exposure—combining macro, market microstructure, and risk management with an emphasis on liquidity, custody, and operational controls.Jeff Park - X - https://x.com/dgt10011Substack - https://t.co/nPu4vrn9M8WTFinance -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Interview recorded - 6th of January, 2026On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had the pleasure of welcoming back Michael Oliver. Michael is the founder of Momentum Structural Analysis.During our conversation we spoke about Michael's market overview, whether silver can continue to go higher, miners, the debasement trade, undervalued assets and more. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction1:37 - Overview of markets11:28 - Can silver get bigger?16:33 - Miners21:18 - Equities outlook27:08 - Debasement trade28:23 - Undervalued assets?33:51 - AI bubble38:53 - One message to takeawayJ. Michael Oliver entered the financial services industry in 1975 on the Futures side, joining E.F. Hutton’s International Commodity Division, headquartered in New York City's Battery Park. He studied under David Johnston, head of Hutton’s Commodity Division and Chairman of the COMEX.In the 1980s Mike began to develop his own momentum-based method of technical analysis. He learned early on that orthodox price chart technical analysis left many unanswered questions and too often deceived those who trusted in price chart breakouts, support/resistance, and so forth.In 1987 Mike technically anticipated and caught the Crash. It was then that he decided to develop his structural momentum tools into a full analytic methodology.In 1992 the Financial VP and head of Wachovia Bank's Trust Department asked Mike to provide soft dollar research to Wachovia. Within a year, Mike shifted from brokerage to full-time technical research. He is also the author of The New Libertarianism: Anarcho-Capitalism.Michael Oliver - Website - https://www.olivermsa.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/Oliver_MSAWTFinance -Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfniTunes -https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas