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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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Sarasota, FL

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Business

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Radio America

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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/

Twitter:

@chrismarko

Language:

English

Contact:

(800) 471-5984


Episodes
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The Most Divisive President in Modern History Isn’t Donald Trump, It’s Barack Obama

10/16/2025
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 could’ve united America—but instead, he tore it apart. In this episode: More than a decade later, we’re still living with the fallout.

Duration:00:06:15

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Democrats Have an Intense Money Laundering Scheme in Washington

10/16/2025
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’re paying for it — and they’re laughing all the way to the NGO bank. In this episode: Follow the money — because every dollar “for democracy” overseas somehow ends up keeping the swamp fat and happy.

Duration:00:04:09

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The United Nations Wants to TAX YOU

10/16/2025
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 United Nations wants to tax the world — literally. In this episode: Let’s just call this what it is: a scam dressed up in climate virtue. It’s time to tell the UN to pack its bags — and take the traffic jam out of New York with it.

Duration:00:06:02

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Are You Losing Your Soul to Capitalism?

10/16/2025
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 What kind of money are you making — and what does it cost your soul? In this episode: America’s obsession with self and pleasure has turned business into idolatry — and why reclaiming virtue is the only way to rebuild trust, freedom, and prosperity.

Duration:00:07:39

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Trump’s Trade War Is Better Than Bravo TV

10/16/2025
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 It’s not diplomacy — it’s drama. In this episode: Nobody wins in a trade war — not even the producers.

Duration:00:06:01

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Sauron’s New Army: How Wall Street’s Private Equity Orcs Are Coming for Your 401(k)

10/15/2025
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 dark forces of Wall Street are mobilizing again — and this time, they’re coming for your retirement savings. Blackstone, Apollo, and the rest of the private equity giants are pushing to stuff risky, illiquid assets into 401(k) plans under the guise of “retirement innovation.” But behind the corporate jargon lies desperation: a liquidity crunch, bad bets, and a plan to offload the pain onto ordinary investors. The orcs are gathering, and Washington’s helping them march straight into the Shire.

Duration:00:07:29

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Wall Street’s Latest Scam: How Washington and JP Morgan Backed the Tricolor Auto Loan Collapse

10/15/2025
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 Crooks, liars, and con artists—this time the trail leads straight from Wall Street to Washington. The bankrupt Tricolor auto lender is the latest “community development” disaster, propped up by big banks and government programs that forced reckless lending to unqualified buyers. From bogus credit scores and missing car titles to BlackRock’s ESG spin and Pimco’s bad bets, this is another case study in how political virtue-signaling and financial greed collide—leaving taxpayers and low-income buyers holding the bag.

Duration:00:12:53

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How Republicans Are Blowing the Healthcare Fix

10/15/2025
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 crisis should be an opportunity—but not for this Congress. In this episode: The GOP is wasting the best chance in a generation to finally fix healthcare.

Duration:00:06:14

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YIKES! AI's New Problem Is Actually...Awful

10/15/2025
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 It was only a matter of time. In this episode: Silicon Valley’s latest “feature” could very well become society’s next moral collapse.

Duration:00:05:22

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Morgan Stanley Assassinates Fiduciary Duty

10/14/2025
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 Markowski calls out Wall Street’s hypocrisy as Morgan Stanley opens crypto trading to all clients — abandoning even the pretense of protecting investors. He breaks down how big firms like Morgan Stanley pay lip service to “fiduciary duty” while serving their true master: shareholders. From inflated spreads to reckless risk-taking, Chris exposes how the system is designed to profit off clients, not protect them — and reminds listeners that the smart play isn’t trusting these firms with your money, it’s owning their stock instead.

Duration:00:02:47

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JP Morgan’s $10 Billion National Security Power Play

10/14/2025
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 Jamie Dimon just made his biggest bet yet—and it’s not on Wall Street. In this episode: This move could either rebuild America’s industrial base—or become the next big taxpayer-funded boondoggle

Duration:00:09:29

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GM’s Electric Vehicle MELTDOWN

10/14/2025
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 green dream just hit a brick wall. In this episode: General Motors writes down $1.6 billionwoke mandatesbuilt almost nothingChris breaks down how the “green revolution” became a government-fueled disaster—and why the free market would’ve built something that actually works.

Duration:00:07:50

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The Market Went Down for What?

10/14/2025
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 takes aim at the daily obsession with Wall Street’s ups and downs, mocking pundits and publications that pretend to know why the market moves. From “good news is bad news” to “bad news is good news,” he exposes the nonsense of trying to time the market. Instead, he reminds listeners that real investing success comes from owning quality companies with solid fundamentals and long-term vision — not from chasing headlines or watching the ticker every day.

Duration:00:03:37

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The Shocking Collapse of America’s Auto Parts Giant

10/13/2025
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 “smartest guys in the room” just lost $2 billion—and called it business as usual. In this episode: First Brands bankruptcyfraud and gimmicksBDOApollo GlobalIf something doesn’t make sense—it’s probably a scam.

Duration:00:06:58

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Taco Sunday and the Tariff Tango

10/13/2025
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 breaks down the latest market whiplash over Trump’s surprise tariff threats on China — and the predictable “walk-back” that followed. From rare earth minerals to Washington’s mining paralysis, he explains why America’s dependency on China isn’t going away anytime soon, how algorithmic trading fuels market chaos, and why having an anti-fragile portfolio is key to surviving the next tweet-driven sell-off. Grab your tacos — it’s another wild weekend on Wall Street.

Duration:00:04:56

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The Crypto Collapse No One Wants to Talk About

10/13/2025
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 Billions wiped out. Lives ruined. And Wall Street shrugs. In this powerful episode: crypto crashsuicides and bankruptciescasino chips?real wealth is built, not betIt’s time to stop pretending digital air has value—and start learning how to build something real.

Duration:00:18:06

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The Cost of Political Cowardice

10/12/2025
Chris Markowski, the Watchdog on Wall Street, discusses the harsh realities of the financial world, exposing the lies propagated by big brokerage firms and the government. He emphasizes the need for political courage to address economic issues, critiques government spending and its impact on national debt, and highlights the looming crisis in commercial real estate. Markowski also delves into the higher education system, questioning its value and the rising costs of tuition. He critiques tariffs and their negative effects on businesses and farmers, and calls for independent thinking and integrity in the political process.

Duration:00:39:28

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The Financial Reality Check: A Wake-Up Call

10/11/2025
Chris Markowski discusses the impending collapse of Germany's pension and social security system, drawing parallels to past financial crises in Europe. He emphasizes the unsustainable nature of the current social security system in the U.S. and warns of potential market volatility due to underlying issues in private equity and lending practices. The conversation shifts to the political landscape, where Markowski critiques both major parties for their handling of capitalism and government intervention in the economy. He highlights the failures of Obamacare and the ongoing government shutdown, arguing for a return to free-market principles.

Duration:00:39:40

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Stagflation vs. Growth: A New Economic Perspective

10/11/2025
Chris Markowski discusses the current financial landscape, focusing on the debasement trade, stagflation, and the importance of long-term investment strategies. He emphasizes the need for investors to be cautious of behavioral biases and the pitfalls of speculative trading. Markowski advocates for a personal CFO approach to wealth management, highlighting the significance of understanding market dynamics and making informed investment decisions.

Duration:00:39:39

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Take a Blowtorch to Dodd-Frank: Reviving Main Street’s Banking Power

10/10/2025
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 In a fiery endorsement of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant’s call to dismantle Dodd-Frank, Chris Markowski celebrates a long-overdue stand against “too big to fail.” From the collapse of community banks to the unchecked rise of financial giants, he traces how decades of bad policy—from repealing Glass-Steagall to overregulating after 2008—crushed local economies. Markowski lays out a bold vision: break up the megabanks, restore real competition, and bring prosperity back to Main Street. A passionate Watchdog on Wall Street manifesto for a freer, fairer financial future.

Duration:00:08:02