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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.

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Senate Hands Trump a Blank Check on Venezuela Jan 15, 2026

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China Shatters Trade Records as Tariffs Fall Flat Jan 15, 2026

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The Case for Nukes: If I Were a World Leader, I’d Be Building Them Too Jan 15, 2026

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Waste and Immigration: The Incentives No One Wants to Talk About Jan 15, 2026

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Waste and immigration go hand in hand—and pretending otherwise is how we ended up here. This isn’t about hating immigrants or cheering heavy-handed enforcement. In fact, Chris doesn't like the optics of masked ICE agents or the chaos we’re seeing play out. There was a better way to handle this, long before it reached this point.
The truth is simple: incentives matter. If you build a massive welfare state, hand out benefits, provide free healthcare, housing, and allow illegal work, people will come. That’s not ideology—that’s human nature. Eliminate the incentives, and illegal immigration collapses overnight.
Billions of dollars in taxpayer money are flowing through refugee assistance, rental programs, NGOs, and government agencies—with officials admitting they don’t even know where much of it’s going. That’s not compassion; that’s waste, grift, and failure.
You want to fix immigration? Start with this rule: if you come here illegally, you get nothing. No handouts. No benefits. No taxpayer-funded hotels. Enforce that, cut the waste, and the magnet disappears.
We can’t afford this system—and it’s not working.

Living in the Financial Matrix: Time to Take the Red Pill Jan 14, 2026

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Most people are living in a financial illusion—and it’s time to wake up. From grocery prices in Italy that are less than half of what Americans pay, to restaurant meals that would cost triple back home, the contrast is impossible to ignore. Yet we’re told nonstop by economic “high priests” that everything is booming because GDP is up and stocks are at record highs.
Who cares if GDP is 10% when people can’t afford rent, homes, healthcare, or to start a family?
Essential survival items—food, energy, housing, insurance—have inflated two to four times faster than official inflation numbers over the past five years. The metrics are lying, the models are broken, and too many people are ignoring what their own eyes and bank accounts are telling them.
This is the financial matrix: an economy that looks great on paper while everyday life gets harder. At Markowski Investments, they don’t deal in illusions—they deal in reality, the terrain as it actually exists, and prepare people to survive and thrive despite ruinous policy, fraud, and currency devaluation.
Take the red pill. See the world as it is.

Silence on Iran: Where Did the Outrage Go? Jan 14, 2026

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It’s fascinating—and disturbing. The same far-left groups that can mobilize in the blink of an eye, with signs printed and protests ready to roll, are nowhere to be found as reports emerge of mass killings in Iran. The industrial complex seems to have gone silent.
We don’t know the exact numbers. The Islamic regime itself claims around 2,000 dead—which should immediately tell you the real figure is likely far higher. Some estimates put it at 12,000… others 20,000. Regardless of the precise count, the scale of brutality is undeniable.
So where are the protests? Where are the emergency rallies, the social media campaigns, the nonstop moral outrage? The silence is telling—and it raises serious questions about who gets defended, who gets ignored, and why.

Stop “Financial Planning.” Start Financial Preparation. Jan 14, 2026

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Chris hates the phrase financial planning—and he’s not alone. Plans assume you know what’s coming. You don’t. Life doesn’t run on a terminal date, a questionnaire, or a neat retirement timeline. Opportunities and setbacks show up without warning, and the people who thrive aren’t the ones with the prettiest plans—they’re the ones who are prepared.
At Markowski Investments, they focus on financial preparation: building strong habits, flexibility, and resilience so you’re ready for whatever life throws at you—good or bad. Just like athletes who don’t care who lines up across from them because they’ve done the work, proper preparation puts you in position to win no matter the circumstances.
Do the right things. Practice good habits. Prepare properly—and you’ll be fine.

The Economy Looks Strong—Until You Read the Fine Print Jan 13, 2026

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The headline numbers look great: unemployment down, GDP up, trade deficit shrinking. But once you dig past the surface, a very different story emerges. In this deep dive, Chris breaks down the latest labor, trade, and GDP data—and explains why the official narrative doesn’t line up with economic reality.
Job growth is weak and narrowly concentrated, hiring is sluggish, and layoffs are quietly spreading through small and mid-sized businesses. The “improving” trade deficit? Strip out massive gold shipments and it actually worsens. GDP growth? Inflated by savings drawdowns, falling imports, and gold exports—not rising incomes or real consumer strength.
This is why we don't play the TV guessing-game with economic numbers anymore. You have to look inside the data, not just at the headlines. The real economy isn’t what the wizards of smart want you to believe—and you’re better off being your own economist.

How to Actually Bring Mortgage Rates Down—Without Bullying the Fed Jan 13, 2026

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Everyone wants lower mortgage rates—but strong-arming the Federal Reserve or squeezing banks isn’t the answer. In this episode, Chris lays out practical, free-market solutions that could actually bring mortgage rates down without political pressure or economic distortions.
Drawing on how commercial loans and bond markets really work, Chris explains why features like prepayment risk drive mortgage rates higher in the U.S. Unlike many business loans or callable bonds, American mortgages allow borrowers to prepay at any time—forcing lenders to charge more to compensate for that risk.
So what’s the fix? Options like non-prepayable mortgages with penalties, Fannie and Freddie offering alternative loan structures, and even portable or assumable mortgages that allow buyers to take over existing low-rate loans. These changes could shave meaningful basis points off rates while improving market efficiency.
Instead of grandstanding and pressure campaigns, there are intelligent, market-based reforms sitting right in front of us. If policymakers are serious about affordability, this is where the conversation should start.

Is Jay Powell Headed for a Perp Walk? The Fed Under Political Fire Jan 13, 2026

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Are prosecutors really coming after the Federal Reserve Chair—or is this something else entirely? Reports that the Justice Department is investigating Jerome Powell over testimony related to the Fed’s building renovation have ignited speculation, outrage, and a very real debate about central bank independence.
In this episode, Chris breaks down what’s actually happening, why grand jury subpoenas matter, and how this investigation fits into a broader campaign of political pressure on the Fed. With interest rates at the center of a heated midterm-year fight, Powell says the probe is a pretext designed to intimidate the central bank into lowering rates—despite inflation realities saying otherwise.
Chris also unpacks the misconceptions about interest rates, why mortgage rates don’t move the way people think they do, and why using the legal system as a political weapon sets a dangerous precedent. If this is about accountability, where are the prosecutions everyone was promised elsewhere? And if it’s about pressure, what does that mean for the future of independent monetary policy?
This isn’t just about Jay Powell—it’s about whether evidence-based policy survives political intimidation.

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