Bull market in financial scams

Cyber fraud is a constant and growing threat to consumers and service providers. Safety protocols and checks are steadily evolving and increasing. It’s wild out here.

David Rosenberg, Founder & President, Rosenberg Research, joins BNN Bloomberg to talk financial scams. Here is a direct video link.

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Paid to look the other way

Timeless perspective is offered in this segment…the more things stay the same.

In this episode of The Real Eisman Playbook, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gretchen Morgenson discusses her career in investigative journalism, focusing on the dark side of Wall Street, the AIG scandal, and the financial crisis. She highlights the role of private equity in modern finance and its impact on various industries, including healthcare. Morgenson emphasizes the importance of exposing corporate fraud and the need for accountability in the financial sector.  Here is a direct video link.

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Macro updates for dog days of summer 2025

Economist Lacy Hunt offers a sobering look at the long-term economic forces shaping the U.S. outlook—and why inflation might already be in retreat, even as the Federal Reserve stays cautious. He argues that we’re in the midst of a disinflationary trend driven by excessive debt, declining velocity of money, and the structural weakening of global demand. The headlines may still focus on price spikes and strong consumer spending, but underneath, the economy is quietly slowing. Here is a direct video link.

Danielle DiMartino Booth, CEO and chief strategist at QI Research, returns to Monetary Matters to update listeners on her read of the economic cycle and credit markets. She shares her thesis that the U.S. economy entered recession in early 2024, exited it, and is now entering another recession in a process similar to the double dip recession of 1980-1981. Recorded on June 26, 2025. Here is a direct video link.

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