Craig Tindale’s essay, The Return of Matter: Western Democracies' Material Impairment, has become something of a sensation since being published in December of 2025. The essay provides a stark and sobering analysis of how the West has lost control of materials vital to prosperity and security. Backed by robust data and historical analogs, Craig joins host Ed ... Show More
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Mining for Our Future
Copper, lithium, rare earth metals and other critical materials are taking center stage as strategic industries including defense, AI, and energy seek to shore up supply. In addition to this growing demand, supply disruptions, geopolitics and the slow pace of bringing new mines i ... Show More
23m 22s
Sep 2025
From geopolitics to rate cuts: What’s shaping commodities markets?
<p>In this episode, Greg Shearer, head of Base and Precious Metals Research, is joined by Natasha Kaneva, head of Global Commodities Research. Together, they dive into the key factors currently shaping commodities markets — from the evolving geopolitical landscape to the interest ... Show More
20m 35s
Feb 2024
Talk Your Book: Putting a Floor on the Nasdaq 100
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Bruce Bond, Co-Founder and CEO of Innovator Capital Management to discuss: behavioral finance, and the popularity of defined outcome products during bull markets, how equity floor ETFs work, Innovator's latest defined ... Show More
37m 46s
Sep 2025
Gold hits all time high, China stock market bullish, Week ahead preview
Join OANDA Senior Market Analysts & podcast guest Nick Syiek (TraderNick) as they review the latest market news and moves. MarketPulse provides up-to-the-minute analysis on forex, commodities and indices from around the world. MarketPulse is an award-winning news site that delive ... Show More
13 m
Sep 2024
Talk Your Book: The Next Catalyst for Crypto Assets
On today's show, we are joined by Chris Kuiper, Director of Research, and Matt Horne, Head of Digital Asset Strategists for Fidelity Digital Assets to discuss narratives surrounding ETH and BTC, use cases around ETH, how advisors can work with Fidelity utilizing digital assets, d ... Show More
39m 28s
May 2024
Talk Your Book: Growth Stage Debt Investing
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Kyle Brown, CEO, President, and CIO of Trinity Capital to discuss how the Trinity Capital structure works, how venture debt investing works, understanding execution risk vs technology risk, Trinity's 5 income-generati ... Show More
32m 49s
Apr 2024
Talk Your Book: Hedging Your Portfolio with Options
On today's show, Ben Carlson and Michael Batnick are joined by Eric Metz, President, and Chief Investment Officer of SpiderRock Advisors to discuss, the pending acquisition by BlackRock, covered call performance in a bull market, tax benefits when utilizing options, what's drivin ... Show More
31m 56s