Watchdog on Wall Street with Chris Markowski

Chris channels J.P. Morgan’s famous quip that stocks return to their “rightful owners” during market turmoil, highlighting how corporate insiders are aggressively buying their companies’ shares at a rate unseen in nearly two years. With 180 insiders purchasing stock in just two weeks, Markowski sees opportunity amid the chaos, urging investors to stay patient and courageous despite negative news cycles and ongoing market volatility, while cautiously predicting a potential rally later in 2025. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris blasts the lack of progress in Trump’s tariff negotiations with Japan and the EU, despite overhyped Truth Social posts claiming success. With no deals secured, small businesses face uncertainty, markets reel from volatility, and a “Trump tariff line item” threatens higher prices. Markowski slams media distractions, calls out Senate Republicans’ cowardice, and challenges Trump supporters to refute his facts, warning that unchecked chaos could unravel the economic rationale behind Trump’s 2024 victory. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris reacts to Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell’s Economic Club of Chicago speech, where Powell warned that Trump’s tariffs could spark temporary or persistent inflation and even stagflation, straining the Fed’s dual mandate of price stability and full employment. Markowski critiques the uncertainty around a 90-day tariff pause, questions June rate cut expectations, and highlights the market’s sell-off, slamming Trump’s pressure on the Fed as reckless while noting Powell’s commitment to anchoring long-term inflation expectations. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris revisits his guide to financial independence, emphasizing that true wealth isn’t just about money but about personal fulfillment and freedom from envy. Sharing his own list—spending time with family, enjoying the sun, maintaining health, and reading—he argues that being happy in your own skin, free from coveting others’ wealth or status, defines real richness, far surpassing material gains or fame. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris delves into the elusive nature of truth, drawing parallels between modern society’s subjective realities and Pontius Pilate’s question, “What is truth?” during Jesus’ trial. Frustrated by lies from figures like Donald Trump—claiming the EU was designed to harm the U.S. or tariffs collect $2 billion daily—Markowski critiques the distortion of truth by politicians and media on both sides, advocating for an absolute truth and pledging to deliver honest insights to listeners. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris blasts Republicans for flirting with Bernie Sanders and AOC-style policies, from proposing tax hikes on the top 1%—who already pay 40% of income taxes—to pushing a Family First Act that expands child tax credits and adds pregnancy credits, complicating the tax code and subsidizing some families at others’ expense. He argues these moves betray conservative values, pick winners and losers, and undermine equality under the law, urging a return to simpler, fairer fiscal policies. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris slams the Trump administration’s tariff policies, likening them to destroying a village to save it, arguing they’re crushing small businesses while big corporations like Nvidia and AMD find workarounds. He debunks claims that NAFTA or the EU are the root of manufacturing woes, citing data showing job losses tied to China’s WTO entry, and calls for targeted tariffs and a business-friendly environment to rebuild U.S. industry without sparking a global trade war that hurts Main Street the most. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris vents frustration over endless college campus controversies, from Columbia to Harvard, arguing that taxpayer money shouldn’t subsidize institutions with billion-dollar endowments like Harvard’s $50 billion. He slams government funding for universities, criticizes student loans for inflating tuition, and urges parents to pull their kids from schools that don’t align with their values, advocating for a free-market approach where colleges survive without public handouts. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris calls out the mainstream media’s shocking attempts to whitewash horrific acts, from a CBS article downplaying ancient child sacrifices in Guatemala as non-violent cultural practices to CNN’s Taylor Lorenz praising a cold-blooded murderer as a “morally good” revolutionary. Markowski dismantles the leftist narrative that excuses vile historical and modern behaviors, drawing parallels to the violent realities of indigenous cultures and questioning the media’s moral compass in a scathing critique. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris tackles the ballooning $850 billion Medicaid program, exposing how it’s morphed into a permanent entitlement for able-bodied adults, with 60% reporting no earned income. Drawing parallels to a societal “drug,” he cites historical warnings from FDR and studies linking welfare to poverty, crime, and dependency. Markowski calls for bold reforms like work requirements to foster self-reliance, warning that political cowardice may derail efforts to fix a broken system draining America’s spirit and resources. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris vents frustration over endless college campus controversies, from Columbia to Harvard, arguing that taxpayer money shouldn’t subsidize institutions with billion-dollar endowments like Harvard’s $50 billion. He slams government funding for universities, criticizes student loans for inflating tuition, and urges parents to pull their kids from schools that don’t align with their values, advocating for a free-market approach where colleges survive without public handouts. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris reveals how tariffs are driving up real estate costs by 25%, stalling new construction and causing deals to collapse. From wealthy buyers backing out to builders adding "Trump tariff" surcharges, the housing shortage is set to worsen. Existing properties may rise in value, but at what cost? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris breaks down the bond market chaos and its impact on U.S. debt. With $10 trillion in debt to refinance at higher interest rates, the nation faces soaring interest payments and a skewed debt-to-GDP ratio. Can Trump’s fiscal plans survive? www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Dive into why current U.S. trade policies are failing with Christopher Markowski. From flawed vertical integration dreams to the pitfalls of tariffs, discover how these strategies hurt small businesses and ignore economic realities. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

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Chris tears apart the tariff narrative with Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s San Francisco Fed data. For every $100 of Chinese-made goods sold in the U.S., China takes just $12, while the U.S. pockets $88 via design, shipping, and retail. With 150% tariffs slashing demand 50%, Markowski argues it’s us, not China, losing big—$44 vs. their $6. He calls out gaslighting on job losses, blaming U.S. money printing and regulations, not China, for rising costs. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris rips into Trump’s tariff policy, calling it one of the 'dumbest self-inflicted economic errors of all time.' He breaks down the market chaos, a 90-day tariff reprieve after donor pressure, and a 25% effective rate with 150% on China, warning of a looming recession. Markowski mocks the 'Art of the Deal' hype, critiques reserve currency nonsense from Trump’s team, and shares small business woes. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris tackles the ‘Nilf’ epidemic. 7 million prime-age men (24-54) not in the labor force, neither working nor looking, a tenth of their demographic, blaming decades of Great Society handouts turned narcotic, as he argued in his old Drug Pusher piece citing Cato Institute data. With three Nilfs for every unemployed job-seeker, he scoffs at Trump’s factory revival dreams, noting these ‘long-termers, won’t budge, fueled by a dysfunctional $7 trillion disability archipelago (SSDI, SSI, VA benefits, and more) that’s spiked sevenfold since 1965. Markowski warns cutting benefits is political suicide; the fix starts with eighth-grade prep and grandfathering current Nilfs. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris celebrates the ‘wonderful, miraculous supply chain’ with a passionate reading of Leonard Reed’s 1950s classic, I, Pencil. This humble writing tool becomes a profound symbol of free market genius, weaving a tale of loggers in Oregon, graphite miners in Sri Lanka, lacquer makers, and shipbuilders, whose tiny, uncoordinated know-hows spontaneously craft a pencil no single person could mastermind. Mocking central planners like Xi Jinping, Markowski marvels at the invisible hand’s dance, from cedar trees to brass ferrules, proving freedom, not control, fuels prosperity. A lesson in awe and faith, he argues this beats government meddling, urging us to trust free people over utopian schemes. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

Chris unleashes a fiery rant, tearing into the romanticized tariff myths peddled by Trump and MAGA fans, shouting ‘Free Trade or Die!’ He dismantles comparisons of 19th-century America—think McKinley and the Gilded Age—to today, highlighting a world of no standing armies, no Social Security, and oligarchs thriving on protectionism while workers suffered Pinkerton beatdowns and mafia muscle. Markowski argues tariffs didn’t make us rich; they shielded fat cats like Carnegie and sparked unrest—contrast that with today’s better worker conditions and global trade’s proven prosperity, from China’s self-inflicted Canton flop to Fiat’s niche flops in the U.S. Want jobs back? Slash regulations and taxes, not build walls. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com