Greenland, Iran and Mexico – OH MY

Earnings season – yes it is here !

Markets re on fire – all systems go – Get your gold and silver too!

And out guest – Benjamin Kahle – Managing Partner of Wellings Capital.

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Benjamin Kahle is the Managing Partner of Wellings Capital. He is responsible for the overall management of the firm and its investment offerings, including eight funds and multiple sidecar entities. In this role, Benjamin helps shape the company’s investment strategy and guides asset management initiatives. Since joining Wellings Capital as an intern in 2015, Benjamin has played an instrumental role in the firm’s growth, driving it from $0 to over $215 million in investor equity under management and over $450 million of assets under management. His leadership has helped establish Wellings Capital as a trusted name in the commercial real estate private equity space. Benjamin’s real estate career began early—he became a licensed realtor during his junior year of college. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Liberty University and lives in Central Virginia with his wife and son.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (TSLA), (GOOG), (BIDU)

Capturing Maduro and Buying Greenland – all in a day’s work!

Markets off to a great start – plenty of January to go…

Venezuela oil – untapped opportunity – BUT let’s take a closer look.

And our Guest – Todd Tresidder – Founder of FinancialMentor.com

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Todd Tresidder graduated from the University of California at Davis with a B.A. in economics and a passion for creating successful businesses. A serial entrepreneur since childhood, Todd went on to build his own wealth as a hedge fund investment manager before “retiring” at 35 to teach others. Today, he provides advanced investment and retirement planning education at FinancialMentor.Com showing you what works, what doesn’t, and why based on a depth of proven experience.

Todd is a financial coach and educator at FinancialMentor.com. He’s the author of five financial planning books including ‘How Much Money Do I Need To Retire?,’ ‘Don’t Hire A Financial Coach,’ and ‘Variable Annuity Pros and Cons.’ You can connect with Todd via his website, Financialmentor.com, Twitter @FinancialMentor, or on Google+.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SHLD), (RTX), (SPY), (GLD), (XLE)

Prospective Perspective – we are looking ahead by looking back.

A new year – what may drive returns into 2026.

So many guests, so much wisdom as we kick off another great year of the TDI Podcast and a great compilation this week of guest clips from 2025.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (RTX), (NOC), (SHLD), (GLD)

Being disciplined pays off.

Markets finishing in a good place – ready for 2026.

Fun times ahead with a January warning.

Inspired by Market Wizards with our guest, the renowned Jack Schwager.

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Mr. Schwager is a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. Mr. Schwager is one of the founders of Fund Seeder (FundSeeder.com), a platform designed to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide and connect unknown successful traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, Mr. Schwager was a partner in the Fortune Group (2001-2010), a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. His prior experience also includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street‘s leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities.

Mr. Schwager has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest hedge fund managers of the last three decades: Unknown Market Wizards, (2020), Market Wizards (1989, 2012), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001), Hedge Fund Market Wizards (2012), and The Little Book of Market Wizards (2014). His other books include Market Sense and Nonsense (2012), a compendium of investment misconceptions, and the three-volume series, Schwager on Futures, consisting of Fundamental Analysis (1995), Technical Analysis (1996), and Managed Trading (1996). He is also the author of Getting Started in Technical Analysis (1999), part of John Wiley‘s popular Getting Started series.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (NVDA), (TOST), (QQQ), (GLD)

The walls are coming down – the house of cards exposed.

We have economic data – late but we got it.

And that concludes the last full week of trading for 2025!

And our guest – Robbie Miles, CEO of Live and Let Live

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Robbie Miles is the CEO of Live and Let Live – Live and Let Live is a global movement committed to building a freer, more peaceful world. As part of the Live and Let Live community, you’re surrounded by individuals who share a passion for personal responsibility, non-aggression, and being good humans.

Here, we connect, collaborate, and grow together — exchanging ideas, supporting one another, and taking action that aligns with our shared values of peace, freedom, and human flourishing. Whether you’re here to learn, contribute, or lead, there’s a place for you in this movement.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SLV), (GLD), (ORCL)

The Fed cuts and keeps markets guessing.

Silver hits a record – up 100% this year.

Looking at frameworks and fake transparency.

And our guest – Ed Easterling, Founder and President of Crestmont Research

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Ed Easterling is the founder and President of Crestmont Holdings, an Oregon-based investment management and research firm that publishes provocative research on the financial markets at www.CrestmontResearch.com. He has over thirty years of alternative investment experience, including financial markets, private equity, and business operations.

Mr. Easterling is the author of recently-released Probable Outcomes: Secular Stock Market Insights and Unexpected Returns: Understanding Secular Stock Market Cycles (Cypress House; 2005). In addition, he is contributing author to Just One Thing (John Wiley & Sons; 2005) and co-author of chapters in Bull‘s Eye Investing by John Mauldin. Mr. Easterling is a Senior Fellow and a Board Member at the Alternative Asset Management Center at SMU‘s Cox School of Business in Dallas, and previously served as a member of the adjunct faculty teaching the course on alternative investments and hedge funds for MBA students. Mr. Easterling holds a BBA in business, a BA in psychology, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (QQQ), (NVDA), (IBM)

Quick flip and pivot – Fed in focus.

Stagflation alert – inflation remains sticky.

Unemployment – ADP show massive losses in one category.

Looking into the Prediction Markets with our guest, Andrew Wilkinson – Director of Trading Education at Interactive Brokers.

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Andrew Wilkinson, Director of Trading Education at Interactive Brokers.

Andrew joined Interactive Brokers in 2007 with a background in interest rate and derivative trading in the city of London during the 1990s.

Andrew joined IBKR to create market commentary about stocks, options, forex and bonds for the website before helping create the IBKR Campus, which covers Traders’ Insight, Traders’ Academy, webinars, podcasts and a variety of other financial training for investors of all levels. Andrew has an MBA from Rollins College FL.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (BTCUSD), (DIA), (SPY)

Tax Relief Boosts Corporate Earnings

S&P 500 Financial Performance Analysis

Share Buybacks and Market Indices

Guest, Howard Silverblatt – Senior Industry Analyst, Index Investment Strategy, for S&P Dow Jones Indices

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Howard Silverblatt (@hsilverb) is Senior Industry Analyst, Index Investment Strategy, for S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In addition to general market research and commentary, Howard is responsible for the statistical analysis of S&P DJI’s family of U.S. Indices, including the world’s most followed stock market index, the S&P 500®.

Howard has been with Standard & Poor’s since 1977, and has held various analytic, business development, and product positions. He joined S&P Indices in 1983 as an editor, and has since received numerous corporate and industry awards, most notably for his work on the creation and development of Standard & Poor’s core earnings and Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). Howard is widely quoted in top tier news publications around the world, providing in-depth analysis and information on a myriad of topics impacting the investment industry.

Howard graduated with a B.S. in Business Management from Syracuse University.

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Stocks mentioned in this episode: (NVDA), (DELL), (BTCUSD)