The big wirehouses and their slick TV commercials want you dreaming about vineyards in Napa. I want you to wake up and look at your actual account balance. Those are very different conversations.
If you have less than a million dollars saved, the biggest wealth management firms in America have officially decided you are not worth a single human hour of attention. And they are not even hiding it anymore.
The higher education industry has been running one of the longest-lasting financial cons in American history, and parents keep lining up to hand their kids the bill. I’m done being polite about it.
I was asked to do a “deep dive” into the latest inflation numbers this week during a daily television hit in the San Francisco–Oakland market. The headline figures were being celebrated: 2.7% CPI, 2.6% core. Victory laps everywhere. And my reaction was simple—you can’t take a deep dive into the shallow end of the pool without cracking […]
December 2025 Every new survey tells the same story, and Americans don’t need polling data to confirm what they feel every time they check out at the grocery store. The latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey shows that for the first time, people say they’re spending more simply because prices are higher—not because they’re buying more. Inflation has quietly crushed household budgets, especially […]
I’ve said this before on the program, but it’s worth repeating: there is no such thing as “priorities.” There can only be one priority. The word itself is misleading. Once you have more than one, you’ve already lost focus. For me, that priority is simple: God and my family. They’re not separate categories. They’re the same thing. That single priority guides everything I do—how I work, how […]
Original Post: https://www.citybiz.co/article/645162/watchdog-on-wall-street-celebrates-25-years-of-uncompromising-financial-vigilance/ Nation’s Longest-Running Financial Program Marks Quarter-Century of Unwavering Commitment to Truth and Consumer Advocacy Watchdog on Wall Street, the nation’s preeminent financial radio show and podcast, commemorates its 25th anniversary this month. Hosted by financial expert Chris Markowski, this landmark program has been at the vanguard of financial literacy and consumer advocacy since its […]
July 2024 Two stories in the Wall Street Journal today caught my attention and really shook me up. They illustrate the critical importance of financial responsibility and the consequences of poor money management. Long-time listeners know I don’t sugarcoat things. Today’s column will be no different. The Cost of Inaction The first story that blew […]
Yeehaw! The Texas Stock Exchange is coming! About $120 million has been raised from investment firms and individuals, and plans are underway to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). But there might be some challenges there, which I’ll get into later. The goal is to facilitate trades by 2025 and host its first […]
We at Markowski Investments have been trying to drive one fact home for decades: whether it be a proverbial bull market or bear it will never change our core principals nor the objectives for our clients. In other words, we really could care less about conventional wisdom of the day that the chattering classes are force-feeding […]