Canada’s future is at a turning point. In this hard-hitting interview, RockLinc CEO Jonathan Wellum joins James Connor to expose the hidden forces behind the results of yesterday’s Canadian election and why economic storm clouds are gathering fast on both sides of the border. Jonathan reveals: - How Donald Trump’s comments helped the Liberals win - Why Canada’s economy is sliding into crisis (GDP collapse, weak dollar, capital flight) - The dangerous slowdown brewing in U.S. housing, shipping, a...
Apr 29, 2025•48 min
Description: Energy Fuels CEO Mark Chalmers joins Wealthion’s Trey Reik to reveal how his company is leading America’s rare earths comeback, and why critical minerals are becoming one of today’s biggest untapped investment opportunities. For this second part of our Rare Earths special coverage, Mark explains how Energy Fuels is transforming from a uranium and vanadium producer into a rare earths leader, securing world-class projects in Brazil, Australia, and Madagascar to help reduce America’s d...
Apr 28, 2025•48 min
In a week where the market exited correction, the wealth advisors at Grimes and Company say there is money to be made in a volatile market, as long as you have a plan on when to get back in. Plus, investing in gold and bitcoin, managing your portfolio in times of volatility, and how to manage it for life and retirement, no matter if you’re 35 or 55. Chapters: 2:46 - Markets This Week 5:22 - What Made Trump Blink? 6:30 - Is Volatility the New Norm? 7:51 - We’ve Seen This Volatility Before 10:50 -...
Apr 25, 2025•43 min
In this hard-hitting, no-nonsense Speak Up episode, value investor Sven Carlin joins Anthony Scaramucci to expose the financial risks threatening your portfolio, from U.S. debt compounding at 8%, and overvalued markets, to investor psychology shaped by years of Fed and fiscal bailouts. Drawing from his childhood in hyperinflation-era Yugoslavia, Sven warns that money printing is the only way out of the West’s massive debt burden, and that the endgame is hyperinflation. He explains why traditiona...
Apr 24, 2025•30 min
Are we heading into a full-blown reset across financial markets? In this explosive interview, Jesse Felder, founder of The Felder Report, joins James Connor to issue a dire warning: stocks, bonds, and the U.S. dollar are all dangerously mispriced, and a major repricing event may be just around the corner. Felder explains why: The S&P 500 remains dangerously overvalued, despite recession signals Retail traders are driving a leverage-fueled bubble, while insiders are cashing out Tech optimism ...
Apr 23, 2025•58 min
Diego Parrilla, CIO of Quadriga Asset Managers and author of The Anti-Bubbles, joins Maggie Lake to expose the structural flaws in today’s global economy, flaws rooted in decades of reckless money printing, debt addiction, and political short-termism. Parrilla warns that we’re heading straight into stagflation, where inflation, slower growth, volatility, and geopolitical risk converge into what he calls a “perfect storm” for traditional portfolios. In this must-watch conversation, you’ll learn: ...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Is gold the most compelling investment of 2025? Adrian Day, CEO of Adrian Day Asset Management, says yes, and backs it up with conviction. In this powerful conversation with Trey Reik, Adrian explains why gold offers the best risk-reward profile in decades, and why even conservative investors should pay close attention. Adrian breaks down the real drivers behind gold’s rise, from surging central bank demand and de-dollarization to the U.S. government’s “criminally irresponsible” handling of long...
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 13 min
In this week’s Rise UP! Weekly Market Report, Terri, Joe, and Bleakley Financial’s CIO Peter Boockvar and Partner Jon Betlow discuss the market volatility and the rising concerns that stagflation is ahead. Then, is NVIDIA the Canary in the Coal Mine for Tariffs, and will Italy light the way for other European countries on how to make a deal? Plus, it’s the Art of the Deal vs The Art of War between the US and China. Then, a deep dive on signals that the Fed will not be coming to the rescue and wh...
Apr 18, 2025•44 min
Why does China control 90%+ of the world’s rare earths, and what can the West do to fight back? In this eye-opening conversation, SCP Resource Finance CEO David Wargo joins Trey Reik to explain how China monopolized one of the world’s most strategic industries and why rare earths are now a frontline weapon in the U.S.-China trade war. With China already cutting off critical mineral exports, including rare earths, the West is being forced to scramble for new sources and rebuild its industrial bas...
Apr 17, 2025•55 min
Could Trump’s tariffs push China to the brink and trigger the next global crisis? In this must-watch conversation, market strategist Ed Yardeni joins James Connor to break down the explosive mix of politics, policy, and market volatility shaping 2025. Yardeni explains why he believes U.S. stocks may have already bottomed, why gold is back in favor, and how Trump’s trade agenda could have massive unintended consequences, including rising tension with China and the risk of conflict over Taiwan. Ya...
Apr 16, 2025•44 min
In this interview with Wealthion's Maggie Lake, Jim Bianco, President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, brings his incredible insights into what is happening in these volatile times is just what the investor needs. From what the bond market is really telling us, to why he thinks the Fed WON'T be coming to the rescue in the face of a potential recession. His 4/5/6 theory and why he thinks investing is now so much harder, everyone needs a wealth manager to help them navigate the markets goi...
Apr 15, 2025•54 min
Why are top investors betting big on gold, and why do they believe this bull run is just getting started? In this special Wealthion feature, Trey Reik curates powerful insights from his interviews with some of the world’s leading financial minds to reveal why gold (and even Bitcoin) is reclaiming center stage as trust in fiat money and central banks fades. Featuring: Jim Grant (Grant’s Interest Rate Observer) Larry Lepard (Equity Management Associates) John Hathaway (Sprott Asset Management) Dav...
Apr 14, 2025•54 min
Welcome to the latest episode of Rise UP! your essential weekly market recap where financial headlines meet real, actionable guidance and expert insight. Hosted by Rise Growth Partners’ Terri Kallsen, CFP®, and Joe Duran, CFA, this special edition features Grimes & Company’s Benjamin Wallace, CFA, and Todd A. Herman, CFP®. This week’s episode unpacks a dramatic shift in the financial landscape, triggered by tariff-driven volatility, skyrocketing Treasury yields, and growing questions around ...
Apr 11, 2025•46 min
Are investors missing the most important macro shift in decades? In this must-watch interview, Julien Garran of the MacroStrategy Partnership joins Trey Reik to explain why the market has completely misread the economic agenda of the Trump 2.0 administration. Behind the headlines and media noise lies the “Real Trump Trade”, a radical restructuring of U.S. economic policy aimed squarely at reversing two generations of blue-collar decline. Key Topics: Why markets are reacting incorrectly to Trump’...
Apr 10, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Are Trump’s dramatic tariffs simply a negotiation tactic rather than an intentional trade war? Marko Papic, Chief Strategist at BCA Research, joins Maggie Lake for a critical conversation explaining why markets have misunderstood Trump’s tariff policy from the beginning and what deeper macroeconomic risks investors should actually be focused on. Key Topics: How Trump has used extreme tariff threats as leverage, and why markets repeatedly fall for it What the rise of a multipolar world means for ...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 1 min
In Part II of our in-depth interview with renowned investor Lawrence Lepard, Trey Reik continues the conversation to explore why Larry believes gold stocks are poised for explosive upside, and why a looming sovereign debt crisis will force central banks back into money printing, an event he calls “The Big Print.” In this episode: The mining companies Larry believes could deliver asymmetric returns How he structures his portfolio across producers, developers, and drillers The valuation disconnect...
Apr 08, 2025•41 min
Legendary gold investor Larry Lepard joins Trey Reik for Part I of a powerful two-part conversation on why gold is pressing to all-time highs, and what it signals about a potential collapse of our global fiat-based financial system. Larry breaks down the key themes of his new book The Big Print, explaining why the sovereign debt crisis is already here, why trust in fiat money is evaporating, and how sound money like gold, silver, and Bitcoin will be essential to surviving what’s coming. In this ...
Apr 07, 2025•41 min
For years, gold was dismissed as a “pet rock.” Now, it’s being discussed as a strategic U.S. asset. In the premiere episode of The Wealthion Flash Market Report, Bristol Gold Group’s Trey Reik and Windrock’s Brett Rentmeester break down what could be a turning point for precious metals following U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s surprising comments to Tucker Carlson on gold’s role in the financial system. They also discuss the Trump administration’s market shocking tariffs, what they mean ...
Apr 07, 2025•23 min
Are the U.S. and global markets on the edge of a massive regime change? In this high-impact Part II, The Bear Traps Report founder and bestselling author Larry McDonald shares with James Connor a dire warning: U.S. sanctions and Trump’s tariffs are forcing global central banks to ditch U.S. treasuries for gold, the dollar is entering a structural decline, and a coming economic slowdown could pull the S&P 500 down to the low 4,000s. He breaks down where capital is headed and why gold, silver,...
Apr 04, 2025•33 min
Markets have tanked following President Trump’s announcement of sweeping global tariffs yesterday. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq experienced their worst day since 2020, and the small caps index, the Rusell 2000, has entered Bear Market territory. In this special edition of Rise Up!, we bring immediate reaction and expert analysis from Peter Boockvar and Scott Schwartz of Bleakley Financial Group. Join hosts Terri Kallsen and Joe Duran from Rise Growth Partners and our guests as we break down: Why a...
Apr 03, 2025•43 min
The U.S. debt crisis is spiraling and Larry McDonald says the market hasn’t priced it in. With over $37 trillion in debt and $1 trillion in annual interest payments, the U.S. is barreling toward what McDonald calls a “Liz Truss moment”: a surge in bond issuance that could trigger market chaos. In this eye-opening interview, The Bear Traps Report founder and bestselling author joins James Connor to explain why we’re entering a stagflationary regime eerily similar to the 1970s and why your portfol...
Apr 02, 2025•31 min
Major tariff announcements are coming April 2nd and markets are holding their breath. Is this the beginning of a renewed trade war? Or is it just a high-stakes negotiation tactic? In this special edition of Rise Up, Rise Growth Partners’ Joe Duran and Terri Kallsen are joined by investment veterans Peter Boockvar of Bleakley Financial Group and Benjamin Wallace of Grimes & Co. to unpack what’s really going on and how you should respond as an investor. - The two possible tariff paths and thei...
Apr 01, 2025•24 min
Is Wall Street ignoring the true risk in markets? Michael Gayed joins Maggie Lake to explain why investors are watching the wrong risk signals by focusing on Trump’s tariffs and why small caps, Japan, and junk debt may hold the real clues to what happens next. In this in-depth conversation, Michael breaks down: Why small caps are halfway through a lost decade How Japan’s monetary policy and the reverse carry trade could trigger a global credit event The dangerous disconnect between small caps an...
Mar 31, 2025•44 min
Welcome to the latest episode of Rise UP! Your go-to weekly market and economic recap, where the biggest financial stories meet top financial minds for expert analysis. This week, host Terri Kallsen, CFP® welcomes Benjamin Wallace and Todd A. Herman, CFP®, AIF® from Grimes & Company for a practical breakdown of how investors should respond to today’s most urgent headlines. With tariffs rattling global markets, rising volatility, and new leadership policies reshaping trade dynamics, what shou...
Mar 28, 2025•49 min
Economist, financial expert, and bestselling author Dr. Nomi Prins sits down with James Connor and dives deep into the economic storm clouds she sees gathering over Wall Street and Main Street alike. With Wall Street sitting on a “hidden” $620 billion ticking time bomb of loan losses (levels not seen since 2008), the risks of another banking crisis are mounting. Nomi explains why persistent inflation, record consumer debt, and tariff uncertainties are increasing the threat of a consumer recessio...
Mar 27, 2025•44 min
Trey Reik’s conversation with Rudi Fronk (CEO of Seabridge Gold) provides a detailed roadmap for successful investing in the exploration and development sector of gold-mining equities. Trey and Rudi first discuss the various stages of gold mine development (from discovery to commercial production), with focus on the time, resources and risks involved at each stage. Importantly, they identify how the process of mine-development progressively revalues a company’s below-ground gold reserves providi...
Mar 26, 2025•55 min
Lakshman Achuthan, co-founder of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), explains the reasons behind America’s slowing economy, clarifies why there’s no immediate recession threat, and highlights what the global industrial upturn means for investors in 2025 and beyond. In this insightful conversation with Maggie Lake, you’ll learn: Why inflation remains stubbornly high (“sticky inflation”) according to ECRI’s Future Inflation Gauge (FIG). How the shift from services to manufacturing is res...
Mar 25, 2025•57 min
In this week’s Rise Up, weekly market recap — the team analyzes the markets, Mag 7, and asks is there going to be a new period of European Exceptionalism and what should investors be doing about it. Then does a deep dive into alternative investments and the shadow economy investors need to not only be aware of, but invest in. From what are alternative investments, to their role in your portfolio, how you can get access to them and answers the question are they right for you? Plus, what to watch ...
Mar 22, 2025•39 min
Why do most investors consistently underperform? In this exclusive interview, renowned finance expert and bestselling author Barry Ritholtz joins Anthony Scaramucci to discuss his powerful new book, How Not to Invest. Barry reveals surprising insights into investor psychology, exposes the dangers of emotional investing, and explains why market timing rarely works. Discover why avoiding costly mistakes matters even more than chasing big wins, and learn how the incredible long-term power of compou...
Mar 21, 2025•40 min
In Part II of this eye-opening interview, financial expert John Rubino (https://rubino.substack.com) joins James Connor to reveal why a massive monetary reset isn’t just likely, it’s inevitable. With debt levels spiraling out of control and markets more dangerously overvalued than during the 2000 tech bubble, Rubino explains why a severe market correction (potentially a 50%-80% crash) is on the horizon. Learn how and why central banks worldwide are quietly stockpiling gold, positioning themselve...
Mar 20, 2025•33 min
