Stansberry Investor Hour
From financial markets and politics to business and social issues, Dan Ferris and our Stansberry Analysts offer candid discussion on today's most important headlines. Each week you'll hear exclusive interviews with guest investment experts, authors, and top thinkers such as Jim Rogers, Kevin O'Leary, Glenn Beck, PJ O'Rourke, and Jim Grant. The Stansberry Investor Hour is produced by Stansberry Research, LLC.
Greg Diamond: 126 Years of Election Data Point to a Massive Stock Market Rally
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Greg Diamond back to the show. Greg is the editor of Ten Stock Trader, an advisory focused on trading using market analysis to find the best opportunities based on previous market patterns.
Greg kicks things off by sharing a glimpse of his new presentation. He says that according to 126 years of post-election data, we could soon see a big rally. The market doesn't like uncertainty, and with the midterm elections behind us, Greg says all the cumulative political uncertainty is gone. But he doesn't believe in listening to...
Luke Gromen: Why Gold Could Hit $18,000 as the U.S. Dollar Faces a Crisis
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Luke Gromen to the show. Luke is the founder and president of the Forest for the Trees ("FFTT"). He looks at the global macroeconomic trends to provide his clients with unique and insightful research.
Luke kicks things off by sharing how multiple forces are straining the global markets and putting pressure on a "fragile equilibrium." As a result, the balance that has been maintained could be irreparably toppled if policymakers aren't careful with how they handle things. Luke then says that the U.S. is attempting to re...
Paul Podolsky: The Hidden Risk in Your Stocks Nobody Talks About
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Paul Podolsky back to the show. Paul is the founder of investment management firm Kate Capital. Paul believes that while the world is complex in how it functions, it can still be understood, and he reflects that in his investing and writing.
Paul kicks things off by explaining why bond yields are rising. He says there's an increased amount of borrowing caused by the U.S. government and the AI build-out. Normally, the U.S. government would run a budget deficit during a crisis. But amid the ong...
Nick Hodge: The Coming Copper Shortage and Two Mining Stocks to Watch
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Nick Hodge back to the show. Nick is the co-founder of Digest Publishing and an expert natural resource investor.
Nick kicks things off by explaining why he's still bullish on gold since the last time he was on the show. Between several fundamental drivers he sees in the market and miners producing less gold than before, he predicts the metal will keep moving higher. And he says that he owns gold in several different ways: He owns the physical metal that he keeps in the event of an...
Ben Hunt: The AI Boom Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Ben Hunt back to the show. Ben founded Epsilon Theory, a newsletter with more than 100,000 readers that examines markets through the lens of narrative. He's also the president and co-founder of Perscient, an AI research firm and software company.
Ben kicks things off by explaining why interest rates have been going up and why the rise might not be as much of a short-term event as folks believe. He says that while the war in the Middle East has contributed to the short term, there is such a...
Dan Ferris: Copper Could Double – and He Says You Have to Own It
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Bridget Bennett to the show. Bridget is the digital media producer for MarketBeat, where she tracks down market developments and financial news and conducts interviews for MarketBeat's videos and livestreams. In today's episode, she flips the script and interviews Dan in a special collaboration.
Bridget and Dan kick things off by discussing diesel. Dan says that the commodity sits at the heart of the global energy crisis. And while the lack of diesel fuel will impact fuel for vehicles and powering electricity, there are shortages in other ar...
Rob Spivey: He Found Six Small Defense Stocks Positioned for the Coming Spending Spree
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Rob Spivey back to the show. Rob is the director of research at our corporate affiliate Altimetry. He and his team utilize their proprietary Uniform Accounting strategy to dig through the as-reported numbers in company reports to find their true value.
Rob kicks things off by providing a deep dive into Altimetry's Defense Gold Rush webinar. In short, the Association of the United States Army ("AUSA") is hosting its annual confab in October. And it's not just the U.S. Army meeting up with the defense companies – othe...
Joel Litman: We Are NOT in an AI Bubble
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Joel Litman back to the show. Joel is the founder and chief investment officer of our corporate affiliate Altimetry, where his team uses their Uniform Accounting system to look beyond the as-reported numbers in financial reports to see how companies are really performing.
Joel kicks things off by discussing the increases in the U.S. military budget and says that investors should be wary of which stocks they decide to buy. While overall military spending has gone up, certain branches like the Army have seen a decrease in...
Bryan Beach: He Never Would Have Bought These Stocks – Until Now
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Bryan Beach back to the show. Bryan is the senior analyst for Whitney Tilson's Ultimate Upside and a senior analyst on Stansberry's Investment Advisory.
Bryan kicks things off by discussing what's new in the Whitney Tilson's Ultimate Upside newsletter (previously Venture Value). Both Bryan and Whitney have teamed up to develop a new system built upon the proprietary Stansberry Score that further helps subscribers find overlooked, high-value stocks that have room to grow. The three newest recommendations that their new system discovered are already performing well. And Bry...
Ramin Nakisa: The 90/10 Portfolio Strategy Every Investor Should Know
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Ramin Nakisa to the show. Ramin is the co-founder of PensionCraft, a service that's geared toward providing members with the tools and information needed to make their own informed investing decisions.
Ramin kicks things off by explaining his reason for switching from a global equity portfolio to a fixed equity 60/40 portfolio. He says that after spending years investing and building up to his retirement goal, he wanted to take as much risk and volatility off the table as possible and just coast off the fixed income. And wh...
Jason Shapiro: Most Traders Are Focused on the Wrong Thing
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Jason Shapiro back to the show. Jason is the founder of Crowded Market Report and a seasoned futures trader with a proven approach built on exploiting crowd behavior. He has more than 10,000 subscribers on his Substack.
Jason kicks things off by detailing three signals he focuses on when he wants to make a contrarian play against what the market's doing. He executes this strategy by looking for extremes in a bearish position and waits for the market to start heading in the opposite direction before making a sh...
James Bianco: The Fed Is Cutting Rates – So Why Are Yields Going Up?
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Jim Bianco to the show. Jim is the president of Bianco Research. Since 1990, Jim's commentaries have offered a unique perspective on the global economy and financial markets.
Jim kicks things off by explaining a post he made on social media platform X, where he stated that bond traders could stop panicking once the Federal Reserve starts to panic. In short, over the past two years, when the Fed was cutting rates to curb inflation, yields on bonds have risen. So Jim believes that bond investors don't need to...
Harvey Sawikin: He Bought This AI Stock at $8 – Now It's $240
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Harvey Sawikin to the show. Harvey is the co-founder and principal of Firebird Management, a fund that focuses on investing in emerging markets, primarily in Eastern Europe.
Harvey kicks things off by stating that emerging market investors don't pay enough attention to politics compared with macroeconomics. He says that you can glean insight into how a country could develop if you understand its politics, especially in cases where there's new leadership. But it's still important to understand the macroeconomics, as those have been red flags for otherwise pr...
Brent Johnson: You Don't Need a Dollar Collapse for Gold to Explode
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Brent Johnson back to the show. Brent is the CEO of Puerto Rico-based Santiago Capital and creator of the famous "dollar milkshake theory." He has more than 13,000 subscribers on the Santiago Capital Substack.
Brent kicks things off by expressing his optimism for the U.S. and believes that, despite the supply-chain issues the country is facing, it will make the changes needed to come out of the crisis. That's not to say that there won't be pain along the way, but Brent says it will be better th...
Rick Rule: Why Oil Companies Are Cannibalizing Themselves
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Rick Rule back to the show. Rick is the president and CEO of Rule Investment Media, which boasts more than 28,000 subscribers on Substack. With nearly 50 years of experience managing investments, primarily in the natural resources sector, Rick is an authority in the field.
Rick kicks things off by providing his long-term view on oil and gas as commodities, as well as his view on oil and gas stocks. He says that while the price of oil could temporarily decline if the conflict in the Middle East reaches a...
Matt Franz: The 50%-Off Software Stock AI Can't Destroy
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Matt Franz back to the show. Matt is the founder of Eagle Point Capital, an advisory firm focused on long-term investing. Eagle Point Capital has more than 5,000 subscribers on Substack.
Matt kicks things off by sharing the kinds of companies that he likes to search for. He says that these are "simple, predictable, and profitable" businesses that he can look at over a period of five-plus years and know where they're heading. But even though Matt's firm likes to have a long holding period for its stock pi...
Craig Tindale: The Next Crisis Will Be Physical, Not Financial
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Craig Tindale to the show. Craig is a private investor with a keen perspective on economic and geopolitical analysis. He has more than 5,000 subscribers on Substack.
Craig kicks things off by discussing "hard bifurcation," a term he uses to refer to the U.S. importing its products instead of manufacturing them, creating dependencies on other countries. For instance, China has control over the precious metals the U.S. needs for defense. Craig looks at history to show why nations didn't trade crucial resources with rival nations... and ho...
Marko Papic: Why the AI Boom Could Make Inflation Worse
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Marko Papic back to the show. Marko is the chief strategist and head of GeoMacro at BCA Research, a global investment research firm.
Marko kicks things off by discussing the "second derivative of AI capex," which signals the beginning of the end of the AI boom. Due to tension in the Middle East potentially starting to ease up, the market is nearing the peak of the "Wall of Worry," and as a result, investors could lose a component that helps fuel the current rally. Additionally, Marko says th...
Peter Zeihan: The Next Global Crisis Could Hit Investors Hard
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Peter Zeihan to the show. Peter specializes in geopolitics and brings a critical perspective on how foreign affairs impact the U.S. market.
Peter kicks things off by discussing why the market hasn't reacted or improved in response to the peace talks surrounding the Strait of Hormuz. He says the reason is threefold. First, the White House acted with very little planning, only using Israeli intel and data. What was supposed to last no more than 96 hours was drawn out into a monthslong conflict. Second, Peter says th...
Gold Is Down 20%. So Why Is the Smart Money Still Buying?
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Andy Schectman to the show. Andy is the founder and CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals, a company dedicated to transparency, ethics, and long-term wealth preservation.
Andy kicks things off by explaining why gold prices breaking down isn't as bad as many people believe. He says that while the paper price of gold is going down, the physical asset has been going strong. In fact, since the start of President Donald Trump's second term, billions of physical gold bars in contracts have been delivered to CME Group's Co...
America Is Running Out of Diesel and No One Is Paying Attention
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Stansberry Research's Director of Research Matt Weinschenk back to the show in a special crossover episode with Top Stocks. In this collaborative episode, the two discuss diesel, and Matt shakes things up by asking Dan most of the questions.
Matt and Dan kick things off by discussing the current state of diesel. The reserve diesel supply is now low enough that it's being measured in days instead of the usual months. The most recent report says that America only has 20 days' worth in reserve. This doesn't bode we...
The Stock Market May Not Recover for a Generation
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Dave Collum back to the show. He's the Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. He's outspoken about many topics and issues ranging from finance to politics and everything in between. And he brings this same no-holds-barred attitude to today's podcast.
Dave kicks things off by discussing the "everything bubble," or as he prefers to call it, the "complacency bubble." According to him, previous market bubbles had logic behind their euphoria, but he says the current one does not follow logic because the companies' earnings ar...
Don't Buy SpaceX. Buy These Space Monopolies Instead.
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Dave Lashmet back to the show. Dave is the editor of Stansberry Venture Technology, an advisory that takes a "venture capitalist" look at the market. Dave scours the market looking for little-known small-cap companies that are potentially producing the next wonder drug or technology.
Dave kicks things off by discussing the SpaceX IPO. He calls the company a "Tower of Babel," saying the best use case for Starlink is to replace cell phone towers. However, Starlink's satellites can only provide service for up to 1,000 people. In rural are...
Value Investing Is Dead. Here's What Replaces It.
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Matthew Tuttle to the show. Matthew is the CEO of Tuttle Capital Management, a firm that focuses on breaking away from conventional Wall Street wisdom by using its own ETFs that target new investment opportunities.
Matthew kicks things off by discussing the "death of value investing" and what he believes is contributing to it. First, with the advent of the Internet, information was more accessible to ordinary people, so a lot of the edge from learning crucial details was lost. Second, folks lost interest in value investing. W...
The 50% AI Software Crash: Why Wall Street Is Dead Wrong
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Bryan Beach back to the show. Bryan is the editor of Stansberry Venture Value and a senior analyst on Stansberry's Investment Advisory.
Bryan kicks things off by discussing the idea of passive investing and how it has changed the way the market is valuated. He says that folks are relentlessly buying the biggest stocks every time they invest in their retirement funds, and they don't even know it. This "irrational indifference" could result in such a high level of volatility that it leads to mass liquidation of sto...
The Hidden Flaw in Wall Street's Trillion-Dollar Maths
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes James Weatherall to the show. Unlike most of our guests, James does not come from a finance background. However, he has found interesting ways in which physics can change investing. You can check out his book The Physics of Wall Street here.
James kicks things off by sharing his background in physics and philosophy. He's interested in mathematics and how it can be applied to the markets. He's a firm believer in using mathematical models to assist in investing but says that it's important to examine your mo...
George Noble: Why the Tesla and AI Bubble Will 'End Badly'
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes George Noble to the show. George is the managing partner of Noble Capital Advisors. He's also the author of The Noble Update on Substack, which has more than 13,000 subscribers.
George kicks things off by expressing his skepticism about Tesla. He says that despite the company branching out into different areas, the majority of its revenue comes from car sales and should therefore be treated as a car company. He also believes that investors are improperly valuating the stock, ignoring the fundamentals in favor of "charts" and "the n...
Everyone Trades Too Much... And It's Costing Them Everything
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Jonathan Rose to the show. Jonathan is the editor of Masters in Trading at our corporate affiliate InvestorPlace. He has a presentation where he's showing how he's tracking 20 stocks that have strong, unusual market bets right now. You can view this presentation here.
Jonathan kicks things off by sharing how his livestream show operates and how his Discord community has become a resource for newcomers. He then gives his trading background by explaining how he made 1,000 trades a day for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and how that la...
What Big Money Is Doing While Everyone Else Is Guessing
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Pete Carmasino back to the show. Pete is the chief market strategist at our corporate affiliate Chaikin Analytics. He's also editor of the Chaikin PowerTactics and Chaikin Power Portfolio newsletters.
Pete kicks things off by discussing the current trends he's seeing. He says that you can't focus on just one area because there are many moving parts that shape the market, including other investors. The goal, he states, is to react to the movements, not predict where things are headed. Predictions can be wrong, and folks who don...
The Diesel Crisis That Could Send Gas to $10 Overnight
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Tracy Shuchart to the show. Tracy is the founder, CEO, and chief market strategist of Hilltower Research Advisors. She's also the author of the Renegade Resources newsletter on Substack, which has more than 8,000 subscribers.
Tracy kicks things off by discussing the issues surrounding diesel. She says that the world was previously in a "diesel crunch" in 2025, which only started to ease up in early 2026. With 14% of global refined products passing through the Strait of Hormuz, tension with Iran has started to set things back again. Tracy also s...
The Five Best Turnaround Stocks in 2026 to Buy Now
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Alex Morris back to the show. Alex is the founder of TSOH (The Science of Hitting) Investment Research and an author. TSOH, which boasts more than 24,000 subscribers, aims to generate attractive long-term returns while providing complete transparency on the research process, portfolio decision-making, and returns.
Alex kicks things off by reflecting on the potential changes in Berkshire Hathaway due to the passing of Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett's retirement. He believes the company is in a good position to continue the momentum that was built up when B...
These Energy Stocks Are Still Cheap... Not for Long
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes value investor Tobias Carlisle back to the show. Tobias is the founder and portfolio manager of Acquirers Funds, a deep-value investment firm. He's also the host of a podcast and the author of numerous books, including The Acquirer's Multiple.
Tobias kicks things off by discussing the performance of his energy fund and the energy sector. He likes to compare gold with oil to see how their pricing has moved in relation to each other over the past year. He thinks oil companies are still cheap and believes th...
This One Filing Can Tell You When to Buy or Sell Stocks
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Michelle Leder back to the show. Michelle is the creator of footnoted.com, an information service dedicated to finding opportunities and early warning signals buried in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filings.
Michelle kicks things off by explaining what company proxy statements are and why they matter for investors. She says the summary compensation table and footnotes found in these documents let you know not only how much management is being paid but also what motivates their actions. Michelle emphasizes that as an investor, you n...
The Mag Seven Trade Is Breaking... Here's What Comes Next
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes David Cervantes back to the show. David is the founder of Pinebrook Capital Management – a boutique asset manager focused on asset allocation and managing various systematic trading strategies.
David kicks things off by reflecting on the progress that glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs have made since his last discussion at a Stansberry Research Conference several years ago. The drug has branched out of medical use into professional use and for standard weight loss, resulting in the companies he previously discussed to have performed well since then. He then dis...
Here's the Risk Investors Are Ignoring
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Cullen Roche back to the show. Cullen is the founder of portfolio-management firm Discipline Funds. He is also the author of several books, his most recent one titled Your Perfect Portfolio.
Cullen kicks things off with his thoughts on market uncertainty due to the Middle East conflict. He believes that volatile oil prices (and other commodities) will have an impact on the market. Additionally, he says that the U.S.'s attacks could prompt an escalating confrontation with China – where the latter decides to invade Taiwan and seiz...
He's Up 201% in Two Months... and Says a Major Market Drop Is Next
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Greg Diamond back to the show. Greg is the editor of Ten Stock Trader, an advisory focused on trading using market analysis to find the best opportunities based on previous market patterns.
Greg kicks things off by sharing his theme for 2026: time. He looked at the inflection points in January and is looking at the upcoming ones in April and May. January saw both technology and financial stocks peak before declining. And while Greg believes these sectors are oversold and will correct themselves slightly, the decline will co...
The 2-to-1 Rule That Makes You Profitable
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan welcomes Steve Burns to the show. Steve is the founder of New Trader U, a blog with thousands of articles plus online courses.
Steve kicks things off by explaining how trading is math, detailing how its different components are formulaic. He says that understanding the "math" of expectancy for your returns can help you with managing your discipline, and knowing the risk-to-reward ratio for any trade is the first important step that every investor needs to take before they enter a trade. Steve notes that despite what many f...
From Tweets to Trades: This Trader Scrapes Social Media for Trading Setups... It BEATS Wall Street
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan and Corey welcome Andy Swan to the show. Andy is the co-founder of LikeFolio, a financial-technology company focused on providing its clients with actionable research based on consumer-driven data. He has a free report focused on a new wave of health care and AI that can inform investors of how to best prepare before it arrives. You can download the report here.
Andy kicks things off by sharing how LikeFolio evolved from being designed to create "like" portfolios for social media users based on the companies they and th...
10:1 Risk/Reward: 3 Drug Monopolies Built for Massive Upside
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan and John Engel welcome Dave Lashmet to the show. Dave is the editor of Stansberry Venture Technology, an advisory that takes a "venture capitalist" look at the market. Dave scours the market looking for little-known small-cap companies that are potentially producing the next wonder drug or technology.
Dave kicks things off by discussing the first of three biopharmaceutical companies he's sharing that have monopolies in weight-loss drugs. He starts by showing how drugs gain their monopolies via patents, giving them "economic exclusivity." While companies might be targeting the sa...
Key Strategies for Reduced-Risk Options Trading
In this week's Stansberry Investor Hour, Dan and Corey welcome Jeff Clark to the show. Jeff is the editor of Jeff Clark Trader, a newsletter focused on options trading. Using his decades' worth of experience, Jeff helps his subscribers profit from options regardless of the market environment.
Jeff kicks things off by stating how options trading can be a great way to invest. He says if you're responsible, you can reduce your risk and improve your upside in a trade. He then dissects a core rule of trading: maintaining discipline. Knowing how much capital you're wil...
