TraderMerlin
A live daily podcast covering nearly every aspect of the financial markets. My guests and I cover stocks, futures, forex, cryptocurrency, real estate, long term investing and much more! Join us live on youtube at 2pm daily!
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United State of Greenland?! - 09/21/26
<p ></p> <p >Greenland isn't becoming the 51st state—but something very significant just changed in the Arctic.</p> <p >President Trump announced a new agreement between the United States, Denmark and Greenland that would dramatically expand America's long-term security role on the world's largest island.</p> <p >Trump says the agreement gives the United States "permanent control" over Greenland's security, while Denmark and Greenland maintain that Greenland remains sovereign and the agreement strengthens NATO's broader role in defending the Arctic.</p> <p >So what exactly did the United States get?</p> <p >And perhaps more importantly for investors...</p> <p...
Trading Week Wrap Up! - 09/18/26
<p >What a week.</p> <p >The Federal Reserve is hiking rates again, inflation remains stubborn, Washington is rewriting the rules for digital assets, Bitcoin is moving, and the Magnificent Seven are starting to tell very different technical stories.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, we're wrapping up one of the more consequential trading weeks we've seen recently and connecting the dots between monetary policy, inflation, technology, crypto and the trades I'm personally watching.</p> <p >The biggest story was clearly the Federal Reserve.</p> <p >The Fed raised rates 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, marking its first rate hike in more than th...
Digital Asset Debrief - 09/17/26
<p >The digital-asset world is moving fast—and this week gave us plenty to talk about.</p> <p >The CLARITY Act may have stalled in Congress, but regulators aren't exactly sitting around waiting.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, we're doing a full Digital Asset Debrief, breaking down several major developments that could reshape cryptocurrency, tokenization, stablecoins and the broader financial system.</p> <p >Perhaps the biggest development comes from the SEC, which just introduced an Innovation Exemption designed to allow experimentation with onchain trading of tokenized U.S. stocks.</p> <p >Think about that for a moment.</p> <p >We're no...
Rate Hikes Begin with Bill Addiss! - 09/16/26
<p >The Fed is hiking again.</p> <p >For the first time in more than three years, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates today, pushing the Fed Funds target range up 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%.</p> <p >But the bigger story isn't today's quarter-point move.</p> <p >It's what comes NEXT.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, I'm joined by longtime bond trader Bill Addiss to break down today's Fed decision and what it means for the bond market, stocks, mortgages, the dollar—and your portfolio.</p> <p >Bill has spent decades trading fixed-income markets, so we're going beyond the headlines and look...
The Clarity Act - 09/15/26
<p >After more than a year of negotiations, hundreds of pages of legislation and enormous pressure from the crypto industry...</p> <p >The CLARITY Act just hit a wall in Washington.</p> <p >Today, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the landmark digital-asset market structure bill, falling short of the 60 votes needed to move forward.</p> <p >And with Congress preparing to leave Washington ahead of the November midterm elections, the legislation could now be stalled for quite some time.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, we're breaking down what happened—and more importantly, what it means for crypto markets go...
AI: Taming The Monster - 09/14/26
<p >Artificial Intelligence promises to transform medicine, productivity, education, science and nearly every industry on the planet.</p> <p >There's just one small problem...</p> <p >Some of the people building the most powerful AI systems in the world are starting to worry about what they're creating.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, we're looking at an extraordinary development in the AI race.</p> <p >Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Elon Musk—three major competitors who rarely agree on much—are suddenly finding common ground:</p> <p >AI may be advancing too quickly.</p> <p >Amodei recently call...
Operation "Treasury Twist" — Can Washington Stop Yields From Rising? - 09/09/26
<p >The bond market is sending Washington a message—and the Treasury is fighting back.</p> <p >Long-term Treasury yields have been climbing sharply, pushing borrowing costs higher and putting pressure on everything from mortgages and corporate debt to stock-market valuations.</p> <p >Now the U.S. Treasury is stepping in.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, we'll look at what I'm calling Operation "Treasury Twist"—the Treasury's decision to dramatically increase its purchases of longer-dated government bonds in an effort to improve liquidity and take some pressure off the long end of the yield curve.</p> <p >The Treasury just anno...
Oil Surge! — Is $100 Crude Coming? - 09/08/26
<p >Oil is surging again—and geopolitical risk is back in the driver's seat.</p> <p >Over the weekend, U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran launched ballistic missiles toward two U.S. Navy warships. Now tensions are escalating around the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important energy chokepoints in the world.</p> <p >On today's TraderMerlin, we'll look at what this means for crude oil, inflation, interest rates—and ultimately your portfolio.</p> <p >Brent crude is now approaching $100 per barrel, while WTI has pushed above $93, as traders add another geop...
US Jobs! - 09/04/26
<p >The latest U.S. jobs numbers are out—and apparently the labor market didn't get the memo that it was supposed to be slowing down!</p> <p >The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, well above expectations, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%. Even better, June and July payrolls were revised higher by a combined 55,000 jobs.</p> <p >So...good news, right?</p> <p >Well, this is Wall Street, where good economic news can quickly become bad news for the markets. 📈📉</p> <p >A stronger labor market gives the Federal Reserve more flexibility to remain aggressive on inflatio...
Robo Taxi! - 09/03/26
<p >No steering wheel. No pedals. No driver.</p> <p >Welcome to Tesla's vision of the future! 🚕🤖</p> <p >On today's episode of TraderMerlin, we're heading to Austin, Texas, where Tesla is generating a massive wave of publicity around its Robotaxi network and purpose-built Cybercab.</p> <p >Tesla has already been operating autonomous Model Y Robotaxis in several cities, but today's Austin event puts the spotlight on something much bigger: the Cybercab, Tesla's two-seat autonomous vehicle designed specifically for the Robotaxi business.</p> <p >And Wall Street is paying attention.</p> <p >Tesla shares surged ahead of today's event as invest...
