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Know Your Risk Podcast
Do you know how much risk your retirement portfolio is actually exposed to? Whether it’s preservation of capital or an aggressive growth strategy, every investor needs a clearly defined RISK PROFILE. Host Zach Abraham, Chief Investment Officer at Bulwark Capital Management, will cover all types of investment vehicles and you’ll learn what investing looks like when portfolios aren’t influenced by the corporate objectives of the big banks and Wall Street brokerage houses. Subscribe to the podcast…
Episodes
- Know Your Risk Podcast
Is the Forced Selling Over?
November 6, 2026 – After a brutal selloff in chips and AI stocks, the question isn’t simply whether prices are lower. It’s whether the selling is finished—and…
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AI Stocks Sink. The Buildout Has a New Problem.
November 5, 2026 – Yesterday’s rally gave way to a sharp selloff, with chipmakers and AI infrastructure stocks taking some of the biggest hits. What…
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Reacting to the Blue Wave: Is the Market Overreacting?
November 4, 2026 - A blue wave at the ballot box. A rally in stocks. A sharp selloff in oil. How much actually changed overnight? Zach and Chase react to the…
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AI Is Spending Big. Will Customers Pay Up?
November 3, 2026 - AI could become part of almost everything we do. But will enough customers pay enough money, soon enough, to justify the enormous investment…
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Are Investors Hiding in the Wrong Stocks?
November 2, 2026 - Investors fleeing the AI selloff are looking for somewhere safe. But what happens when the hiding places are expensive, too? Zach Abraham…
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AI Can Win. Your Stocks Can Still Lose.
October 30, 2026 - What if AI changes the world—and the stocks you bought to profit from it still struggle? As technology stocks sell off, Zach Abraham and…
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You Buy the Rally. Big Tech Sells More Stock.
October 29, 2026 - Investors want a piece of the AI boom. But how much new stock will they have to absorb to keep funding it? Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor…
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The Theranos Warning Investors Keep Ignoring
October 28, 2026 - A brilliant founder. An impressive board. A compelling story. None of those proves the investment works. Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor…
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AI’s Biggest Threat Might Be Better AI
October 27, 2026 - What if the biggest threat to today’s AI winners isn’t fading demand—but technology getting better? Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor examine…
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A Brazil ETF Plunged 38%. They Bought.
October 26, 2026 - A political shock sends investors scrambling out of Brazil. Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor see a reason to start buying. Chase describes…
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What If We’re Still Early in the AI Boom?
October 23, 2026 - AI stocks have already delivered enormous gains. That doesn’t mean the best evidence points to a top. Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor explain…
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The AI Boom’s Next Bill Could Land on Shareholders
October 22, 2026 - The AI buildout can keep going while shareholders pay a growing price. Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor examine Meta’s financing plans and the…
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Would Tesla Shareholders Be Funding SpaceX?
October 21, 2026 - A Tesla–SpaceX combination could give investors a bigger growth story. But who would actually be funding it? Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor…
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Could Falling Oil Prices Unleash the Next AI Rally?
October 20, 2026 - The next catalyst for AI stocks might come from the oil market. Chase Taylor explains why an end to the Iran war—and the relief it could…
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AI Can Win. Your AI Stocks Can Still Lose.
October 19, 2026 - Believing AI will change the world is one thing. Knowing which stocks will reward investors is another. Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor…
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They Cut Half Their VIX Hedge—Then VIX Spiked
October 16, 2026 - Zach and Chase unpack a market that seemed to ignore mounting risks—until volatility finally jumped. Zach makes a candid confession: they…
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AI Demand Is Booming. Why Are Token Prices Falling?
October 15, 2026 - Zach and Chase discuss the tension inside the AI boom: demand for compute is rising, but token prices are falling as the industry keeps…
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AI Tokens Are Getting Cheaper. Is That Good News?
October 14, 2026 — AI-token prices are falling even as volume grows. Is that evidence the technology is getting cheaper to use—or a warning for businesses…
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Rudy Havenstein: Trump Says Inflation Will Pay the Debt. Who Pays?
October 14, 2026 — President Trump says inflation can pay down the national debt. Rudy Havenstein calls inflation “a super regressive default,” arguing that it…
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The Market Is Splitting in Two—and AI Is Driving the Divide
October 13, 2026 — The biggest technology stocks continue to dominate the market, while small caps, rate-sensitive businesses and parts of the real economy are…
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Apple Is Worth $4.5 Trillion. Can the Fundamentals Catch Up?
October 12, 2026 — Apple is now worth roughly $4.5 trillion and trading around 44 times earnings. Zach Abraham says he’s struggling to make the fundamental…
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The “Debasement Trade” Is Coming Back. Here’s What That Means
October 9, 2026 — Gold, miners and other real-asset trades are beginning to behave differently, even on days when the U.S. dollar is holding up. Zach Abraham…
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AI Spending Is Starting to Move Interest Rates
October 8, 2026 — Artificial-intelligence spending has become so enormous that Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor believe it increasingly belongs in the…
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Inflation Can Shrink the Debt. What Does That Mean for Your Money?
October 7, 2026 — Inflation can reduce the real burden of government debt. But that doesn't make the debt disappear — it changes who bears the cost. Zach…
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Oil Is Under $90. Why Is 2027 Pricing Still Climbing?
October 6, 2026 — WTI crude is back below $90, but farther-out oil contracts are still pushing higher. Chase Taylor explains why the futures curve may be…
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The 10-Year Is Above 5%. Why Aren’t Stocks Falling?
October 5, 2026 — Treasury yields have surged above 5%, yet major stock indexes are still trading near record highs. Chase Taylor explains why those two things…
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Stocks Were Green. Then the Pros Started Selling.
September 30, 2026 — Stocks spent much of the day higher before selling off sharply into the close. Zach Abraham explains why he pays particular attention to…
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Higher Rates Are Already Doing Damage. Stocks Haven’t Reacted Yet
September 29, 2026 — Interest rates have moved sharply higher, but the stock market still appears remarkably calm. Zach Abraham argues that underneath the…
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Why the AI Winners May Not Be Big Tech
September 28, 2026 — Big Tech is pouring extraordinary amounts of capital into artificial intelligence. But does spending the most money mean capturing the…
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Stocks Stayed Flat as Bond Yields Exploded. Something Doesn't Add Up
September 24, 2026 — Stocks finished roughly flat even as Treasury yields surged, oil climbed and the dollar strengthened. Zach Abraham breaks down one of the…
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The Market Took a Week to React to the Fed
September 23, 2026 — The Federal Reserve raised rates last week, but some of the biggest market reactions may only now be showing up. The 10-year Treasury…
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AI Is Turning Big Tech Into a Commodity Business
September 22, 2026 — Big Tech built some of the most profitable businesses in history on network effects, enormous margins and powerful competitive moats. Zach…
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Nasdaq Hits a Record High—But More Stocks Are Hitting New Lows
September 21, 2026 — The Nasdaq closed at a record high today, helped by a huge rally in Meta. But underneath the headline index, something much less bullish…
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Why a Middle-Class Life Costs So Much More Now
September 18, 2026 — A normal middle-class life has become dramatically more expensive. Zach Abraham looks beyond the latest inflation print and asks a bigger…
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Oil Is Falling While the War Continues. What Is the Market Pricing In?
September 17, 2026 — Oil prices are pulling back even as geopolitical uncertainty remains elevated. Zach Abraham explains why the market’s surprisingly calm…
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The Fed Just Hiked. The Refinancing Pain Is Just Starting
September 16, 2026 — The Federal Reserve raised rates again today. But Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor argue the bigger story may be the borrowing costs…
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The 10-Year Just Hit 5%. What Breaks First?
September 15, 2026 — The 10-year Treasury is back around 5%, borrowing costs are at levels not seen in nearly two decades, and Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor…
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AI Agents Built Their Own Secret Chat Room. No One Programmed Them To.
September 14, 2026 - Memory and chip stocks got hit hard today (DRAM down 7%, semiconductors down nearly 5%) after frontier AI labs signaled they may be…
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Saudi Arabia Begged Trump to Bomb the Houthis. He Refused.
September 11, 2026 - Oil dropped 1.7% today even after Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline went offline (3.5 million barrels a day of exports) and confirmation…
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Oil Just Beat Every AI Stock This Year — And It's About to Cost You More
September 10, 2026 - Oil ripped nearly 7% today, WTI pressing $103 and Brent hitting $108, on news that Saudi output has fallen to a 36-year low and Houthi…
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Without AI Spending, US Growth Might Already Be Negative
September 9, 2026 - The jobs numbers are solid, prices are up, and the labor market's strong — by every normal measure the Fed should be raising rates, not…
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Could Gold Hit $10,000? Why This Inflation Cycle May Have Years Left
September 8, 2026 — Could gold eventually reach $10,000? Zach Abraham explains why he believes today's inflationary cycle may have much further to run — and…
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Nvidia to $10 Trillion? The Risk-Reward Doesn't Add Up
September 4, 2026 — Could Nvidia really become a $10 trillion company? Maybe. But Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor argue that's not the only question investors…
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The S&P 500 Isn't What You Think You're Buying
September 3, 2026 — The S&P 500 has long been treated as a simple way to broadly own the U.S. market. But is that still what investors are actually buying?…
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The AI Data Center Boom Has a Jobs Problem
September 2, 2026 — The AI data-center buildout is accelerating, but what are local communities actually getting in return? Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor break…
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Could Diesel Hit $6? The Strait of Hormuz Problem Is Back
September 1, 2026 — Could diesel prices be headed toward $6? Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor break down the renewed escalation around Iran and the Strait of…
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Iran Could Take 4 Million Barrels a Day Off the Market
August 31, 2026 — Chase Taylor explains why Iran’s apparent ability to threaten smaller ship-to-ship oil transfers could sharply reduce the volume moving…
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Eight Rate Hikes? Why the Fed Has No Good Options Left
August 28, 2026 — Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor discuss Kevin Warsh’s hawkish message, why a traditional Taylor Rule framework could imply as many as eight…
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Gold Miners Just Rallied Nearly 50%. Why They May Still Be Cheap
August 27, 2026 — Gold-mining stocks have rallied nearly 50% from their mid-July lows. Zach Abraham explains why some miners may still offer unusually…
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AI Can Change the World—and Still Become a Bubble
August 26, 2026 - Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor discuss why revolutionary technologies can still produce enormous investment bubbles—and why the unprecedented…
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One of Wall Street’s Greatest Investors Just Sounded the Alarm
August 25, 2026 - Chase Taylor discusses billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller's public criticism of recent Treasury policy—and why Chase believes the…
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The Government Is About to Change the Bond Market
August 24, 2026 - Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor discuss what increasingly aggressive Treasury intervention in the bond market could mean for interest rates…
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America Has a Much Bigger Problem Than Interest Rates
August 21, 2026 - Zach Abraham and Chase Taylor discuss why the Treasury's increasingly visible concern about long-term interest rates may be exposing a much…
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Inflation Is Starting to Break the Consumer
August 20, 2026 - Chase Taylor discusses why weakening results from Walmart may be an important warning about the American consumer as inflation continues to…
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The Treasury Just Blinked. Here’s What Comes Next
August 19, 2026 - Chase Taylor discusses the Treasury's unexpected move to increase buybacks of longer-duration bonds and why he believes it sends a much…
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The Inflation Problem Nobody Is Watching Yet
August 18, 2026 - Chase Taylor discusses why soaring diesel costs may become a much bigger inflation problem than markets or policymakers are anticipating. He…
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The Iran Risk Markets Aren’t Prepared For
August 17, 2026 - Chase Taylor discusses a risk surrounding Iran and global energy markets that he believes investors may be overlooking: whether Iran could…
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The Biggest Investment Opportunity May Be the One You're Ignoring
August 14, 2026 - Zach and Chase discuss why some of the most interesting investment opportunities may be hiding outside today's most crowded trades. They…
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Zach Is Turning Bullish… So What Could Go Wrong?
August 13, 2026 - Zach and Chase discuss why the stock market may have room for another leg higher despite many of the risks they've been warning about—and…
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The Most Dangerous Thing an Investor Can Believe
August 12, 2026 - Zach and Chase discuss why one of the most valuable skills in investing may be the willingness to admit when you're wrong—and why political…