The Disciplined Investor

Jobs Job Jobs  – not too hot, not too cold. VIX – under 17 – a contra-signal? The KRI (Key) seems to thing so – overbought at a +5 Guest John Pugliano, host of the Wealthsteading Podcast is our guest. TDI Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disciplined-investor/id217999782  NEW! DOWNLOAD THE AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/TDI-Notes-and-Summary-928.pdf] ---------------------------------------- Follow @andrewhorowitz [https://twitter.com/andrewhorowitz] ----------------------------------------   [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/John-Pugliano-FBB-300x200.jpg]https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/John-Pugliano-FBB.jpgJohn Pugliano is the author of The Robots are Coming: A Human’s Survival Guide to Profiting in the Age of Automation [https://www.amazon.com/Robots-are-Coming-Profiting-Automation/dp/1612436692]. He’s also the host of the Wealthsteading [https://www.wealthsteading.com/] Podcast where he shares his ideas and personal experience on wealth building principles. John has spent over 30 years studying and applying the habits of financially independent middle-class Americans. His circuitous path to success included serving in the military as both enlisted and officer; a corporate career in industrial sales; and finally a late blooming entrepreneur. John has an M.S. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in Environmental Science & Engineering from Penn State. ---------------------------------------- Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ [https://www.interactivebrokers.com/]Interactive Brokers - Why IB? [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/InteractiveBrokers_logo1-e1607262448146.jpg]https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=tdi1&url=%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ff%3D1338 ---------------------------------------- More information available on Horowitz & Company’s TDI Managed Growth Strategy [http://www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/about-us/tdi-strategy/] ---------------------------------------- Stocks discussed this week – (ABNB), (UBER), (AAPL), (SMR), (OKLO), (CEG), (TSLA), (AMZN), (WMT)

PCE – The Fed’s preferred inflation metric… The VIX – pricing in smooth sailing – how to hedge… And commodities – The one most interesting trade right now is…? Commodities on the move – great time to bring on our guest – Carley Garner of DeCarley Trading TDI Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disciplined-investor/id217999782 NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE’S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment) [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/TDI-Notes-and-Summary-927.pdf] ---------------------------------------- Carley-Garner-commodity-broker-small [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Carley-Garner-commodity-broker-small-300x244.jpg]http://www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Carley-Garner-commodity-broker-small.jpgCarley Garner [http://www.DeCarleyTrading.com] is a futures and options broker with DeCarley Trading, a division of Zaner Financial Services in Las Vegas, Nevada. With nearly two decades of experience, her commodity market analysis is often referenced on Jim Cramer’s Mad Money on CNBC, and she is a regular guest on Bloomberg Television’s Options Insight segment with Abigail Doolittle. You might also see her on the Cow Guy Close hosted by Scott Shellady on RFD-TV and “Futures” aired on Schwab Network. Garner is a regular contributor to TheStreet.com and its Pro service and is also a regular on the speaking circuit. She can be found at TradersEXPOs and MoneyShows throughout the country.51w9FhzBM2L._SX386_BO1,204,203,200_ [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/51w9FhzBM2L._SX386_BO1204203200_-233x300.jpg]http://higherprobabilitycommoditytradingbook.com/ Garner is also an award-winning author of commodity futures and options trading books. In addition to Trading Commodity Options with Creativity, Garner has authored Higher Probability Commodity Trading; A Trader’s First Book on Commodities (three editions); Currency Trading in the Forex and Futures Markets; and Commodity Options. She pens a monthly column for the long-running Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities Magazine. Her e-newsletters, The DeCarley Perspective and The Financial Futures Report have garnered a loyal following; she is also proactive in providing free trading education at www.DeCarleyTrading.com [http://www.DeCarleyTrading.com] ---------------------------------------- Follow @andrewhorowitz [https://twitter.com/andrewhorowitz] More information available on Horowitz & Company’s TDI Managed Growth Strategy [http://www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/about-us/tdi-strategy/] ---------------------------------------- Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ [https://www.interactivebrokers.com/]Interactive Brokers - Why IB? [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/InteractiveBrokers_logo1-e1607262448146.jpg]https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=tdi1&url=%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ff%3D1338 ---------------------------------------- Stocks mentioned in this episode: (SPY), (UVXY), (VXX)   Chart mentioned in this episode: [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/OilAfterIRan-300x180.png]https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/OilAfterIRan.png

The Presidential Cycle and the sectors that may benefit. Taking a look at the Longevity Paradox Tariffs and Inflation – is it all a hoax? Our guest this week – David Gaffen, Breaking News editor at Reuters. TDI Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disciplined-investor/id217999782 NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE’S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment) [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/TDI-Notes-and-Summary-926.pdf] ---------------------------------------- [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/david-headshot-2022-278x300.jpg]https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/david-headshot-2022.jpgDavid Gaffen is the U.S. breaking news companies editor at Reuters, where he has worked for 14 years. He also did stints as the U.S. energy editor and U.S. deputy markets editor and has been a business journalist for more than 20 years. In that time he has covered the 2008 financial crisis, the oil-market meltdown in 2020, and was nominated for a Loeb Award for a series of articles on the growth of stock buybacks in 2015. He lives in New York with his family. Follow @DavidGaffen [https://twitter.com/davidgaffen]   ---------------------------------------- Charts Discussed: Chart 1 [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/presidentialTrends.jpg]    Chart 2 [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DH_forwardPESP500.jpg] ---------------------------------------- Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ [https://www.interactivebrokers.com/]Interactive Brokers - Why IB? [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/InteractiveBrokers_logo1-e1607262448146.jpg]https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=tdi1&url=%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ff%3D1338 ---------------------------------------- LOOKING TO INVEST IN THE DISCIPLINED INVESTOR MANAGED GROWTH STRATEGY? CLICK HERE [http://www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/mailbox/tdi-investment-fund/] FOR THE VIRTUAL TOUR. ---------------------------------------- Stocks Mentioned in the Episode: (MSFT), (DELL), (NVDA), (TSLA) Follow @andrewhorowitz [https://twitter.com/andrewhorowitz]

AI is coming to finance with some major Shifts to the  investment landscape Sumo Politics in full force. We got a  China deal, or did we? Seeking out innovation with our guest, Steven Sanders – EVP, Interactive Brokers. TDI Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disciplined-investor/id217999782  NEW! DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE’S AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES (Guest Segment) [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TDI-Notes-and-Summary-925.pdf] ---------------------------------------- [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Steve-Sanders-300x300.jpg]https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Steve-Sanders.jpgSteve Sanders is Executive Vice President of Marketing & Product Development at Interactive Brokers. In this capacity, he oversees all marketing and product development efforts at the company and introduces Interactive Brokers’ low commissions, advanced trading technology and breadth of product worldwide to advanced individual and institutional investors globally. Steve joined Interactive Brokers in 2001 to establish the company’s platform for financial advisors. Since that time, he has been responsible for many key initiatives including building a direct / digital marketing program, developing a new account structure and registration process for institutional investor clients and contributing to the deployment of the company’s Integrated Investment Account.  During his over twenty-year tenure with the company, Steve has remained focused on providing IBKR clients with the products, tools and resources necessary to meet a wide variety of trading and investing objectives, which he believes has contributed to the company’s extraordinary growth over the years. Prior to joining Interactive Brokers, Steve spent fifteen years at Citibank in a variety of positions including Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer of Cybic, a “Request for Quote” exchange to facilitate the distribution of OTC derivative products to retail investors, which he developed. Before that, he held diverse roles throughout the organization in credit & risk management, marketing, financial planning, and product structuring functions. Steve holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree from SUNY at Albany in Accounting and Computer Science. ---------------------------------------- Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ [https://www.interactivebrokers.com/]Interactive Brokers - Why IB? [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/InteractiveBrokers_logo1-e1607262448146.jpg]https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=tdi1&url=%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ff%3D1338 ---------------------------------------- Follow @andrewhorowitz [https://twitter.com/andrewhorowitz] ---------------------------------------- Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy – HERE [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/tdi-strategy/] ---------------------------------------- Stocks mentioned in this episode: (PLTR), (SPY), GLD), (TOST), (IWM)

How to invest, research and do it with skin in the game. Is the USD vulnerable? You may be surprised by the answer. How to identify under-the-radar opportunities. Guest, Frank Curzio – Curzio Research – the outlook into the end of the year. TDI Podcast on Apple Podcasts [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ApplePodcasts-300x100.png]https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-disciplined-investor/id217999782 NEW! DOWNLOAD THE AI GENERATED SHOW NOTES [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/TDI-Notes-and-Summary-924.pdf] ---------------------------------------- FRANK CURZIO CAN BE REACHED BY EMAIL AT FRANK@CURZIORESEARCH.COM [frank@curzioresearch.com] frankcurzio [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/frankcurzio.jpg]http://www.frankcurzio.com/archives/Frank Curzio is an equity analyst with close to three decades of experience covering small- and mid-cap stocks. Check out his newsletters [https://www.curzioresearch.com/frank-curzio/]. (Free trial subscriptions available [https://www.curzioresearch.com/frank-curzio/]) He has been the editor of several well respected newsletters with major companies as well on of the top performers with TheStreet.com where he significantly outperformed the markets during his tenure. He was also a research analyst for Jim Cramer. Frank is the host of Wall Street Unplugged [https://www.curzioresearch.com/wall-street-unplugged/]. Frank has been a guest on various media outlets including Fox Business News, CNBC’s The Kudlow Report and CNBC’s The Call. He has also been mentioned numerous times on Jim Cramer’s™s Mad Money, is a featured guest on CNN Radio and has been quoted in financial magazines and websites. Before TheStreet.com, Frank was the editor of The FXC Newsletter and received one of the top rankings by Hulbert’s Financial Digest for risk-adjusted performance. Follow @frankcurzio [https://twitter.com/frankcurzio] ---------------------------------------- Check this out and find out more at: http://www.interactivebrokers.com/ [https://www.interactivebrokers.com/]Interactive Brokers - Why IB? [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/InteractiveBrokers_logo1-e1607262448146.jpg]https://www.interactivebrokers.com/mkt/?src=tdi1&url=%2Fen%2Findex.php%3Ff%3D1338 ---------------------------------------- Follow @andrewhorowitz [https://twitter.com/andrewhorowitz] ---------------------------------------- Looking for style diversification? More information on the TDI Managed Growth Strategy – HERE [https://thedisciplinedinvestor.com/blog/tdi-strategy/] ---------------------------------------- Stocks mentioned in this episode: (PROP), (NFLX), (PLTR), (CRWV)