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John Miller, an independent stock investor and former Chicago pit trader, unravels the mystery of money and wealth for EVERYBODY. Mizzou Journalism, 2005.

John Miller


    • Feb 18, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Adobe ADBE Stock & Russia-Ukraine

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2022 14:32


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    Trump 2024? Don't Count On It

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 15:40


    Turns out, "fiscal conservatives" are better off when a Democrat is president. Are Trump voters happy with how he handled COVID-19? Budget data: https://tinyurl.com/2p87tajx *** YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/4f9dme82 Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    "South Park: Post Covid" Analysis: Why Do I Feel Sorry For Eric Cartman?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 12:00


    I'm back, and I'm more optimistic than ever before. Get ready for more regular E.T. content. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Bitcoin Is Non-Fungible And That's A Problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 19:36


    If Bitcoin is ever going to become real money, it has one problem I'm not sure it can solve. Plus, was "Tulipmania" a symptom or the disease? *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Inflation Is Real, But It's Not Spectacular

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 18:24


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    Trump Voters MUST Join The Libertarian Party

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 20:37


    With no place to call home, Trump voters MUST join the Libertarian Party. Think fast: What is the No. 1 issue the GOP has championed during the Biden administration? [Crickets] If American needs to be "great again", we must understand what made it great in the first place. #MAGA voters and their values are openly hated by D.C. Republicans. Plus, a quick update on Bitcoin and Coinbase. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    What If People Were Never Fired?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 16:43


    If everybody who was currently happy with their job could keep it forever, that would be a utopia, right? *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Coinbase Stock, Investing vs. Trading, & Podcast Posture vs. "Tech Neck"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 17:30


    I'm bullish on $COIN. "Day trading" is alluring, but investing is much easier. Plus, your posture and body language while looking at your smartphone say a lot about what it's doing to your brain and mood. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow on social media: @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Do We Need Government For "The Big Things"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 10:34


    You might think, sure, the market is helpful; technological innovation, for instance. But when it comes to "the big stuff", that is when we need central planning! However, it turns out, free trade actually solves humanity's most complicated problems, often invisibly. *** Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    The Pandemic After One Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 25:04


    Accessing what I got right and wrong about Covid-19. Plus, is inflation back, and if so, why? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Is The Stock Market Rigged? On GameStop, The Dollar, & The Fed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 19:03


    What's the deal with GameStop, and should you buy it, sell it, or neither? Plus, short selling explained, and the ultimate "rigging" is revealed. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    My Cleats, My Cause...My Money?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 11:09


    Can you separate free thought from free trade? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Adult Decisions & Commission-Free Trading

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 12:12


    With new circumstances, I must modify an old rule of thumb for new traders. Plus, where have all the adults gone? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    On The 2020 Election & "The Quality of Emotion"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 16:40


    We should all stop yelling at "the news"; they are just workin' us, brother. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Examples of Fear-Based Thinking

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 12:36


    Continuing the theme from last week, let's look at some concrete examples of an overly frightened population leading to immoral policies. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Fear-Based Thinking Leads To Ethical Decline

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 13:42


    A frightened society is a morally malleable society. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    THE DARK KNIGHT & "Why The Terrorists Hate Us"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 22:49


    Why do "the terrorists" hate us? Is it American decadence? Christianity & Judaism vs. Islam? Or do "some men just want to watch the world burn"? There is a lot of confusion about Middle East politics, and as usual, I'm here to clarify. bin Laden's "letter to America": https://tinyurl.com/ndnd4kr *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Atheism Is A Privilege

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 15:10


    If all cultures have their own version of religion, what happens psychologically when humans generally reject the spiritual notion of "God" and instead embrace ostensible deities on Earth? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Stock Update & What Is A Trillion Dollars?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 16:07


    It looks like another trillion-dollar-plus stimulus is headed our way. What will this do for the stock market and Americans in general? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    You Must Own Bitcoin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 14:09


    How do investors hedge against the possibility of failing, fiat currencies? What is a "fiat" currency? I have actionable advice. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Reparations Without Aggression

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 16:51


    How can the United States right the wrongs of the past without aggressing upon anyone in the present or future? I'm so happy you asked, because I have an excellent solution. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    The Value of Work

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2020 18:12


    If this COVID shutdown doesn't prove that we take free trade for granted, I don't know what does. Americans have received more money from Treasury, but have they received more value? Finally, there is still mental and physical value in doing some things yourself. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Fauci Is Wrong About "Economics"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 20:57


    Dr. Anthony Fauci said, "I don't give advice about economic things." How can that possibly be true when 30-plus million Americans are unemployed? Plus, more thoughts on "one size fits all" via ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    What Liberty Is & What It Isn't

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 23:20


    Was Joe Exotic a "Libertarian", or just an asshole? Let's clarify what liberty is, and just as importantly, what is it not. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    The Borg Says #StayHome

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 12:15


    What can STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION teach us about groupthink? Listen to the podcast to find out; resistance is futile. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    "Depopulate" Animals?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 13:42


    A forced shutdown of the economy threatens to cost thousands of livestock their lives for no reason. Fortunately, it's not too late. But we need to clearly understand the nature of the problem. Plus, manage your notifications, manage your sanity. *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    The Refresh Trap

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 16:13


    Don't let the "encyclopedia in your pocket" become your instant-gratification center/security blanket. Humans are wired to make themselves as comfortable as possible, but at what point have we gone too far? *** Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/rbb3quz Follow on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/sw2q7kb Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/qpababy Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    "Cheap Stuff From China"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 16:06


    Why are people suddenly concerned that free trade cannot beat "slave labor"? You do not beat foreign political aggression with domestic political aggression. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    No Welfare For The; Bailouts For Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 17:21


    Updates on Covid-19, the market, the bailout bill, and more. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    More on Stock Market Panic & COVID-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 16:42


    I'm no medical expert, but as a trader/investor, I'm forced to make educated guesses about COVID-19 and, at the very least, its effect on human behavior and investments. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    More On Coronavirus & The Stock Market

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 15:33


    Again, I'm not sounding an "all clear", but I would not bet on nuclear winter either. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Which Came First: The Virus or The Panic?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2020 11:15


    After a vicious two-week selloff, I give my thoughts on the stock market and the coronavirus. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    "Positive Injury"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2020 10:13


    How much leeway should we give to supposedly "good intentions"? Frederick Douglass cared not for anyone's intentions, and simply wanted to be left alone politically. Perhaps Washington D.C. should finally listen to him? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Public Education Is A 100% Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2020 16:10


    Sure, our kids can't read or do math, but that misses the point! The important thing is they KNOW they government is "indivisible"! Plus, is secession automatically a racist notion?

    Stock Market Update, 2020 Election

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 17:56


    What is more risky: stocks or bonds? Diversification ain't what it used to be. Is your accountant working for you or against you? Finally, my take on the 2020 election and its effect on investments. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Hidden Haggling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 12:35


    In America, we generally don't haggle much. But make no mistake: There is a never-ending, unseen haggling process that is a huge part of the reason we have such abundance.

    Irish Potato Famine: Facts & Fictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 15:29


    Was the Irish Potato Famine a "market failure"? How do we avoid a similar calamity? Are people going to run out of food someday? Plus, Conan O'Brien's ghost crooner, Artie Kendall, makes three appearances.

    What If We "Run Out Of Cheese"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2020 19:22


    The Cheez-It ad about "running out of cheese" is clearly tongue-in-cheek, but why is our cheese supply seemingly unlimited? What creates this abundance? Also, "cheese" is not the ingredient the Kellog Company should be worried about.

    War With Iran or Iraq War 3?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 18:33


    As usual, the "news" out of D.C. regarding any foreign-policy event is entirely skewed in D.C.'s favor. Turns out, Iraq may not be the "beacon of democracy" that we were promised. The burden of proof must always be on the war interventionists. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Peace On Earth & Delayed Gratification Toward Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 14:42


    Are humans "not a peaceful species"? Also, no early Christmas presents, dammit! *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Individual Rights, Collective Lives (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2019 21:10


    How have millennial money managers changed the stock market? Ultimately, who is in charge: producers or consumers? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Individual Rights, Collective Lives

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 14:08


    For better or worse, humans will adapt to almost anything. Why do we accept some ideas that clearly do not work? What freedom is, and what it is not. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    "Socialism" Security?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 23:42


    Many say Social Security is NOT socialism because “we paid into it.” How does that logic stand up to scrutiny? Where do the “gains” of the system come from?

    "Any Objections?": Eminent Domain's Violent Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 18:44


    In "Wet Hare", Bugs Bunny asks a pertinent question to a dam builder: "What gives you the right?" *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    "The Roads" Are Overrated

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 21:36


    Let's answer, "Without government, who would build the roads?" once and for all. In "No Parking Hare", Bugs Bunny shows the proper disdain for eminent domain. Instead of taxpayers (essentially, everybody) being forced to subsidize new products, why not let the wealthy freely be our guinea pigs? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Speak Truth To Authorities?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2019 10:51


    While classic journalistic ethics would have newspapermen "speak truth to power", it seems that bromide often does not apply to police and other authorities. When a person is initially smeared by an incorrect report, the correction is rarely what the general public remembers. How do we solve this problem? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Hong Kong-China Is Not "Complicated"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 12:30


    We are well over a week into this NBA-China story, and somehow, people are still confused about this rather simple dynamic. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    The NBA Licks The Boot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 18:14


    Meanwhile, SOUTH PARK takes that boot, turns it sideways, and sticks it straight up Xi Jinping's candy ass. Can free expression and free trade be separated? I "love China" too, but the people and the government are not the same thing. *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Are Politicians Better Than "Regular" People?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2019 25:10


    For as much as we trust politicians, they must be better people than the masses, right? In this episode, I explore the nature of political power and natural power via the Stanford Prison Experiment and the classic SIMPSONS episode "Separate Vocations". *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    What Is A "Recession", & When Will The Next One Occur?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2019 30:44


    The mainstream media and history always use Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as their economic metric of choice; what is GDP, and does it actually tell us anything? Plus, did World War 2 really end The Great Depression? And if so, does that mean Thanos (from THE AVENGERS) was right? Naomi Brockwell: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSuHzQ3GrHSzoBbwrIq3LLA THE BITCOIN STANDARD: http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=the+bitcoin+standard&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=241646740483&hvpos=1t1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=8418363212354790319&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1020268&hvtargid=kwd-380765199490&ref=pd_sl_5qpegdfty3_e&hydadcr=21900_10170863&gclid=CjwKCAjwq4fsBRBnEiwANTahcC6ELAaVBi2FZooOUgRFi3kzCoI_iisO5kKBFdacDMkqctAMdhVCshoCL98QAvD_BwE *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

    Insurance is Overrated

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 23:29


    No one should ever pay for insurance on a “device”. Why do people have a skewed relationship with risk? Are we ALWAYS “better safe than sorry”? Finally, who are “The Holdouts”, and why should we thank them? *** Subscribe, rate, and review! And tell a friend, why don’t ya? Follow the show everywhere @EverybodyTrades EverybodyTrades.com

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