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Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/4cPVI9C David Bahnsen recaps Monday market action (Dow -374, S&P -0.33%, Nasdaq -0.12%; 10-year yield 4.76% up 3 bps), with energy leading on oil up 3% to about $86 and communication services lagging. He briefly shares midterm Senate race dynamics based on conversations with analysts, noting multiple paths for Democrats to win or lose the majority and warning against overconfidence in political predictions. Housing data showed August national median rent up 0.1% and down 0.8% year-over-year. He reviews Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's Jackson Hole speech emphasizing price stability over employment, asserting a healthy labor market, concern about inflation, and a firm 2% target; markets raised implied September hike odds from ~38% to ~60% and to ~88% for a hike by year-end. Warsh discussed productivity questions (including AI), tight credit spreads, repudiated forward guidance with a “hall of mirrors” analogy, and delivered a cordial, potentially consensus-building tone. Bahnsen also notes a reported 35% U.S. government stake in a Venezuela oil venture with no short-term price impact, and that since 1950 September midterm years were evenly split between up and down markets. 00:00 Welcome and Agenda 01:05 Market Snapshot 02:13 Midterm Election Outlook 05:32 Housing and Rent Update 05:47 Jackson Hole Fed Takeaways 07:02 Rate Hike Odds and Targets 09:00 Forward Guidance and Consensus 11:25 Oil Moves and Venezuela Deal 12:06 September Midterm Seasonality 12:39 Closing and Next Episode Tease Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Plus: California publicly traded utilities tumble after state lawmakers reject plan to shield them from wildfire claims. And Aon agrees to a $17 billion deal to buy USI Insurance from KKR. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August is officially in the books! And after another month of AI enthusiasm, strong corporate earnings, stubborn inflation, rising oil prices, geopolitical uncertainty, Fed drama and some major market breakouts, it's time to step back from the daily noise and see where the money actually went. On today's episode of TraderMerlin, we're pulling up the charts and reviewing the performance of our Top 8 Market Segments for August. Because sometimes the best way to understand what's happening in the financial markets isn't another headline... It's simply looking at which assets are actually going UP—and which ones aren't. We'll compare the performance of the major markets and see where traders and investors were putting their money throughout August. We'll discuss: U.S. Equities – The S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow and Russell 2000 all finished August higher despite plenty of volatility along the way. Technology – AI remained one of the dominant market themes, with another massive Nvidia earnings report helping reinforce enthusiasm for the AI trade. Small Caps – Are smaller companies finally participating more meaningfully in the bull market? Gold – Precious metals delivered another powerful month as inflation, geopolitical risk and concerns about the dollar drove demand. Bitcoin & Crypto – Bitcoin was one of August's standout performers as digital assets attracted another wave of capital. Energy & Crude Oil – Middle East tensions and disruptions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz kept energy markets firmly in focus. Bonds & Interest Rates – Treasury yields remained a major source of volatility as investors digested inflation data and Kevin Warsh's message from Jackson Hole. The U.S. Dollar – What currency markets are telling us about inflation, monetary policy and global capital flows. But we're not just ranking winners and losers. We're asking the much more important question: What is August's performance telling us about September? The S&P 500 gained roughly 2.5% in August, continuing an earnings-driven bull market. Semiconductor stocks remained strong, with Nvidia gaining nearly 9% for the month, while software stocks continued their impressive recovery. But some of the biggest moves weren't in stocks at all. Bitcoin gained more than 20% during August, while gold also posted a powerful monthly advance as investors increasingly looked toward scarce assets amid concerns about inflation, government debt and monetary policy. Meanwhile, crude oil remains one of the market's biggest wild cards as renewed tensions in the Middle East pushed Brent back above $90 per barrel to close out the month. That's a very interesting combination: Stocks rising. Gold rising. Bitcoin rising. Oil rising. Bond yields remaining elevated. Normally, those assets aren't all telling us the same story. So what exactly is the market pricing in? That's what we'll try to figure out today. And the timing couldn't be better because tomorrow we turn the calendar to September—historically one of the most difficult months of the year for U.S. equities. For additional market research, check out CME Group Markets, Federal Reserve Economic Data, and Nvidia Investor Relations. Listen now:

Can Nvidia keep propping up the AI trade? And will Callaway's controversial ad cost the brand customers? Plus, why are footwear and sneaker stocks getting marked down? Host Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Can Nvidia keep propping up the AI trade? And will Callaway's controversial ad cost the brand customers? Plus, why are footwear and sneaker stocks getting marked down? Host Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The success of SK Hynix and Samsung helped make South Korea's stock market one of the world's hottest in recent years—but also one of the most volatile. WSJ reporter Jack Pitcher tells us about the “Rollerkospi,” and what its wild ride could mean for the broader AI trade. Plus, buying a refurbished phone might save you a few hundred dollars, but it could also come with unexpected problems. Personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen breaks down what to look out for to avoid stress, scams, and spyware. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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The Federal Reserve chairman highlights the need to get inflation back down to the central bank's 2% target. Plus: Marvell Technology shares sink more than 10%, underlining the high expectations investors have for companies tied to the AI boom. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ten out of 11 S&P sectors fell on the day, but tech alone rose 3.4%. Plus: Okta was a big beneficiary of demand for AI agents in its latest quarter; its stock jumped after it raised its outlook. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

P.M. Edition for Aug. 26. Tech reporter Meghan Bobrowsky tells us why the Meta settlement could change how teenagers use some of the world's most popular apps. Plus, the FDA approves a milestone therapy for pancreatic cancer. WSJ reporter Xavier Martinez discusses how the nearly $40,000-a-month drug from Revolution Medicines could change patient outcomes of one the deadliest cancers. And the FBI shuts down a sprawling hacking network linked to China that targeted NASA, the Federal Reserve and critical infrastructure. Sabrina Siddiqui hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus: Oil prices extend their recent decline. And Meta stock rises after reaching an $18 billion settlement over child-safety claims. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brian Szytel recaps a positive market day with the Dow up about 160 points, the S&P up roughly a third of a percent, and the Nasdaq up two-thirds as rates fell (10-year down seven basis points to 4.63) and oil dropped about 4.5%, aiding a tech and semiconductor/AI rotation. Economic data came in weaker, including slightly lower consumer confidence, softer new home sales, and a weaker Richmond Fed manufacturing index, reinforcing macro-driven moves. He notes the S&P is up about 12% YTD while earnings rose around 15–16%, leading to multiple contraction to about 18.8x forward earnings, though other valuation measures (EV/sales, Shiller CAPE, price-to-book/sales, and price-to-free-cash-flow) remain near historically overvalued levels. He also addresses declining prime-age male labor participation and argues immigration trends show little correlation, pointing instead to broader societal and economic factors. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:18 Market Rally Recap 00:41 Rates Oil and Data 01:50 Earnings and Multiples 02:44 Valuation Reality Check 03:28 Rotation to Value 04:04 Labor Force Demographics 06:13 Wrap Up and Disclosures Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Plus: Nvidia shares jumped, snapping a recent losing streak. And Dick's Sporting Goods stock has its worst day on record after cutting parts of its outlook. Imani Moise hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/3U6PdsL David Bahnsen opens from The Bahnsen Group's new Santa Barbara (Montecito) office, briefly recaps markets (Dow up ~0.25%, S&P down ~0.25%, Nasdaq down ~0.75% led by semiconductors; staples and financials up, tech down), and argues recent 10-year yield trading has been relatively range-bound. He focuses on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's announced 30-year Treasury buybacks ($2B now, potentially $4B in September) aimed at lowering long-end rates and term premium, likening it to an “Operation Twist” style intervention. Bahnsen says the move briefly lowered the 30-year yield about 10 bps but largely failed and is unlikely to work long term, criticizing government attempts to override market price discovery. He attributes higher long yields mainly to 30-year market illiquidity and new competing long-dated issuance from AI hyperscalers. He also covers U.S.-Canada tariff threats and retaliation, upcoming data/events (PCE, durable goods, Nvidia earnings, Warsh at Jackson Hole), WTI down ~2.5% near $85, and promotes his new book, “Profit from the Prophet,” releasing tomorrow. 00:00 Welcome From Montecito 01:06 Market Snapshot Today 01:38 Is Bond Volatility Overstated 02:58 Treasury Buyback Plan Explained 05:53 Did It Work Short Term 06:59 Can It Work Long Term 07:55 Why Long Yields Rose 12:05 Concerns About Intervention 13:52 Tariffs Canada Trade Spat 15:30 Week Ahead Data And Jackson Hole 16:27 Book Launch And Wrap Up Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Oil falls, the Dow rises, all on the news of Scott Bessent's announcement about Iran. Apparently the markets like the move.

What does mayhem in the bond market have to do with AI? And why are discount retailers getting a boost? Plus, how did Moderna help lift healthcare stocks? Host Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What does mayhem in the bond market have to do with AI? And why are discount retailers getting a boost? Plus, how did Moderna help lift healthcare stocks? Host Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

P.M. Edition for Aug. 21. “Ghost jobs”—posted roles that companies have no real intention of filling—are a big source of frustration for job seekers. Now, as Journal reporter Lauren Weber discusses, lawmakers in a few states are proposing bills to reel companies in. Plus, bitcoin just had its best week in two years. Vicky Ge Huang, who covers cryptocurrencies, explains what's behind the surge. And President Trump is boosting U.S. beef imports in an effort to lower prices–but the cattle industry is pushing back. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus: Crypto-related stocks see boost from Bitcoin gains. And shares of Robinhood see their largest percent increase since February. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

One day after the worst session for the Dow and S&P 500 since late July, Carl Quintanilla, David Faber and Sara Eisen discussed stocks rebounding as Treasury Secretary Bessent's push to lower bond yields remains in focus. RBC Capital's Helima Croft joined the program to talk about higher oil prices and geopolitics, as President Trump seeks to ramp up economic pressure on Iran. Also in focus: What Bessent told CNBC about yield moves and Trump's approach to Iran; A slew of Wall Street analysts cut their price targets on Walmart after the stock's worst day in four years; Sources tell David that a Broadcom-backed special purpose vehicle is tapping the debt market for $70 billion to support an AI buildout; Crypto's great week; SpaceX's losing streak sends the stock back below its IPO price; What the bond rout means for private credit.   Squawk on the Street Disclaimer Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

MRKT Matrix - Friday, August 21st Dow jumps 500 points, but stocks post losing week (CNBC) Anthropic Expects to Match or Top SpaceX's Record IPO Size (Bloomberg) US refiners are facing a looming supply drop from their biggest foreign crude supplier at a time when they need the oil the most. (Bloomberg) Bitcoin on track for 23% weekly gain as investor optimism floods back  (CNBC) The "China shock 2.0" message from Trump officials (Axios) Ken Griffin says Citadel unwound more than 80% of risk tied to Situational Awareness portfolio (CNBC) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://riskreversal.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs

P.M. Edition for Aug. 20. Colleges are facing a demographic cliff—lower birth rates means fewer 18-year-olds. WSJ higher education reporter Doug Belkin explains what impact that's likely to have on colleges–and why it might not make it any easier to get into top-tier schools. Plus, Walmart was the biggest decliner in the Dow after it reported weaker sales growth in its second quarter. We hear from Journal retail reporter Sarah Nassauer about how Walmart's earnings stack up to its rival Target. And employers are expected to pay even more for health insurance next year, which means their workers costs' are probably going up too. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brian Szytel reviews a down day in markets (Dow -703, S&P -0.8%, Nasdaq -1%) and notes blue-chip weakness despite better-than-expected earnings, attributing it to consumer budget pressure from higher energy prices. He discusses yield-curve moves with short-end yields rising more than the long end after Treasury talk of buying back longer-dated bonds funded by T-bills, framing it largely as signaling with political relevance to midterms, gas prices, and housing affordability tied to long rates. He previews Jackson Hole as unlikely to deliver major Fed guidance and highlights strong data including the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index (47.4 vs. 25 expected) and slightly better initial jobless claims (206 vs. 210). He answers a viewer question on inflation-proofing dividend returns, emphasizing dividend growth stocks whose rising cash flows can outpace inflation and compound over time. 00:00 Market Wrap Overview 00:21 Consumer Strain Signals 01:05 Yield Curve Moves 01:12 Treasury Buyback Politics 02:03 Jackson Hole Preview 02:26 Economic Data Highlights 03:06 Rates and Growth Context 03:33 Inflation Proof Dividends 04:06 Dividend Growth Math 05:03 Closing and Weekend Signoff Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Plus: Consumer staples are among the worst performers in the S&P. And Moderna loses some of yesterday's stunning gains. Alexis Moore hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

MRKT Matrix - Thursday, August 20th Dow falls 600 points with stock losses increasing after a Treasury plan to tamp down yields fails (CNBC) Bessent says Treasury buyback operation could be more than $4 billion (CNBC) Fed and Treasury appear at odds when it comes to the markets (Axios) Walmart Shares Slump on Weakest Sales Growth in Over Six Years (WSJ) Retail Earnings Show US Consumers Keep Spending for the Right Price (Bloomberg) U.S. Workers Are Paying More for Healthcare, and Next Year Will Be Worse (WSJ) Anthropic Expects to Match SpaceX's Record IPO Size or Top It (Bloomberg) Meta Has Quietly Become One of Microsoft's Largest AI Customers (Bloomberg) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://riskreversal.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs

Die Wall Street startet mit Gegenwind aus dem Einzelhandel. Walmart sorgt für Ernüchterung. Zwar stieg der Umsatz um 6 Prozent und lag damit leicht über den Erwartungen, aber die für den Markt entscheidenden vergleichbaren US-Umsätze enttäuschten und verlangsamten sich deutlich gegenüber dem Vorquartal. Besonders das Geschäft mit allgemeinen Konsumgütern kühlte ab. Hinzu kommt ein vorsichtiger Ausblick. Auch bei anderen Einzelhändlern zeigen sich Risse. Advance Auto Parts verfehlte mit einem Rückgang der vergleichbaren Umsätze die Erwartung und verweist auf knappere Haushaltsbudgets. JD Sports senkt wegen eines „schwierigen“ Umfelds, aggressiver Rabatte und eines vorsichtigeren Konsumenten die Jahresprognose und besonders schwach entwickelt sich das US-Geschäft. Bereits die Zahlen von Lowe's und TJX hatten ähnliche Warnsignale geliefert. Lowe's enttäuschte bei den vergleichbaren Umsätzen, während Citi die Entwicklung bei TJX-Tochter Marmaxx als „schwach und enttäuschend“ bezeichnet und die Aktie auf Neutral abgestuft hat. Gleichzeitig ziehen die Renditen wieder an: Die 30-jährige US-Rendite steigt um vier Basispunkte auf 5,23 Prozent, nachdem sie am Mittwoch deutlich gefallen war. Die Futures tendieren entsprechend verhalten, nachdem S&P 500, Dow und Nasdaq gestern ihre dreitägige Verlustserie beenden konnten. Abonniere den Podcast, um keine Folge zu verpassen! ____ Folge uns, um auf dem Laufenden zu bleiben: • X: http://fal.cn/SQtwitter • LinkedIn: http://fal.cn/SQlinkedin • Instagram: http://fal.cn/SQInstagram

Brian Szytel reviews a rotation-heavy market day with the Dow up 120 points, the S&P 500 up about 0.25%, and the Nasdaq slightly higher, as equal-weight outperformed cap-weighted amid big moves in pharma and some late earnings from tech/AI. Treasury yields fell, with the 10-year down 7 bps to about 4.64%, following remarks from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about shifting issuance toward the short end and using it to buy back some long-end debt; while the $20B buyback is small versus the $5T in 20–30 year Treasuries, the signal suggests an effort to lower long-term rates, potentially at odds with a Fed under Warsh aiming to let markets tighten or loosen. He also explains Japan's debt dynamics: while gross debt/GDP is ~240%, netting BOJ holdings and government assets brings it closer to ~80%, though higher JGB rates could raise debt-service costs and pressure the yen and BOJ policy. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:21 Market Close Recap 00:56 Treasury Buyback Shock 01:58 Fed Versus Treasury 03:46 Japan Debt Question 04:07 Net Debt Breakdown 05:06 Rates Yen and BOJ 06:11 Wrap Up and Disclosures Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

The Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Dow all rose roughly a fifth of a percent. Plus: Moderna stock skyrocketed nearly 177% after an experimental vaccine's success in a study. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Bleeding is what kills people after injury. In this companion conversation to their earlier episode, host and vascular surgeon Dr. Wayne Causey asks Dr. John Pavlus, Chief of Interventional Radiology at Brooke Army Medical Center, to do the thing most medical conversations skip. He walks step by step through exactly how a bleeding trauma patient is treated without major surgery.   The tools are small. A needle, a short hollow tube called a sheath placed in the artery at the groin, wires thinner than a strand of spaghetti, and catheters steered by live X-ray to the one vessel that is leaking. The patient leaves with a bandage instead of an incision. The decisions behind those tools are what make the difference.    It starts with the CT scan. Contrast is injected and images are captured at three different moments, and the timing of those pictures decides what the doctor believes he is looking at. A scan done for a different purpose at an outside hospital can make a patient look like an arterial bleeder when the bleeding is coming from a vein instead, and veins are not something a catheter can easily fix. Getting the timing right is the difference between the right treatment and the wrong one.     From there the conversation turns to the system. At Brooke Army Medical Center, a trauma activation commits the interventional team to having a needle in the artery within sixty minutes of the call, at any hour. That standard was not bought with equipment. It was built on years of trust with the trauma surgeons, to the point that when a trauma surgeon calls a bleed, nobody argues about the pictures. Everyone moves, including anesthesia.    Then come the organs. The liver is complicated because it carries two separate blood supplies, and one of them cannot be reached easily from the inside. The spleen is the favorite, shut down with a metal coil placed at a precise landmark, sometimes in fifteen minutes. And the conversation closes on thrombin, a clotting agent injected through the skin under ultrasound, no X-ray required. It is cheap, it is simple, and it is the one tool a military interventional radiologist would want in his pack if told to deploy tomorrow.     The thread running through all of it is not equipment. It is repetition. Do the same thing the same way every time, and the mind is free to solve the problem that actually matters. Chapters (01:12-07:15) What Endovascular Care Actually Is and What the CT Scan Shows (07:15-12:23) The Sixty-Minute Clock and Activating the Trauma Interventional Radiology Pathway (12:23-20:49) A Bleeding Liver with Two Blood Supplies and Why Access Comes First (20:49-28:59) A Bleeding Spleen with Microcatheters Coils and Knowing When Good Enough Is Enough (28:59-35:51) Thrombin and the Simple Tool Worth Carrying Far Forward Chapter Summaries (01:12-07:15) What Endovascular Care Actually Is and What the CT Scan Shows    Dr. Pavlus defines his specialty in the plain language he uses with patients. Minimally invasive, image guided procedures done through pinholes in the skin, either plugging up an artery that is bleeding or lining the inside of an injured one with a small tube. The discussion then turns to the CT scan, where contrast dye is imaged at three separate moments, and how the timing of those pictures determines whether the bleeding is arterial, venous, or a contained pocket of blood called a pseudoaneurysm. (07:15-12:23) The Sixty Minute Clock and Activating the Trauma Interventional Radiology Pathway   A trauma surgeon standing at the scanner calls a bleed and the pathway fires. A single alert reaches the interventional radiologist, the nurse, the technologist, and the resident at the same time, and everyone drives in. The standard is a needle in the artery within sixty minutes of the call, and the guest is direct that the only way to hold that standard is to remove every point of debate from the process. Anesthesia is activated at the same moment, because these patients are rarely stable enough for anything less. (12:23-20:49) A Bleeding Liver with Two Blood Supplies and Why Access Comes First   The liver is harder than most people assume because it carries two separate incoming blood supplies, and the second one cannot be reached quickly from inside a catheter. That is why a certain grade of liver injury belongs in the operating room with a surgeon rather than in the radiology suite. The guest then walks through his access routine in detail, from ultrasound guided puncture of the artery at the groin to the specific wire and catheter he uses every single time, and explains why keeping the hole in the artery as small as possible matters in a patient who may receive thirty units of blood. (20:49-28:59) A Bleeding Spleen with Microcatheters Coils and Knowing When Good Enough Is Enough Splenic bleeding can be shut down with a metal coil placed at a precise landmark between two small pancreatic arteries. Dr. Pavlus explains why he abandoned one widely used technique after it tore an artery early in his career, and why he now threads a much smaller catheter inside his working catheter to reach the target safely. He is also candid that in an unstable patient at two in the morning, the goal is not a perfect result. It is a live patient who can be handed back to the trauma team. (28:59-35:51) Thrombin and the Simple Tool Worth Carrying Far Forward    Thrombin is a clotting agent injected directly through the skin with a needle, guided by ultrasound rather than X-ray. It is the standard repair for a pseudoaneurysm in the groin, but the guest has extended it to bleeding inside solid organs and small vessels in soft tissue that would be difficult or impossible to reach with a catheter. Because it requires no X-ray suite and almost no equipment, he names it as the single technique he would most want available in a far forward combat setting. The episode closes on consistency, repetition, and adapting a fixed base technique to whatever the patient in front of you presents. Take Home Messages Timing of the Contrast Changes the Answer: A CT scan is not one picture. Contrast dye is imaged before it arrives, as it fills the arteries, and again after it has spread, and comparing those three moments is what separates arterial bleeding from venous bleeding from an old finding that was never bleeding at all. A scan ordered for a different purpose at an outside hospital can point a team toward the wrong treatment entirely. Trust Is Built Long Before the Emergency: The sixty minute standard from phone call to needle in the artery is not achieved with faster equipment. It is achieved by removing every point of debate from the pathway, which only happens after years of a trauma service and a radiology service learning to rely on each other. When the trauma surgeon calls a bleed, nobody re-argues the pictures. Everyone moves. Access Is the Whole Game: You can perform the most elegant procedure in the world inside a patient, and if the puncture in the artery is mishandled, that is the only part anyone will remember. Ultrasound guidance takes no meaningful extra time, and keeping the opening as small as possible protects a patient who may go on to receive massive amounts of blood. Perfect Is the Enemy of Alive: In a stable patient with a low grade injury there is time to chase an ideal result. In a crashing patient at two in the morning there is not. Placing a coil in a good enough position and stopping high flow bleeding so the trauma team can move on is a legitimate and often correct decision, and knowing which situation you are in is a clinical skill of its own. The Simplest Tool May Be the Most Deployable: Thrombin injection needs a needle, an ultrasound probe, and a vial. No X-ray suite, no power injector, no shelf of catheters. That is exactly why it stands out as the technique most likely to work far forward, where the equipment, the imaging, and the logistics that a modern hospital takes for granted simply are not there. Episode Keywords interventional radiology, military medicine, trauma interventional radiology, embolization, splenic artery embolization, liver embolization, solid organ injury, thrombin injection, pseudoaneurysm repair, endovascular hemorrhage control, non compressible torso hemorrhage, angiography, microcatheter, coil embolization, Brooke Army Medical Center, combat casualty care, far forward surgical care, vascular surgery, WarDocs podcast, military trauma care, hemorrhage control, John Pavlus, Wayne Causey Hashtags #MilitaryMedicine, #InterventionalRadiology, #TraumaCare, #HemorrhageControl, #CombatCasualtyCare, #VascularSurgery, #WarDocs, #MilitaryHealth Honoring the Legacy and Preserving the History of Military Medicine The WarDocs Mission- WarDocs exists to honor the legacy of Military Medicine, preserve its history, and inspire every generation — across all Services, Corps, and Ranks — to serve with excellence and pride. Through mentorship, coaching, and education, we equip those considering, entering, and serving in military medicine with the knowledge, connections, and community they need to thrive. We celebrate Who we are, What we do, and, most importantly, How we serve Our Patients, the DoW, and Our Nation. Find out more and join Team WarDocs at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/ Check our list of previous guest episodes at https://www.wardocspodcast.com/our-guests Subscribe and Like our Videos on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wardocspodcast Listen to the “What We Are For” Episode 47. https://bit.ly/3r87Afm   WarDocs- The Military Medicine Podcast is a Non-Profit, Tax-exempt-501(c)(3) Veteran Run Organization run by volunteers. All donations are tax-deductible and go to honoring and preserving the history, experiences, successes, and lessons learned in Military Medicine. A tax receipt will be sent to you. 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We are excited to continue our California COBT Series with a discussion featuring Francisco Leon, President and CEO of California Resources Corporation (CRC). This episode was the culmination of a full day with the CRC team studying California's oil and gas complex firsthand. We started at the Port of Long Beach, traveled north to CRC's Elk Hills operations near Bakersfield, and ended the day in Santa Clarita, where we sat down with Francisco to discuss what we had seen and the broader outlook for California energy. Along the way, we visited with Dean Persinger, Vice President of the Wilmington Production Complex, at the Port of Long Beach; Gabby Gonzales, Senior External Affairs Advisor, at Elk Hills to discuss CRC's community engagement efforts; as well as Joe Jephson, Engineering Manager at Carbon TerraVault, and Brent Ilott, Vice President of Operations of the Elk Hills Production Complex. The day gave us the opportunity to see the breadth of California energy production up close and better understand the infrastructure and policies shaping the state's energy system. It was a unique opportunity to see CRC's operations firsthand and spend time with the people working across the company's California footprint. In our conversation with Francisco, we discuss the changing energy landscape in California and the state's efforts to balance affordability, reliability, environmental priorities, and local energy production. Francisco shares his perspective on a more constructive environment for energy investment, including improved permitting activity in Kern County and the growing focus on the costs and energy-security implications of relying on imported energy. We discuss CRC's evolution into a broader California energy platform and the significant optionality across its existing asset base. We explore the history and future of CRC's Long Beach and Elk Hills operations, including conventional oil and gas production, power generation, carbon capture and sequestration, and the proposed Golden Valley data center development. We cover CRC's recently announced Crimson acquisition and the strategic value of ~2,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure across California, the company's broader consolidation strategy following the Aera and Berry transactions, and how CRC could increasingly serve as both an operator and an enabler for additional capital, partnerships, and development in the state. Francisco also shares his thoughts on company culture, community engagement, and the importance of working constructively with regulators, political leadership, and local communities. Mike Bradley patched in and kicked us off by noting that the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield was trading at ~5.3%, its highest level in two decades, despite relatively subdued inflation data the previous week. He highlighted the record pace of bond issuance financing the AI infrastructure buildout and the possibility that it could be competing with heavy U.S. government issuance for capital and contributing to higher borrowing costs. Turning to equities, both the Dow and S&P 500 have modestly declined this week as second-quarter earnings season winds down and investors look ahead to NVIDIA's results next week. In energy markets, WTI crude had risen ~$3/barrel this week to ~$85/barrel, largely reflecting expectations that the Iran conflict will remain an ongoing issue as the 60-day MOU expires. European natural gas prices have also increased to ~$22/MMBtu, up ~$2/MMBtu over the past couple of weeks. TTF prices are now up ~140% this year, with EU storage levels, particularly in Germany, well below seasonal five-year averages and below levels seen in 2021 ahead of the sharp increase in gas prices during the 2021-2022 winter. The energy sector has posted modest gains alongside higher crude prices. With second-quarter earnings largely complete, Mike expects sector performance to be driven by oil prices, the broader equity market, and company-specific fundamentals. In power, he highlighted Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's executive order imposing stricter oversight on proposed data centers, including electricity and water-use guidelines and local approvals, effectively giving communities greater influence over siting decisions. Mark Castiglione joined us throughout the day and added his questions and perspective to the discussion.

Brian Szytel recaps a modest down day in markets with the Dow down 116 points, S&P 500 down 0.7%, and Nasdaq down 1.3%, noting S&P advancers outnumbered decliners and equal-weight outperformed cap-weighted in a rotation toward value; the 10-year Treasury closed near 4.71%. Economic data was mixed: pending home sales fell 2.3% versus an expected 0.6% gain, housing starts missed at 1.2 million versus 1.3 million expected, import prices fell 0.4% versus an expected 0.1% rise, and industrial production came in at 0.2% versus 0.4% expected. He argues media “doomsdayism” about higher long-end yields overlooks longer-term context, with 30-year yields around 5.3% being normal historically, while acknowledging deficit and debt risks and linking higher growth to higher yields. He also cautions that CEO insider buying is only one data point and not a standalone investment thesis, emphasizing bottom-up fundamental analysis. 00:00 Market Wrap Intro 01:04 Housing Data Misses 01:41 Inflation and Production 02:12 Bond Yields Perspective 02:49 Debt Fears and Growth 04:21 Insider Buying Reality 05:11 Fundamentals Over Tips 05:26 Closing and Sign Off Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Plus: Oil prices edged higher to roughly $91 a barrel. And UGI Corp. shares rose after the natural-gas and electricity distributor got a takeover offer from KKR. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hawaiian Electric says over 117,000 customers remain without power after Hurricane Lala heavily damaged Hawaii Island's transmission system. Meanwhile all government offices, courts, and schools are closed today, with most campuses reopening tomorrow. And for many in Pahala, the situation is starting to feel dire with no power, running water, or sewer services.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/4bTEA2m From Charlottesville, host David Bahnsen recaps Monday market action: the Dow fell 273 points (~0.5%), the S&P 500 also about 0.5%, and the Nasdaq about 0.3%, with energy the only positive sector (up ~0.9%) and communication services the worst (down ~1.5%); the 10-year yield ended near 4.73% as the yield curve steepened. He highlights a chart showing AI-driven capital expenditures as an unprecedented share of GDP and discusses risks tied to funding costs. Citing Strategas, he notes steepening periods historically favor energy and financials over tech/communications. On politics, he sees polling and prediction markets suggesting a potential Democratic Senate flip, with Michigan pivotal, though Republicans may have a post–Labor Day spending edge. Economically, July retail sales fell 0.6%, while large tariff refunds may be supporting activity; he also flags housing affordability issues and previews Jackson Hole and upcoming Dividend Cafe content. 00:00 Welcome and Charlottesville 00:44 Market Close Recap 01:36 AI CapEx and GDP 02:59 Yield Curve Steepening 04:38 Senate Polling Outlook 07:36 Retail Sales and Tariff Refunds 09:06 Housing Affordability Chart 10:17 Fed Signals and Jackson Hole 11:39 Oil Prices and Rig Counts 12:26 Upcoming Shows and Wrap Up Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Barry Rosen has spent decades at Interaction Associates, a firm he joined in 1984 after being drawn to their focus on making meetings more effective. He began his career training teams at Ford, Dow, and DuPont during the early era of quality initiatives, teaching engineers and project managers how to facilitate meetings and navigate interpersonal dynamics. He went on to lead the training division at Interaction Associates for a decade, building out programs in facilitative leadership. Over the years he has trained consultants at firms including McKinsey, Bain, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, helping highly analytical professionals strengthen the human side of their work. His current focus is Essential Facilitation for Project Managers, a program built around the growing number of project managers seeking these skills. What You Will Learn Listeners will hear why facilitation is a teachable skill rather than an innate trait, and how it applies directly to running better meetings and better projects. Barry explains the three dimensions every skilled facilitator manages: results, process, and relationship. He and Michael discuss how artificial intelligence is changing the analytical side of project work while making the human and emotional side more important than ever. The conversation covers why so many AI initiatives stall, often because teams never clarified their outcomes or ownership before deploying the technology. Barry also walks through how project managers are evolving into process consultants who understand stakeholder needs, build agreements, and guide teams through structured problem solving rather than jumping straight to solutions. Episode Highlights Barry traces his path from joining Interaction Associates in 1984 to training engineering teams at Ford, Dow, and DuPont during the early push for quality and consensus based collaboration in American manufacturing. He describes the moment facilitation and collaborative leadership merged into a single discipline, and how that shift fueled a decade of growth in his training programs. Michael shares a personal story about a healthcare clinic project that had to be rebuilt in six weeks after a change in scope, illustrating how communication gaps derail even well managed projects. Barry connects this to his concept of collaborative intelligence, the ability to build agreements and reach outcomes that work for a group rather than any single person. The discussion turns to AI agents joining meetings as active participants, with Barry predicting this will become a normal part of how project teams operate. He closes by describing the upcoming Essential Facilitation for Project Managers program, set to launch in September. Guest Contact Information Barry Rosen, Interaction Associates Upcoming webinars and programs: https://interactionassociates.com/events Call to Action If this conversation on facilitation and collaborative leadership resonated with you, visit https://www.breakfastleadership.com/leadershipos to schedule your Leadership Diagnostic and find out where your organization's coordination gaps really are. More from Barry Rosen: https://www.interactionassociates.com/resources/blog/author/barry-rosen

We are still feeling the impacts this morning from what is now Tropical Storm Lala. We'll tell you about the current outage numbers across the state. Plus, there are many closures today as Governor Green has declared a statewide shutdown. We'll tell you who this affects. Casey Lund will be out live this morning in Waianae to take a look at the damage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's the latest on inflation? And what's pushing shares of old-school energy companies higher? Plus, why is Reddit joining the S&P 500? Host Shradha Dinesh discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What's the latest on inflation? And what's pushing shares of old-school energy companies higher? Plus, why is Reddit joining the S&P 500? Host Shradha Dinesh discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Plus: Oil prices climb more than 1% on reports that at least one tanker came under attack in the Persian Gulf. And Reddit shares jump ahead of the social-media company joining the S&P 500. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brian Szytel reviews a broad market rally with the Dow up 69 points, the S&P 500 up two-thirds of a percent, and the Nasdaq up eight-tenths, alongside a modest bond rally as the 10-year yield fell three basis points to 4.65; WTI oil declined about 2.5% to $81. He highlights disinflationary data following a cooler CPI, with PPI coming in flat versus expectations of +0.2 and core PPI at 0.2 versus 0.3, putting core PPI at 4.2% year over year. Fed futures shifted, with September hike odds falling to about 32% from over 50% two days prior, while fundamentals remain strong despite valuation concerns near 22x. Weekly jobless claims were slightly worse at 209k versus 204k. He also discusses how inflation can erode sovereign debt burdens, risks of high debt-to-GDP (U.S. ~120%), and contrasts with Japan's 204% given domestic ownership of JGBs. 00:00 Market Rally Recap 00:46 Inflation Data Boost 01:55 Rates Expectations Shift 02:26 Valuations Versus Fundamentals 03:08 Weekly Claims And Geopolitics 03:33 Debt And Inflation Playbook 04:54 US Debt To GDP Context 05:35 Japan Comparison And Scale 06:24 Wrap Up And Next Episode Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Plus: Enthusiasm for the AI trade continues to build overseas. South Korea's Kospi index gained more than 3% for a second straight day, and Lenovo Group's shares rose 20% in Hong Kong after the company posted record-high revenue. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On Wednesday, August 12, Brian Szytel reports a quiet, mixed market day as July CPI came in essentially in line with expectations, leaving stocks and bonds little changed (Dow flat, S&P up 0.25%, Nasdaq up 0.5%, 10-year unchanged). Headline CPI rose 0.1% month over month to 3.4% year over year, while core CPI rose 0.2%, with medical care, airfares, used vehicles, and shelter contributing. Fed September hike odds fell from about 50% to 42% ahead of upcoming PPI data and Jackson Hole. He notes inflation is moving in the right direction slowly, while employment signals are mixed (unemployment 4.1%, weaker JOLTS and slightly missed nonfarm gains). Addressing a question on baby boomers supporting children, he says wealth transfers are not money creation and are a “closed loop,” though lower labor force participation and skills could hurt productivity. 00:00 Market Recap 00:33 CPI Breakdown 01:43 Fed Outlook Ahead 02:30 Jobs And Softening Data 03:01 Boomer Wealth Question 04:07 Is It Inflationary 05:05 Wrap Up From Florida Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Consumer prices increased 3.4% year-over-year. Plus: CoreWeave and Super Micro Computer shares soar after Tuesday's earnings reports. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    Bleeding is what kills people after trauma. That single fact sits at the center of this WarDocs episode, in which host Dr. Wayne Causey, a vascular surgeon, sits down with two military interventional radiologists — Dr. John Pavlus of Brooke Army Medical Center and Dr. Jonathan Schutt, an interventional radiology resident at Yale — to examine one of the fastest-moving areas in modern medicine and what it could mean for the wounded service member. Endovascular care, as they describe it, is deceptively simple to explain and remarkably hard to field: a small stick in the groin or the wrist, image guidance instead of an incision, and wires and catheters small enough to be called straws, threaded through the vascular tree to block a bleeding artery or reline an injured one. As one guest puts it, the patient goes home with a band-aid.    The conversation moves quickly from definition to system. At Brooke Army Medical Center, a trauma activation commits the interventional team to needle-stick access within sixty minutes of the call, day or night. That standard was not bought with equipment. It was built on years of bi-directional trust with the trauma surgeons, to the point that the team now responds without stopping to relitigate the imaging. Both guests are blunt that ownership is the price of admission: if interventional radiology wants a seat on the trauma team, it has to show up at two in the morning for cases that are neither lucrative nor glamorous.   The harder question is how far forward this capability can go. REBOA is scaled today at Role 2, and stent graft and embolization cases in Role 3 remain largely case-reportable events performed by clinicians who brought their own equipment. The limiting factor, both guests argue, is not technique — it is imaging, logistics, and institutional will. Meanwhile, Israeli teams transition to bunker operations within twenty-four hours, and Ukrainian experience with drone-driven injury patterns is already reshaping assumptions about REBOA and embolization that the United States has not yet tested.   The episode closes on people rather than platforms: the case for a military interventional community that crosses Service lines and partners with surgical colleagues, the argument for a skill identifier that lets the system find the right clinician, and a practical inventory of what one interventional radiologist would carry in a backpack if told to deploy tomorrow. Chapters (01:11-06:26) Two Pathways Into Military Interventional Radiology (06:26-10:15) Endovascular Care Explained: A Lot Through a Pinhole (10:15-17:02) The Sixty-Minute Trauma Activation at Brooke Army Medical Center (17:02-26:11) Forward Capability: REBOA, Stent Grafts, and the Role 2 and Role 3 Gap (26:11-35:54) Silos, Superpowers, and the Real Cost Equation (35:54-49:56) Allied Lessons, a Military IR Community, and What Fits in a Backpack Chapter Summaries (01:11-06:26) Two Pathways Into Military Interventional Radiology Both guests trace how they arrived at interventional radiology and at military service — one from the Air Force Academy and a fighter pilot track redirected by a day shadowing an orthopedic surgeon, the other from a childhood spent in a pararescue uncle's uniform and an HPSP commissioning. Each was pulled toward endovascular work by the same realization: that the future of the specialty was in doing more through less. Their training routes differ, one through diagnostic radiology and fellowship, the other through an integrated residency pathway. (06:26-10:15) Endovascular Care Explained: A Lot Through a Pinhole The guests define endovascular care in the language they use with patients: a small poke in the groin or the wrist, image guidance rather than an open field, and catheters threaded through the vascular tree like a plumber working pipes. Roughly ninety-five percent of the work is image guided, most often with fluoroscopy. The host adds the surgeon's framing — always ask what can be fixed through the blood vessel before opening a chest or an abdomen. (10:15-17:02) The Sixty-Minute Trauma Activation at Brooke Army Medical Center A blunt trauma patient arrives, CT shows active extravasation from a high-grade splenic injury, and the trauma activation commits the interventional team to needle-stick access within sixty minutes. The guests describe how that pathway was built on bi-directional trust rather than debate over each scan, and why the team now launches without relitigating the imaging. Both stress that owning trauma call — unglamorous, poorly reimbursed, and at all hours — is what earns interventional radiology its place on the team. (17:02-26:11) Forward Capability: REBOA, Stent Grafts, and the Role 2 and Role 3 Gap The conversation turns to what exists downrange. REBOA is scaled today at Role 2, and endovascular hemorrhage control at Role 3 remains largely a set of case reportable events performed with clinician-supplied equipment. The guests explain stent grafts as simultaneous hemorrhage control and reconstruction, and identify imaging, transport, and packaging — not procedural skill — as the true limiting factors on projecting this capability forward. (26:11-35:54) Silos, Superpowers, and the Real Cost Equation One guest argues that interventional radiology has been siloed by civilian incentives the military has no reason to copy, and that the specialty's real advantage is the fusion of diagnostic reading and procedural skill he calls a superpower. The host and guests weigh the higher up-front cost of advanced imaging and devices against the dramatically lower recovery burden of a pinhole procedure. The biggest hurdle, one guest says flatly, is people — convincing decision makers the capability is worth funding. (35:54-49:56) Allied Lessons, a Military IR Community, and What Fits in a Backpack Israeli teams shifting hospitals to bunker operations within twenty-four hours and Ukrainian experience with drone-driven injury patterns are held up as evidence the United States is playing catch-up. The guests describe the effort to build a military interventional radiology community across Services and to partner with the American College of Surgeons military chapter. The episode closes with a practical deployment loadout — ultrasound, micropuncture kits, sheaths, a base catheter, coils, and wire — and a walk through current training pathways into the specialty. Take Home Messages Bleeding is the mission. The immediate cause of preventable death after trauma is hemorrhage, which is why endovascular capability belongs in the operational conversation at all. Every argument for pushing this capability forward reduces to stopping the bleeding fast enough, and doing it without creating a second catastrophe. Framing the specialty this way makes its military relevance impossible to dismiss. Trust is the system, not the equipment. A sixty-minute call-to-stick standard at a level one trauma center was not purchased — it was built over years of bi-directional trust between the trauma team and the interventional service. Once that trust exists, the activation launches without relitigating the imaging, and everything else falls into motion. Any unit trying to replicate the capability should build the relationship before it buys the gear. Ownership earns the seat. Trauma call is unglamorous, poorly reimbursed, and inconvenient, which is exactly why some centers have written interventional radiology out of the pathway entirely. Showing up at two in the morning, reviewing imaging alongside the trauma team, and taking responsibility for the patient is what secures a permanent place on that team. Presence before the activation is what makes the activation work. The limiting factor is logistics, not technique. Everything done at a level one trauma center is technically achievable far forward — the constraint is diagnostic imaging, fluoroscopy, packaging, and airlift, not procedural skill. Progress therefore depends on investment decisions and institutional will rather than on new procedures. Convincing leaders that the capability is valuable is the hurdle, and funding follows conviction. Allies are already ahead, and the injury patterns are changing. Israeli teams move a hospital into bunker operations within twenty-four hours, and Ukrainian experience with drone-driven wounding is already reshaping assumptions about balloon occlusion and embolization. Planning for the last war is the fastest way to arrive unprepared for the next one. Learning from partner nations now is cheaper than relearning under fire. 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P.M. Edition for Aug. 11. President Trump didn't fly out of Turkey in his new Air Force One last month, instead using an elaborate decoy operation. WSJ chief political correspondent Josh Dawsey runs through the new details about how and why that happened. Plus, the University of Michigan says it will drop first-semester grades for freshmen next school year. Doug Belkin, who covers higher education for the Journal, discusses how it will work and why the university made this decision. And some of the top officials in global soccer are calling for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign. We hear from WSJ sports editor Joshua Robinson about what the drama could mean for future competitions. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brian Szytel hosts Dividend Cafe on Tuesday, August 11, describing a quiet, rudderless market session ahead of tomorrow's CPI, with the Dow and S&P down about 0.3% and the Nasdaq down about 0.6%, the 10-year near 4.69%, and oil up about 1%. He notes better-than-expected NFIB small business optimism (99.8 vs. 97) and slightly stronger existing home sales (~4.1 million) though housing remains frozen by higher rates. Szytel then analyzes U.S. federal debt growth across eras since 2000, citing debt CAGR of 7.3% (2000–2008), 8.0% (2008–2017), 9.5% (2017–2022), and 6.6% (2022–now), arguing debt still grows faster than nominal GDP even in strong times. He also clarifies U.S. tax revenue is 17% of GDP federally but 27% including state and local when comparing to Europe's ~50%. 00:00 Market Snapshot 00:56 Economic Data Check 01:39 Debt Growth Explained 02:53 Debt Eras Breakdown 04:03 Why It Still Matters 05:43 Tax Revenue Clarification 06:47 Wrap Up Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

Plus: Oil touches $90 a barrel before pulling back to roughly $89. And Trump Media & Technology continued its fall after posting a 10-fold increase in losses in the second quarter yesterday. Pierre Bienaimé hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Today's Post - https://bahnsen.co/4hmEuE3 David Bahnsen hosts the Monday Dividend Cafe, recapping a quiet market day with the Dow down 60 points, the S&P essentially flat, and the Nasdaq down 32 bps, while noting rapid credit-spread tightening and the 10-year yield closing at 4.7%. Energy led sectors as oil rose over 5%, while REITs lagged; he highlights that most S&P 500 profit-margin expansion is concentrated in large tech rather than the broader index. PitchBook data show 33,600 unsold private-equity-owned companies globally, up year-to-date. On policy, the Senate recessed after voting to fund the government through mid-December, with no movement on a GOP budget blueprint or the CLARITY crypto bill. The key development was Friday's jobs report: 23,000 jobs lost, large downward revisions, and a lower unemployment rate driven by labor-force exits, reducing September hike odds to 50/50. Redfin data show widespread below-ask home sales, especially in Florida and Texas, and he addresses a listener question about faith references in his Friday piece. 00:00 Welcome and Agenda 00:24 Market Wrap and Rates 00:57 Credit Spreads and Risk 02:18 Sector Moves and Breadth 02:57 Margins and AI Divide 04:12 Private Equity Backlog 05:17 Friday Episode Plug 06:02 Middle East and Oil 06:28 Washington Policy Update 07:21 Jobs Report Shock 07:55 Fed Outlook After Jobs 08:43 Housing Price Softening 10:50 Energy and SPR Levels 11:29 Ask TBG Faith Question 13:49 Closing and Friday Preview Links mentioned in this episode: DividendCafe.com TheBahnsenGroup.com

What sent the Dow to a new record high? And why did chip stocks stumble despite blockbuster earnings? Plus, who's behind SpaceX's most recent rally? Host Imani Moise discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.