{"id":57094,"date":"2026-08-02T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T19:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/?p=57094"},"modified":"2026-07-30T13:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:51:56","slug":"tdi-podcast-the-real-risk-explained-984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/02\/tdi-podcast-the-real-risk-explained-984\/","title":{"rendered":"TDI Podcast – The Real Risk Explained (#984)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saying Goodbye to JCD.<\/p>\n

The first test of the Fed Chair \u2013 with a miserable outcome.<\/p>\n

Some eye popping moves.<\/p>\n

An update on the meniscus repair.<\/p>\n

And our guest this week \u2013 Christoper Whalen \u2013 Publisher of The Institutional Risk Analyst<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Christopher Whalen is one of America’s best-known independent banking analysts and financial historians. He is Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors and publisher of The Institutional Risk Analyst<\/em>, where he analyzes banks, credit markets, housing finance, and financial regulation. Chris has spent decades studying the U.S. financial system from both the public and private sectors and is the author of Inflated: Money, Debt and the American Dream<\/em>. His market commentary is widely followed because he’s willing to challenge conventional thinking\u2014and often does so well before consensus catches up.<\/p>\n

Chris recently became a brand ambassador for Monetary Metals<\/a>, a company whose approach to making physical gold a productive asset aligns with views he’s held for years about the role of gold in a portfolio.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Follow @rcwhalen<\/a>