IBKR Podcasts

Scott Bauer, trader and educator at Prosper Trading Academy, brings market analysis on rates, inflation, oil and geopolitics. He discusses how rising interest rates are reshaping equities. They cover labor and manufacturing signals, tech and consumer staples resilience, and what to watch in CPI, PPI and Fed communications.

Michael Normile, NASDAQ market commentator and researcher, explains divergent earnings cycles and market trends. He contrasts large-cap strength driven by AI, cloud and lower interest burdens with small-cap recovery from easing inflation and wage pressures. He discusses sector concentration, monetary policy effects on valuations, and what could sustain or threaten each group’s momentum.

Will Rhind, founder and CEO of GraniteShares who builds structured-product-derived ETFs. He breaks down how autocallable ETFs are constructed using options and where the yield comes from. He contrasts their high-yield, barrier-based design with traditional income ETFs. He also covers tax quirks, which market environments favor them, and how they compare to structured notes.

Kevin Davitt, a market analyst from Nasdaq, offers quick takes on market swings and technical signals. He discusses headline-driven futures moves and trader reactions. He highlights energy’s inverse moves with stocks and worries about weak closes and breadth reversals. He flags the significance of the 200-day moving average and draws parallels to 2022 risks.

Oil prices are swinging as geopolitical tensions rise, leaving markets caught between conflict-driven shocks and an increasingly cautious Federal Reserve. In this IBKR Midweek episode, we break down what’s driving crude’s volatility, shifting rate expectations and what investors should watch next.

Brendan Ahern, Chief Investment Officer at KraneShares who specializes in China and Asian markets, discusses China's pivot to automation and AI. He explores the split between onshore and offshore markets. He outlines policy pushes toward tech self-reliance and semiconductors. He highlights humanoid robotics and embodied AI as potential new engines for China’s growth.

Host Elizaveta Gridneva sits down with Heejung Kim, Managing Director at Direxion, to unpack a dramatic week in the Korean market as geopolitical tensions and oil shocks trigger massive swings in the Kospi. They also explore Korea’s unique retail investor culture, the outsized role of semiconductor giants, and whether China’s slower growth outlook matters in a world focused on bigger global risks.

Oil prices have surged amid escalating conflict with Iran, raising concerns about supply disruptions through the critical Strait of Hormuz and the broader impact on global markets. We break down what the latest geopolitical developments could mean for oil prices, inflation and the balance between fear and FOMO driving investor behavior.

European markets have been quietly outperforming, powered by strength in banks, industrials, defense, and utilities. In this episode, experts discuss whether Europe’s resurgence is just a short-term rally or the beginning of a longer shift in global capital flows.

Markets are rattled as geopolitical risk collides with stubborn inflation and rising interest rates. In this episode of the Cents of Security Podcast, host Mary MacNamara is joined by Jose Torres, Senior Economist at Interactive Brokers, to break down what’s driving the latest volatility—from surging oil prices and elevated yields to weakening AI momentum and cracks in private credit. They unpack why traditional safe havens aren’t behaving as expected, how investors are positioning beneath the surface, and what China’s slowing growth means for global demand.