Bear Traps In The News

Watch Larry McDonald; founder of Bear Traps Report, contributions to CNBC, RealVision and other media

MAY 2026v

 

EXPLOSIVE CLAIM: Passive investing labeled EVIL amid concentration fears

The Bear Traps Report founder Larry McDonald joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to warn of a potential semiconductor selloff, break down market concentration risks and weigh in on the impact of upcoming tech IPOs on Wall Street.


 

 

As the 60/40 Portfolio Fails, Look for a “Great Migration” in Markets w/ Larry McDonald

In this episode, Larry McDonald joins the MoneyShow MoneyMasters Podcast to discuss what he calls "The Great Migration" of capital from tech and growth stocks into hard assets. The founder of The Bear Traps Report explains why the traditional 60/40 portfolio is failing – and why investors should consider a significant allocation to commodities like gold, silver, base metals, and energy.


 

APRIL 2026

 

Double-Digit Inflation Risk Surges… 30% Market Drop by September | Larry McDonald & Michelle Makori

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Larry McDonald, Founder of The Bear Traps Report and New York Times bestselling author. McDonald warns that a major inflation shock may be building beneath the surface, driven by prolonged disruptions in global energy flows, massive fiscal spending, and structural imbalances in the system. He outlines why the probability of inflation surging back to 4-7% is rising and why there is now a meaningful risk of double-digit inflation in the U.S.


 

 

Larry McDonald: SP500 Is A Screaming Sell; But Buy The Dip In Energy

Wilfred Frost welcomes back Larry McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report and bestselling author of “A Colossal Failure of Common Sense” (2009) and “How to Listen When Markets Speak” (2024), for a timely, in-person conversation in London.


 

 

A Former Lehman Trader Sees the Same Warning Signs Again | Larry McDonald

New York Times’ bestselling author Larry McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report, returns to The Julia La Roche Show for an in-person episode discussing the risks in the markets today. McDonald makes the case that private credit is this cycle's subprime — opaque, over-leveraged, and already cracking — and warns that the retail investors who were sold quarterly liquidity on an inherently illiquid asset class are about to find out the hard way. He also breaks down why stagflation is the defining macro theme of 2026, why the 60/40 portfolio is broken, and why the great migration out of financial assets and into hard assets — energy, copper, gold, and commodities — is only in the second or third inning. Plus: a surprising first-ever Bitcoin buy, why natural gas is his top multi-year trade, and the under-the-radar risk nobody is talking about.