Podcasts
Astor’s Podcast Series
Listen to Astor Investment Management podcast series. We believe that diligent analysis of economic data can provide valuable signals for longer-term financial market allocations.
22Apr
Astor Podcast Series – Episode 145
Astor’s Chief Investment Officer Jan Eckstein and Armory Capital’s CEO Nick Tell sort out the impacts of the tariffs and when the effects will show up in hard data. C-M-726227-2025-04-22
24Mar
Astor Podcast Series – Episode 144
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Amory Capital CEO Nick Tell discuss some basic questions about the current economic environment. C-M-708931-2025-03-24
21Feb
Astor Podcast Series – Episode 143
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory Capital CEO Nick Tell break down the implications of the latest Trump policy announcements C-M-693209-2025-02-21
20Nov
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory Capital CEO Nick Tell discuss what Trump’s victory will mean for the economy and the Fed.
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory Capital CEO Nick Tell discuss what Trump’s victory will mean for the economy and the Fed. – LISTEN NOW! Episode 142 MAS-M-646020-2024-11-20
10Oct
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory CEO Nick Tell Discuss the Recent Surprising Economic News and What it Means for the Fed
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory’s Nick Tell Discuss the Recent Surprising Economic News and What it Means For the Fed – LISTEN NOW! Episode 141 MAS-M-619560-2024-10-10
14Aug
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory CEO Nick Tell Give An Overview of Where the Economy is Today.
Astor CIO Jan Eckstein and Armory CEO Nick Tell Give An Overview of Where the Economy is Today. Episode 140 Listen Now! MAS-M-591835-2024-08-13
20Jun
What Does the Recent Economic News/Data Mean For the Fed Outlook?
Astor’s CIO John “Jan” Eckstein and Nick Tell, CEO of Armory Capital discuss the latest news/data and what it means for the Fed Outlook – LISTEN NOW! Podcast # 139 MAS-M-563296-2024-06-21
6May
What do the Latest Unemployment Numbers Mean for the Fed Outlook?
Astor’s CIO John “Jan” Eckstein and Nick Tell, CEO of Armory Capital discuss the latest unemployment numbers and what they mean for the Fed Outlook – LISTEN NOW! Podcast # 138 MAS-M-541552-2024-05-06
9Apr
How The Latest Economic Data Shifts the Fed Outlook
Astor CIO, John Eckstein and CEO, Bryan Novak discuss how the latest economic data shifts the Fed outlook – LISTEN NOW! Ep 137 MAS-M-524452-2024-04-09
16Feb
Economy in Focus: Labor Market, Payroll Numbers, and Powell Insights
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Nick Tell, CEO of Armory Capital discuss the labor market, payroll numbers, and Powell insights – LISTEN NOW! Podcast # 136 MAS-M-496303-2024-02-07
8Jan
Job Market Insights: Analyzing the Latest Numers and Their Impact on the Federal Reserve
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Nick Tell, CEO of Armory Capital discuss the the latest economic numbers and their impact on the federal reserve. LISTEN NOW! MAS-M-476982-2024-01-08
5Jan
Comprehensive Review of 2023’s Economic Moves and a Look Ahead into 2024
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Portfolio Manager/Vice President – Research, Nick Porter discuss 2023 economic moves and a look ahead into 2024. LISTEN NOW! MAS-M-472157-2023-12-20
14Dec
Let’s Look at Labor, Employment, and Payroll Trends
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Nick Tell, CEO of Armory Capital discuss the Labor Market and Payroll Trends. LISTEN NOW! MAS-M-467041-2023-12-08
9Oct
Get the Breakdown of the Latest Payroll Number with CEO Rob Stein and CIO John Eckstein
CIO John Eckstein and CEO Rob Stein discuss the current state of the economy, which they coin as ‘Goldilocks.’ In this episode 130, they delve into key economic indicators such as the employment situation report, inflation, an economy review, and payroll numbers. Tune in now! MAS-M-434759-2023-10-09
28Sep
Exploring The Best Opportunities in the Fixed-Income Market Right Now!
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Nick Tell, CEO of Armory Capital discuss the Fed’s outlook for the rest of the year and the fixed-income market as of today. LISTEN NOW! MAS-M-428351-2023-09-22
19Sep
What is the Fed Outlook with the Recent Economic Data?
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Portfolio Manager/Vice President – Research, Nick Porter provide insights on recent economic data and the Fed’s outlook. LISTEN NOW! MAS-M-424640-2023-09-12
8Aug
Payroll Pulse – Navigating the Economy
Astor Investment Management’s CEO, Rob Stein and CIO, John Eckstein discuss the payroll pulse and navigating the economy. Listen now! Episode 126 MAS-M-413594-2023-08-08
20Jul
Economic Kaleidoscope: Unveiling Super Insight into the Economy
Astor Investment Management’s, CIO John Eckstein along with John Davi, CEO Astoria Portfolio Advisors discuss the economic kaleidoscope! Listen now! Episode 125 MAS-M-403727-2023-07-17
11Jul
Will the Unemployment Report Change the Fed’s Course?
Astor’s CEO Rob Stein and CIO John Eckstein discuss if the unemployment report will change the the fed’s course in our latest podcast! Listen now! Episode 124 MAS-M-400563-2023-07-10
9Jun
Unraveling the Economy’s Beat – Fed Rates, Payroll Numbers and Labor Insights
Astor’s CEO Rob Stein and CIO John Eckstein discuss insights on the fed rate, payroll numbers and the labor market. MAS-M-391216-2023-06-07
5Jun
Tune in for A Succinct Rundown of the Latest in Inflation Trends and Economic Growth
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Portfolio Manager/Vice President – Research, Nick Porter provide insights on inflation trends and economic growth. MAS-M-388004-2023-05-29
4May
Staying Ahead of the Curve: Navigating Fed Policy, Robust Inflation, and the Economy
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Portfolio Manager/Vice President – Research, Nick Porter provide insights on the current economic landscape and the challenges the Fed is facing in controlling inflation. MAS-M-378863-2023-05-02
15Mar
What does the Latest Employment Report implies to Fed?
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO John Eckstein analyze the latest employment report and discuss what it implies to the Fed. MAS-M-360082-2023-03-14
10Mar
Get up-to-date on Economic Conditions in the U.S.
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Portfolio Manager/ VP – Research Nicholas Porter get you up-to-date on the economic conditions in the U.S. MAS-M-357438-2023-03-07
7Feb
Breakdown of the Latest Employment Report & What it means to the Fed?
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO, John Eckstein break down the latest employment report and what it means for the Fed. MAS-M-346515-2023-02-06
24Jan
Get up-to-date on Inflation and the Fed
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Portfolio Manager/ VP – Research Nicholas Porter get you up to date on Inflation and the Fed. MAS-M-339921-2023-01-20
11Jan
Breakdown of the Latest Economic News
Astor’s CEO Rob Stein and CIO, John Eckstein discuss the breakdown of the latest economic news. MAS-M-334704-2023-01-09
20Dec
Outlook for inflation and the Fed
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Research Associate Nick Porter share their thoughts on inflation and the Fed. MAS-M-330565-2022-12-16
18Nov
Gauging Fed and Market Reaction to CPI
Astor’s CIO John Eckstein and Research Associate Nick Porter share their thoughts on the Fed and Market Reaction to CPI. MAS-M-321021-2022-11-14
8Nov
Fed and Payroll Outlook
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO John Eckstein share their thoughts on the Fed and Payroll Outlook. MAS-M-318084-2022-11-06
18Oct
The Latest Inflation News and Outlook
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter discuss the latest inflation news and outlook. MAS-M-310193-2022-10-17
11Oct
Latest Unemployment Report and The Fed Outlook
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO, John Eckstein, discuss the latest unemployment report and the Fed outlook. MAS-M-308024-2022-10-11
3Oct
The UK Meltdown
Astor’s research team throws an emergency podcast on the UK Meltdown.
22Sep
Breaking down the latest Fed meeting
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter, break down the latest fed meeting.
15Aug
Latest inflation news and the outlook for the Fed
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and research associate, Nick Porter, deep dive into the latest inflation news and the outlook for the Fed.
8Aug
What does the latest payroll report tell us about inflation and the fed?
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO, John Eckstein, discuss the latest payroll report and what it tells us about inflation and the fed.
25Jul
Fed preview and inflation outlook
Federal Reserve preview and inflation outlook with CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter.
11Jul
Is The Market Showing Signs of A Recession?
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO, John Eckstein, break down the latest employment report looking for signs of the recession everyone is talking about.
1Jul
Is a recession coming?
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter, discuss if a recession is on its way using the latest economic data.
11Jun
Federal Reserve outlook given yesterday’s inflation numbers
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter, discuss the Fed’s outlook after yesterday’s inflation numbers.
1Jun
Is a recession likely?
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter break down the latest economic data to help them decide whether or not a recession is likely to occur.
15May
Stock Market Tantrums
Astor’s CEO, Rob Stein, and CIO, John Eckstein, discuss changes in labor market, updates on the Fed, and recent stock market tantrums.
29Apr
Breaking down the latest GDP report and the outlook for the Fed in this week’s Astor Economic Week in Review
CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Partner, Nick Porter, dive deep into the latest GDP report and outlook for the Fed.
18Apr
The Strength of the Economy at the start of Q2
CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter, discuss Inflation, CPI, PPI Final Demand, and the Fed. AIM-4/18/22-OP560
5Apr
Employment Report Discussion
Discussion Topics: Overall Strength of Economy Jobs Report Fed Moves AIM-4/4/22-OP554
21Mar
Latest Updates on the Fed and the U.S. Economy
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and research partner, Nick Porter, discuss the latest Fed and U.S. Economy updates. AIM-3/21/22-OP553
8Mar
Insights into the latest unemployment report and the effect of the war in Ukraine on US inflation.
Astor’s CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Partner, Nick Porter, discuss the latest unemployment report and the effect of the war in Ukraine on US inflation. AIM-3/7/22-OP549
28Feb
Will the war in Ukraine derail the US economy? The Astor research team debate.
John Eckstein, CIO at AIM, and his research partner, Nick Porter, dive deep into how and if the Ukraine and Russian war will impact the US economy. AIM-2/28/22-OP545
11Feb
The Latest on Inflation from the Astor Research Team
CIO, John Eckstein, and Research Partner, Nick Porter, discuss changes in the U.S economy and the latest updates on inflation. AIM-2/11/22-OP541
8Feb
Was the latest payroll report as strong as it seems?
John Eckstein and Bryan Novak break down the latest payroll report.
21Jan
Inflation and The Fed
Inflation and the Fed is the topic of this week’s podcast. Plus: why January’s data may be the worst in months. With Chief Investment Officer, John Eckstein, and Research Associate, Nick Porter. AIM-1/21/22-OP523
13Jan
Payroll Numbers 2022
Topics Covered: Disappointing payroll number made up for by a substantial household number When adjusting the household survey to match the same concepts as the establishment survey there has been a relatively big gap over the last 1 1/2 years and that gap is closing quickly Less acceleration this quarter than the previous quarter Payroll numbers…
