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Evan Eh! June 25, 2026 1m

AI, Stocks, and Oil: The System is BROKEN!

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  1. Yeah, I just ate. Millions of jobs. It's Yeah, I just ate. Millions of jobs. It's hungry. Oil prices are doing weird hungry. Oil prices are doing weird hungry. Oil prices are doing weird things that would have gotten a finance things that would have gotten a finance things that would have gotten a finance professor fired for predicting them when professor fired for predicting them when professor fired for predicting them when I was in grad school 7 years ago. The I was in grad school 7 years ago. The I was in grad school 7 years ago. The stock market's sitting at all-time highs stock market's sitting at all-time highs stock market's sitting at all-time highs inexplicably, which sounds great, except inexplicably, which sounds great, except inexplicably, which sounds great, except everyone with a functioning brain knows everyone with a functioning brain knows everyone with a functioning brain knows that the math just doesn't make certain that the math just doesn't make certain that the math just doesn't make certain sense right now. So, we're all just sense right now. So, we're all just sense right now. So, we're all just standing around basically waiting for standing around basically waiting for standing around basically waiting for something to happen, the shoe to drop, something to happen, the shoe to drop, something to happen, the shoe to drop, right? Companies are doing efficiency right? Companies are doing efficiency right? Companies are doing efficiency restructuring, which is corporate for restructuring, which is corporate for restructuring, which is corporate for your [ __ ] your job's gone. LinkedIn your [ __ ] your job's gone. LinkedIn your [ __ ] your job's gone. LinkedIn posts about just citing new directions. posts about just citing new directions. posts about just citing new directions. If you're sitting there thinking, "Okay, If you're sitting there thinking, "Okay, If you're sitting there thinking, "Okay, I'll just work harder. I'll save more. I'll just work harder. I'll save more. I'll just work harder. I'll save more. I'll wait until I'm 65." I think you I'll wait until I'm 65." I think you I'll wait until I'm 65." I think you need to hear this. You need to wake up. need to hear this. You need to wake up. need to hear this. You need to wake up. That plan was very shaky That plan was very shaky That plan was very shaky 10 years ago in 2015 or 2010. Right now, 10 years ago in 2015 or 2010. Right now, 10 years ago in 2015 or 2010. Right now, it's broken. When I lived a version of it's broken. When I lived a version of it's broken. When I lived a version of this, I was in my 30s living abroad with this, I was in my 30s living abroad with this, I was in my 30s living abroad with no savings, debt, watching my peers back no savings, debt, watching my peers back no savings, debt, watching my peers back home buy houses in cities that were just home buy houses in cities that were just home buy houses in cities that were just pricing my generation out. And instead pricing my generation out. And instead pricing my generation out. And instead of doubling down on that broken system, of doubling down on that broken system, of doubling down on that broken system, I found a different equation, right? I I found a different equation, right? I I found a different equation, right? I opted out. And this one let me actually opted out. And this one let me actually opted out. And this one let me actually retire in 10 years uh starting from retire in 10 years uh starting from retire in 10 years uh starting from zero, literally. And I mean, not like I zero, literally. And I mean, not like I zero, literally. And I mean, not like I had some savings or a cross fund I don't had some savings or a cross fund I don't had some savings or a cross fund I don't talk about. Like, my parents didn't help talk about. Like, my parents didn't help talk about. Like, my parents didn't help me out. Uh I didn't even really have a me out. Uh I didn't even really have a me out. Uh I didn't even really have a viral moment, at least not at first. And viral moment, at least not at first. And viral moment, at least not at first. And not only did I not have zero, I had less not only did I not have zero, I had less not only did I not have zero, I had less than zero. I had debt, right? So, I'm than zero. I had debt, right? So, I'm than zero. I had debt, right? So, I'm going to walk you through exactly the going to walk you through exactly the going to walk you through exactly the timeline of how that math worked for me timeline of how that math worked for me timeline of how that math worked for me over 10 years. The geo arbitrage engine, over 10 years. The geo arbitrage engine, over 10 years. The geo arbitrage engine, the income strategy, the expense the income strategy, the expense the income strategy, the expense elimination, uh my actual timeline.

Summary

The transcript discusses the current unstable economic climate, with high stock markets and job restructuring, and contrasts it with the speaker's past financial struggles. The practical takeaway is to abandon the old model of working harder and saving for retirement, and instead to "opt out" and pursue alternative strategies like geo-arbitrage to achieve financial freedom.

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