Wall Street’s Favorite Strategies May Be Setting up the Next Crash

Written byAdam Shapiro
Friday, Sep 26, 2025 3:00 pm ET1min read
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- Michael Green's Capital & Power episode examines Wall Street strategies risking systemic crises through passive investing and corporate buybacks.

- Analysis highlights 401(k) benefit cuts favoring shareholders, H-1B visa abuses displacing U.S. workers, and rising socialist pressures on capitalism.

- The episode questions if gold/Bitcoin can hedge against crises while exposing generational divides and corporate governance flaws.

- Scheduled for Sept 29 release, the episode challenges assumptions about retirement systems, labor markets, and market stability.

Episode drops Monday September 29, at 6 a.m. ET

Wall Street’s favorite strategies may be setting up the next crisis. In this episode of Capital & Power, Michael Green — Chief Strategist at Simplify — pulls back the curtain on the dangerous illusions driving markets, from passive investing and corporate buybacks to the future of 401(k)s, H-1B visas, and U.S. capitalism itself. Inside the episode:

💥 401(k) betrayal: why companies slash retirement benefits while rewarding shareholders

💥 Passive investing’s illusion: how index funds fuel momentum and hide systemic risks

💥 H-1B visa fallout: fake job postings, cheap labor, and lost opportunities for U.S. graduates

💥Capitalism under pressure: rising socialism, Mamdani in NYC, and the generational divide

💥Crisis hedges: gold, Bitcoin, and whether anything truly protects investors

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Adam Shapiro

Adam Shapiro is a three-time Emmy Award–winning content creator, former network news correspondent, and founder of the multimedia production company TALKENOMICS. At AInvest, he created and launched Capital & Power, a video podcast series designed to drive engagement and establish thought leadership, while also producing original live streams, financial articles, and investor-focused video content. Previously, as a correspondent at FOX Business, Shapiro established the network’s Washington, D.C. bureau, reported from the White House, Capitol Hill, and the Federal Reserve, and secured exclusive bipartisan interviews with influential leaders. His reporting helped solidify FOX Business as the most-watched business channel on television. At the same time, his original Talkenomics series drew tens of thousands of viewers per episode through insightful conversations with policymakers, economists, and thought leaders. At Yahoo Finance, he played a critical leadership role in expanding digital programming to eight hours of live, bell-to-bell financial news coverage, dramatically increasing traffic from 68M to 104M unique monthly visitors and growing ad revenue from zero to over $50 million annually. Yahoo Finance continues to benefit from the credibility of Shapiro’s exclusive interviews with former President Donald Trump and numerous Fortune 500 CEOs.