Mark Melrose Strategies and Tactics
Tactical Investing & Strategic Planning is the podcast for investors, business professionals, veterans, and lifelong learners who want to think differently about wealth, leadership, and decision-making.
Drawing from over three decades of investment experience and military strategic principles, host Mark Melrose explores how successful investors, military leaders, and business professionals evaluate risk, seize opportunities, and avoid costly mistakes.
Each episode combines market analysis, economic trends, investment ideas, military strategy, leadership lessons, and real-world case studies to help you develop a stronger financial strategy and a more disciplined tactical approach.
Learn from history, understand the psychology behind successful decision-making, and discover how to align your investments with your long-term objectives. Whether you're interested in stock market investing, portfolio management, artificial intelligence, energy markets, geopolitical events, military strategy, or personal financial growth, this podcast provides actionable insights designed to help you make better decisions.
Topics include:
- Stock market analysis and investment opportunities
- Tactical investing strategies
- Military strategy and leadership lessons
- AI, technology, energy, and defense investing
- Economic and geopolitical trends
- Risk management and portfolio construction
- Behavioral finance and investor psychology
- Strategic planning for long-term success
Don't just follow the markets—learn how to think tactically, plan strategically, and invest with purpose.
Subscribe today and gain the insights needed to navigate an ever-changing world with confidence.
Episodes
11 episodes
Tariffs Explained: Who Really Pays, Who Profits, and What the News Isn't Telling You
In this podcast, you'll get the real story about tariffs—the story you won't hear from most major financial news networks. I'll explain how tariffs are collected, who actually pays them, and where the money goes. We'll also discuss the tariff l...
Subscribe for Weekly Tactical Market Insights
Every week I separate headlines from facts, helping you understand what economic and geopolitical events really mean for your investments. Drawing on over 40 years of investment experience and the tactical planning principles I learned as a Uni...
Is AI still the market's strongest investment opportunity?
This week's newsletter explores why AI continues to lead the financial markets, the industries best positioned to benefit, and how tactical investing can help you identify opportunities while managing risk.If you're looking to become a m...
Mission Ready: Apply Military Thinking to Smarter Investing
Join my free weekly newsletter and podcast to learn how military strategy, tactical thinking, and disciplined decision making can help you become a more confident investor. Plus, receive two FREE investment workbooks when you
The Information Every Investor Needs This Week-This Podcast looks at the latest news that effect your investments
Here are the most important developments from last week and what they mean for your portfolio.Oil prices, inflation data (CPI and PPI), Federal Reserve policy, profit-taking, and shifting industry leadership are all influencing to...
Episode 1 - Tactical Investment Strategies AI and how to play it
In this episode I talk about Ford and China's Geenley automotive company. AI is the terrain and what are the best weapons to use and where should you deploy them. All this and a look back and the financial markets. Along with new data on ...
Episode 2 - The Tactical Edge: Inflation, Oil Prices, and Market Momentum Week of May 3, 2026
This week on Tactical Investing & Strategic Planning, Mark Melrose discusses the major economic and geopolitical events shaping today’s financial markets. Topics include the Iran and U.S. ceasefire, rising inflation, higher oil pri...
Episode 6 - Last Week's Events Proved Why Successful Investors Always Have Plans B, C, and D
This week, we witnessed a dramatic shift in market sentiment compared to how events began and how they ultimately changed to Monday's market rally. In this episode, I discuss what changed, why it mattered, and what investors can learn from it.<...
Episode 3 - The Energy Trade: How to Take Advantage of Current and Future Oil Prices episode
In this episode, I discuss why it matters whether oil prices are rising or falling because of changes in supply or demand. Looking at today’s market environment, I share tactical investment ideas and discuss where I believe opportunities ...
Episode 4 - Where Humans Failed AI Succeed
Why Learning from the AI Process May Be More Valuable Than Its Ability to Solve Problems.I examine how AI solved an 80-year-old mathematical problem that even some of the world’s best mathematicians could not solve. It succeeded n...
Episode 5 - Will AI Take Your Job? The Human Advantage No Machine Can Replace
Markets fell sharply after a strong jobs report pushed interest rates higher. This week, I discuss AI, jobs, the human advantage, and what investors should expect next. Learn why preparation, discipline, and maintaining strategic cash reserves ...