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About

DONALD B.
JOHNS III

Founder • The Bull You Can't Bear • Satellite Beach, FL

Over two decades navigating the full spectrum of financial markets — from equities and fixed income to alternatives, private placements, and investment advisory — has given Donald Johns a ground-level understanding of how markets truly work.

That experience — built across multiple firms, market cycles, asset classes, and economic environments — is exactly what The Bull You Can't Bear is built on. Not textbook theory. Not recycled takes. Real knowledge, earned in the market.

Donald created this platform because he saw a massive gap — experienced financial professionals who actually know how markets work rarely share that knowledge in an accessible, honest, education-first format. The Bull You Can't Bear exists to close that gap.

Donald B. Johns III — Founder, The Bull You Can't Bear
Donald B. Johns III
Founder • 24 Years in Financial Services
24
Years in Financial Services
6+
Asset Classes Covered
21
Active Platforms
100%
Editorially Independent
The Story

WHY I BUILT THIS PLATFORM

I have spent 24 years working inside the financial services industry, from broker-dealer trading floors to investment advisory. I have worked with retail investors, high-net-worth clients, and institutions. I have seen bull markets, bear markets, crashes, recoveries, bubbles, and breakouts. I have seen what the industry tells people — and more importantly, what it doesn't.

What I noticed throughout my career is that most retail investors are operating with a fraction of the information they need to make good decisions. The financial media is built to generate clicks, not clarity. Most educational content is either oversimplified to the point of uselessness or buried in jargon designed to make simple concepts sound complex.

"I built The Bull You Can't Bear because I believe that financial education — real, honest, experience-backed financial education — should be accessible to everyone. Not just to those who can afford a private advisor."

— Donald B. Johns III

This platform is not about giving financial advice. It is about giving people the knowledge base they need to ask better questions, understand market forces, and approach their financial decisions with clarity and confidence. Everything I cover — market cycles, macro economics, crypto, commodities, options flow, mindset — comes from real experience across real market conditions.

The Bull You Can't Bear is the platform I wish had existed when I was starting out. A place where someone with real experience in the industry takes the time to explain how things actually work — without the sales pitch, without the conflict of interest, and without watering it down.

Career & Market History

24 YEARS INSIDE THE MARKET

Every major market event since 2000 — and, from 2002 on, experienced from inside the industry. Click any event to read the story behind it.

S&P 500 LEVEL
5500 4500 3500 2000 800 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2015 2018 2020 2023 2026 DOT-COM BUST 9/11 IMPACT BULL RUN 2003–2007 HOUSING BUBBLE PEAK 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FED QE RECOVERY FLASH CRASH LONGEST BULL MARKET COVID CRASH CRYPTO BULL 2021 RATE HIKE CYCLE 2022 AI BULL ENRON BEAR STEARNS EU DEBT CRISIS QE2/QE3 CHINA CRASH TAX CUT RALLY VOLMAG- EDDON REPO CRISIS RECOVERY MEME STOCKS FTX COLLAPSE SVB COLLAPSE DODD FRANK BTC $20K ROBINHOOD NASDAQ 5,000 PEAK WORLDCOM TAPER TANTRUM OIL CRASH BREXIT TRADE WAR SPAC/IPO BOOM 9.1% CPI S&P 5,000 10Y AT 5%
44 MARKET EVENTS — CLICK ANY TO READ THE FULL STORY
DECADE:
💻March 2000Nasdaq Hits 5,000 — The Bubble PeaksREAD ›
📉2001–20029/11 — Markets Close for 4 DaysREAD ›
📉2001–2002The Enron CollapseREAD ›
📉2002The Dot-Com BustREAD ›
🐂2002Career in Financial Services Begins.READ ›
📉July 2002WorldCom — $11 Billion FraudREAD ›
🐂2003–2007The Housing-Fueled Bull RunREAD ›
⚠️2007Housing Bubble at Its PeakREAD ›
📉2008–2009The 2008 Financial CrisisREAD ›
📉March 2008Bear Stearns CollapsesREAD ›
🐂2009The Fed Fires Back — QE BeginsREAD ›
⚡2010The Flash CrashREAD ›
🐂2010–2012QE2 & QE3 — The Fed Keeps PrintingREAD ›
⚡2010Dodd-Frank — Wall Street ReformREAD ›
📉2011–2012European Debt CrisisREAD ›
🐂2009–2020The Longest Bull Market in HistoryREAD ›
⚡May 2013The Taper TantrumREAD ›
⛽2014–2016Oil Price CollapseREAD ›
📉Summer 2015China Market CrashREAD ›
🌍June 2016Brexit — Britain Votes to Leave the EUREAD ›
🐂2017–2018The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act RallyREAD ›
₿December 2017Bitcoin Hits $20,000 — Crypto Goes MainstreamREAD ›
⚡February 2018VolmageddonREAD ›
🌐2018–2019The US-China Trade WarREAD ›
⚡September 2019The Repo Market CrisisREAD ›
⚡2019–2020The Robinhood Effect — Zero Commission TradingREAD ›
📉2020COVID-19 Market CrashREAD ›
🐂2020–2021The Fastest Recovery in Market HistoryREAD ›
🚀2020–2021The SPAC & IPO BoomREAD ›
₿2021The Crypto Bull MarketREAD ›
🎮January 2021Meme Stock Mania — GameStop vs Wall StreetREAD ›
📈2021–2022Inflation Hits 9.1% — Highest in 40 YearsREAD ›
📉2022The Rate Hike Cycle — Everything CrashesREAD ›
₿November 2022FTX Collapses — $32B Gone OvernightREAD ›
🐂2023–2026The AI Bull MarketREAD ›
📉March 2023Silicon Valley Bank CollapsesREAD ›
⚡October 202310-Year Treasury Hits 5%READ ›
💵February 2024S&P 500 Crosses 5,000READ ›
₿January 2024Bitcoin ETF Approved — Institutional Era BeginsREAD ›
⚡August 2024The Yen Carry Trade UnwindREAD ›
🐂November 2024Trump Wins — Markets SurgeREAD ›
🌍2025Iran Conflict — Middle East EscalationREAD ›
🐂2026Dow Jones Crosses 50,000 — All-Time RecordREAD ›
🐂2026S&P 500 Crosses 7,500 — New All-Time HighREAD ›
Bull
Crash
Career
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Click any event to read the full story
Experience

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Areas of Expertise
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IPOs & New Issues

Extensive experience working with Initial Public Offerings — from investor education and allocation to understanding pricing mechanics, lock-up periods, and post-IPO market behavior. Knows what Wall Street knows about new issues that retail investors rarely hear.

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Syndicate & Secondary Offerings

Deep experience in syndicate desk operations, underwriting participation, and secondary offerings — including follow-on offerings, rights offerings, and block trades. Understanding how capital is raised and what it signals about a company's trajectory.

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Private Placements

Hands-on experience in private securities offerings — Reg D, Reg A+, and other exempt offerings. Understanding the capital formation process, accredited investor requirements, and how private markets intersect with public markets.

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Equities & OTC Markets

Two decades of equity market experience spanning listed securities, OTC markets, and pink sheets. Understanding market microstructure, price discovery, and how institutional and retail order flow interact to create opportunity.

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Fixed Income & Debt Markets

Experience across corporate bonds, municipal securities, government debt, and structured products. Understanding how fixed income markets interact with equities and how rate environments drive capital rotation across asset classes.

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Investment Advisory & Portfolio Management

Years of hands-on experience in investment advisory work. Deep familiarity with asset allocation, risk management, and how portfolios are built to perform across multiple market conditions.

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Capital Markets & Capital Raising

Experience in capital markets — how companies raise debt and equity capital through private securities, broker-dealer relationships, and structured financing solutions. Understanding how capital flows from institutions to companies to markets.

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Market Cycles & Macro Analysis

Having navigated markets since 2002 — through the dot-com bust, the 2008 financial crisis, COVID crash, and the post-pandemic bull market — gives a real-world perspective on market cycles that no textbook can replicate.

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Risk Management & Position Sizing

Two decades of working through volatile markets builds a deep understanding of risk — how to size positions, set stops, manage drawdowns, and protect capital while staying positioned for opportunity. Risk management is where most investors win or lose before they ever place a trade.

Important Disclosure: The Bull You Can't Bear is an educational platform. All content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice, investment recommendations, or securities solicitation. Nothing on this platform should be construed as a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. Always consult a licensed financial professional before making investment decisions.

Philosophy

WHAT DRIVES THIS MISSION

After two decades in financial services, one thing became crystal clear: the information gap between industry professionals and everyday retail investors is massive — and it is not an accident.

Complex jargon. Incomplete information. Media built for engagement rather than education. A system that profits from confusion. The Bull You Can't Bear is my answer to all of that.

I do not believe in get-rich-quick. I believe in get-educated-first. Understanding how markets actually work — cycles, catalysts, macro forces, institutional behavior — is the real edge. That is what I teach.

I have sat on both sides of this equation. I have worked inside the industry — at broker-dealers, in capital markets, managing client money, raising capital for companies. I know what the professionals know. I know what they discuss behind closed doors. And I know how rarely any of it gets shared with the people who need it most.

That changes here. The Bull You Can't Bear exists at the intersection of four things that actually build lasting wealth: education that gives you the foundation, networking that opens the right doors, collaboration that multiplies what you can do alone, and monetization that turns all of it into real financial results.

This is not a content platform. It is not a hype machine. It is not another voice telling you what to buy. It is a movement — built on the belief that when financially educated, well-connected people work together, there is no ceiling on what they can build.

The herd that learns together, networks together, collaborates together, and builds together — wins together. That is the mission. That is what drives everything on this platform.

🔥 Contrarian by Nature

Markets reward those who think differently. Two decades in this industry taught me to always ask — what is the crowd missing?

🔎 Radical Transparency

No hidden agendas. No paid pumps. No conflicts of interest dressed up as analysis. What I say is what I actually think.

🎓 Education First, Always

Every piece of content starts with one question — does this make my audience smarter? If the answer is no, it does not get published.

🤝 Community is the Foundation

The herd wins together. Building a community of financially literate, market-savvy individuals is as important as the content itself.

🌍 Networking That Pays Dividends

The right connection at the right time changes everything. I have seen it in 24 years in finance — relationships open doors that talent alone never will. Building a network of serious, aligned market professionals is central to everything this platform stands for.

🤝 Collaboration Over Competition

The best outcomes in finance come from people who share knowledge, not hoard it. Creators, educators, investors, and professionals who collaborate build more value together than any one of them could alone. That is the model this platform is built on.

💰 Monetization Is the Goal

Financial education without a path to financial results is just theory. The mission is not just to teach — it is to help this community turn knowledge, network, and collaboration into real, measurable wealth. Education is the foundation. Monetization is the outcome.

The Official Podcast of The Bull You Can't Bear

UNBEARABLY BULLISH

Strong Markets. Stronger Mindset. Unlimited Opportunity.

Donald B. Johns III — Host of Unbearably Bullish Podcast
Donald B. Johns III
Host • Unbearably Bullish Podcast
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Donald Johns is the host of the Unbearably Bullish Podcast, the official podcast of The Bull You Can't Bear. With more than two decades of experience in financial services and business development, Donald brings insightful conversations with entrepreneurs, business leaders, investors, innovators, and industry experts.

His mission is to inspire growth through meaningful discussions on entrepreneurship, leadership, personal development, financial education, networking, and opportunity. Through every episode, Donald encourages listeners to Connect. Collaborate. Monetize. — and build stronger businesses, stronger relationships, and stronger futures.

What You'll Hear
✓ Entrepreneurship & Leadership
✓ Financial Education
✓ Market Analysis & Macro Trends
✓ Networking & Opportunity
✓ Mindset & Personal Development
✓ Business Growth Strategies
☘ Strong Markets ⚡ Stronger Mindset 🎯 Unlimited Opportunity
🦂 The Bull You Can't Bear  •  Follow The Herd. Stay Unbearably Bullish.

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