10-17-2022 – Is the U.S. Consumer Healthy?

Despite inflation anxiety, one large bank is reporting that credit volume is up, and that credit remains pristine, with late-payment metrics still well below pre-2020 averages. Today's Stocks & Topics: Small Cap Companies, Interest Rates and Bank Profitability, JOBY - Joby Aviation Inc., VTIP - Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund, RNG - RingCentral Inc. Cl A, RIO - Rio Tinto PLC ADR, ENB - Enbridge Inc., ASML - ASML Holding N.V.The PERSPECTIVE looks at the stock market’s September Effect.Our Sponsors:* Check out Anthropic and use my code Claude.ai/invest for a great deal: https://www.anthropic.com* Check out Chilipad and use my code sleep.me/INVEST for a great deal: https://sleep.me* Check out Plaud AI and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://plaud.ai* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince and use my code quince.com/invest for a great deal: https://www.quince.com* Check out TaskRabbit and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://taskrabbit.com* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST20 for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands