Bargain Leggings, Bonds Booming & a Teen Ban Down Under.

This week, Soph broadcasts live from her parents’ kitchen (with some White Lotus background noise), armed with a paloma and a whole lotta feelings about egg freezing, the cost of being a woman, and why her Gossip Girl rewatch is the only hormone-free coping strategy she can actually afford. Expect big convos about the tariff tit-for-tat between China and the U.S., including why Apple stock soared and why Chinese factories are now selling $8 Lululemon leggings straight to your TikTok feed (yes, really). We’re talking about how Hermes just served LVMH the ultimate glow-down by overtaking them in market value and China’s $800B bond power play and how it could send the U.S. economy into a bit of a spiral. Oh, and over in Australia, there’s talk of banning social media for under-16s - except YouTube, which gets a free pass for being “educational”.WTF Does That Mean? A Guide to All the Jargony BitsTariff – A tax on imports. Basically, countries throwing financial shade at each other.Bond – A boring-but-reliable IOU. You lend money, they pay you back (with interest).Interest Rate – How much extra you pay (or earn) when borrowing or saving money.Emergency Fund – Your oh-sh*t stash. For car repairs, surprise bills, or life.Insurance – Pay now so Future You isn’t broke if things go wrong.Share Price – The cost of owning a slice of a company. It goes up, down, and all around.Stock Market – The big ol’ shop for buying and selling company shares.Currency Strength – Strong currency = bougie holidays. Weak = staycation it is.Click here to listen to the full Abbie Chatfield convo we played in this episode.⁠⁠Leave us a message on The Curve Hotline 💌☎️⁠⁠For more from The Curve:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Investing Club⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠Disclaimer: Raising The Curve has been prepared solely for informational and educational purposes. Any information provided and serviced described in this website are intended to be of general nature and provide general information only. The opinions expressed by The Curve do not constitute investment advice.