Inside the Fed: Kevin Warsh, Silver's Collapse & Stress Testing Your Retirement

What happens when someone who actually worked at the Fed joins the podcast? We brought in Hannah Sheldon, our firm’s newest research analyst and former Fed policy analyst, to break down Kevin Warsh's nomination as the next Fed chair.Hannah explains what Warsh's inflation hawk history means for interest rates, why shrinking the Fed's balance sheet could shake things up, and how his views on AI as disinflationary might give him room to cut rates. Then Adam and Andy discuss silver's sudden crater (classic bubble behavior) and finish with a deep dive into stress testing your retirement plan.⏱️ Timestamps: (1:14) Intro: Big news on the Fed chair nomination(2:18) Welcoming Hannah Sheldon, former Fed policy analyst(3:38) What should we make of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair?(4:46) Changes we might expect: shrinking the Fed's balance sheet(6:14) Why reducing the balance sheet contradicts cutting rates(7:29) Squaring Warsh's inflation hawk history with pledges to cut rates(9:03) The Fed's core job: dual mandate explained(10:13) What Warsh thinks about unemployment and AI's impact(11:23) Hannah's take: expect strong market performance(13:07) Pivoting to silver's big collapse & the nature of commodities(17:04) How to decide if you should take part in the latest hot investment trend(18:22) Tier one money and avoiding speculation with essential capital(19:33) How to stress test your tier one bucket(22:20) Planning for healthcare: the quarter million per spouse rule(24:31) Conservative assumptions: lower returns, higher inflation(25:28) Sequence of return risk & asset allocation as a tool against it(29:38) Preview: Trump accounts coming next week(30:46) Podcast disclosuresResources:Follow Burney Wealth Management on LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/company/burneywealthmanagement Follow Adam Newman on Linkedin | www.linkedin.com/in/adam-newman-cfa-cfp%C2%AE-mst-ricp%C2%AE-cepa-48853916/ Follow Andy Pratt on LinkedIn | www.linkedin.com/in/andyjpratt/ Follow Hannah Sheldon on Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-sheldon-311a31130/ Ep #31: Social Security, AI Investing & When Growth Shifts to Protection | https://burneywealth.com/blog/ss-ai-investing-protection-long-story-short-episode-31  #FederalReserve #RetirementPlanning #InvestmentStrategy #WealthManagementThe Burney Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser. Burney Wealth Management is a division of the Burney Company. Registration with the SEC or any state securities authority does not imply that Burney Company or any of its principals or employees possesses a particular level of skill or training in the investment advisory business or any other business. This content is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not intended as personalized investment advice or a recommendation.