SWS 8.13.26SCRIPTURES AND WALL STREET - GOOD MARKET NEWS IS WORTHLESS

Wall Street is celebrating again.Inflation is supposedly cooling. AI stocks are surging. Markets are hovering near record territory. Investors are being told the economy is holding up—and once again, the message is that everything will probably be fine.But “less bad” doesn't necessarily mean good.For retirees, what matters isn't whether Wall Street likes the latest economic report. It's whether your retirement can survive persistent inflation, elevated interest rates, an expensive stock market, and a major correction without forcing you to sell assets at exactly the wrong time.On this episode of Scriptures & Wall Street, Carlos Cortez Jr. challenges the optimism surrounding today's markets and asks a question every investor should consider: What are you actually safe from?Carlos breaks down the disconnect between cooling inflation and the prices Americans actually pay, the massive expectations being placed on artificial intelligence, elevated market valuations, Federal Reserve uncertainty, and one of the most dangerous retirement threats—sequence-of-returns risk.He also takes an unusually balanced look at both sides of the financial industry. Wall Street can sell the fear of missing the upside, while the insurance industry can sell the fear of suffering the downside. Neither fear nor greed should determine your retirement strategy.Instead, Carlos explains why Red Money, Yellow Money, and Green Money should each have a specific job—and why the goal isn't maximum returns at all costs.Discover other shows on the Talk Red Podcast Network, and get your daily fix of news, sports, and entertainment at https://TalkRed.com.