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The Market Commentators
by Andrew Willms
The Market Commentators is an investment podcast that is aimed at investors of all experience levels. Andrew Willms, CEO of The Milwaukee Company, is joined by his colleagues Mike Willms and Matt Salm for a weekly discussion about the markets, the economy, and all things investing. Nothing shared in this podcast is intended to be investment advice.
Episodes
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Fourth Quarter Outlook
In this week's podcast, The Market Commentator shares his thoughts on what he believes are likely to be the key drivers for the stock and bond market for the rest of the year.
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Nowcasting
In today's podcast, the Market Commentator discusses "nowcasting", which refers to the monitoring of economic conditions in real-time to assess the current state of the economy or the markets. Unlike forecasting, which refers to an attempt to predict the future, nowcasting can provide valuable...
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Estate Planning For Vacation Homes
Vacation homes can be the source of family fun, bonding and happy memories. Absent proper estate planning, they can also trigger heated arguments, hard feelings and lawsuits. In this week's podcast, The Market Commentator and Maureen O'Leary discuss estate planning strategies that can help ensure…
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Biggest Questions Affecting the Markets Right Now
In this week's podcast, The Market Commentator shares his thoughts on four of the most significant questions investors are struggling with right now.
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Cryptocurrency and Your Retirement
In today's episode of the Market Commentator podcast, guest host Jake Willms is joined by Maureen O'Leary to discuss if cryptocurrency and NFTs belong in your retirement plans or trusts.
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How High Can Inflation Go? Has It Finally Peaked?
In today's podcast, Mr. Market Commentary discusses his thoughts about where inflation is heading from here.
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Vacation Homes
Is owning a vacation home all that it is cracked up to be? Are vacation homes a good investment. In this week's podcast The Market Commentator is joined by estate planning attorney Maureen O'Leary to discuss the pros and cons of owning a vacation home.
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Bear Market Bargain Hunting
Bear markets can result in opportunities for patient investors who have accumulated cash. In this week's podcast, the Market Commentator shares some tips on how you can prudently capitalize on the stock market pullback.
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Is The Start of A Recession Inevitable?
Recession fears have been growing in recent weeks. In today's podcast, the Market Commentator considers whether the start of a new recession, either this year or next, a forgone conclusion? Or, might the Fed yet be able to bring inflation back to the central bank's 2% target rate without causing...
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It's official. We're in a Bear Market.
With the S&P 500 index having fallen by more than 20% from its all-time high set in January, a new bear market has "officially" begun. In today's podcast Mr. Commentator shares some bear market history, his thoughts on how long the current bear market may last, and offers some suggests on what to...
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Who's Going to Regulate Crypto?
In this episode, Jake Willms returns as the guest-host of The Market Commentator podcast. He is joined once more by Jim Picerno to talk about the current landscape of cryptocurrencies and who should be the one to regulate them.
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How to Beat a Bear Market
In this week's podcast, The Market Commentator is joined by estate planning attorney Maureen O'leary-Guth to discuss ways to make lemonade from lemons when stock prices fall.
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Mr. Market is Dazed and Confused
In this week's podcast, the Market Commentator discusses how the simultaneous decline in stocks and bonds, mixed economic signals and a surge in market volatility have left both institutional and individual investors befuddled as to what to come next.
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The Big Sell-Off
In this week's podcast, The Market Commentator explores why stocks and bond prices have been hit hard since the start of the second quarter, and shares his thoughts about what the future may have in store and how to prepare for it.
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The Importance of Staying Invested
Soaring inflation rates, rising interest rates, a slowing economy and a war in Europe have combined to cast a pale over the stock market the likes of which we haven't seen since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Is it a good time to exit equities in favor of less volatile alternatives?
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Does Cryptocurrency Belong In Your Portfolio?
In this episode of the Market Commentator podcast, Jake Willms fills in as the host for Andy Willms, while Jim Picerno returns to talk about whether cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum belong in your portfolios.
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Is The Fed Going to Crash the Economy?
Inflation that reached heights not seen in 40 years, and is threating to push the economy into a recession. The Federal Reserve is doing its best to provide a soft landing. Is a crash landing more likely?
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There's Big Money To Be Had In The Video Game Industry
On this week's podcast, Andy is joined by his son Michael Willms, who is an intern at The Milwaukee Company, and a member of Marquette University's eSports Team. Andy and Michael discuss the big money being made by the top players in the video game industry.
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How hot is the housing market?
In this week's podcast, the Market Commentator is joined by Jake Willms. The duo will be talking about the current state of the housing market, and when it might finally cool off.
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Playing Catchup
In this week's episode of The Market Commentator podcast, Andy plays catchup on the recent events affecting markets and offers his opinion on where they are going from here.
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February Market Recap
The Market Commentator recaps February's tumultuous month in today's podcast, and shares his thoughts on where we may go from here.
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Is It All About Ukraine?
After months of saying it had no intent to invade the Ukraine, Russia has done just that, sending thousands of troops into breakaway regions of the country. In today's Podcast, The Market Commentator and Jim Picerno, the Director of Analytics at The Milwaukee Company, discuss how Russia's actions...
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Don't Freak Out About Inflation - Yet.
In today's podcast, the Market Commentator explains why he feels that this is no time to panic, even though prices are rising at their fastest pace since the early 1980's.
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Is The Worst Behind Us?
In today's 8 minute podcast, the Market Commentator discusses why he's not planning to call a market bottom quite yet.
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What Is Russia Really Up To, And What Might It Mean For the Markets?
Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border. Will it invade its neighbor, and if it does, what might that mean for the markets? In today's podcast, The Market Commentator is joined by his colleague, The Capital Spectator (a/k/a Jim Picerno), to discuss the situation.
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Are Growth Stocks Done Growing?
In today's podcast, The Market Commentator discusses what's behind growth stocks' recent struggles and whether the recent sell off will lead to trouble for the markets.
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That Costs How Much?!
In today's podcast, The Market Commentator shares some thoughts about the latest CPI report from the Labor Department, which showed the consumer prices rising at the fastest pace in decades, and lays out 3 scenarios on where things may go from here.
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Strange but True
In this week's Market Commentator podcast, Andy shares his views on the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee meeting minutes from last month, as well as the market's surprising reaction.
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Setting Expectations
In today's podcast, The Market Commentator shares his thoughts about setting expectations for portfolio returns for the next ten years.
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A New Variant Emerges
The Market Commentator discusses a new COVID variant, named Omicron, that rocked global markets last Friday. Andy also offers his thoughts about how investors should cope with this new variant.
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Nomination of Jerome Powell to a Second Term
In today's podcast, the Market Commentator shares his thoughts about President Biden's nomination of Chairman Jerome Powell to a second term, and what it could mean for the economy and interest rates moving forward.
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Should I Be Investing In Bonds With Rates So Low?
In his last couple of podcasts Mr. Market Commentator has talked about mistakes that successful investors avoid. In this week's podcast, he explains about how investing in bonds even when interest rates are very low can help you avoid two of the most costly of those mistakes, namely giving into...
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Common Mistakes Part II
In this week's podcast, the Market Commentator picks up where he left off last time regarding costly mistakes investors frequently make and how to avoid making them yourself.
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Relax, Don't Do It!
In this week's episode of the Market Commentator podcast, Andy shares his thoughts on some of the most common mistakes even the most experienced investors make and how you can avoid them.
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Stagflation Worries
With economic growth slowing, and inflation showing signs that it may be more persistent that originally expected, stagflation has returned to many investors' radar. In today's podcast, Andy discusses his thoughts about the prospects for stagflation, and offers suggestions on how to limit the...
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Warfare In Washington
All hell has broken out in DC. Civility has left town as have concerns about what is best for the country. The latest example of this trend – the ongoing battle to raise the deficit ceiling. In this podcast Andy Willms, President and CEO of The Milwaukee Company, talks about what the current feud...
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Bond Market Update
Bill Gross, the one-time bond king who co-founded fixed income giant Pimco, wrote last week that bonds belong in "the investment garbage can." Listen in and hear why The Market Commentator disagrees.
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August Jobs Report Disappoints. Now What?
The August non-farm payroll report was a huge disappointment, with almost 500,000 fewer jobs being created than surveyed economists had expected. In this podcast, the Market Commentator shares his thoughts about what this could be signaling for the economy and markets ahead.
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Chairman Powell Speaks
Chairman Powell's press conference offered valuable insights into his thinking regarding when, and how, the Federal Reserve plans to scale back its efforts to stimulate the economy.
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Hedging Your Bets
Gamblers are known to take some risk off the table by hedging their bets. Many investors have also adopted the practice, with mixed success. In today's podcast Andy discusses the pros and cons of hedging investments in publicly traded securities and The Milwaukee Company's new Smart Market Beta...
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Are You Paying More In Taxes Than You Need To?
In this week's podcast, Andy Willms is joined by Peter Smiley, a tax attorney with O'Leary-Guth Law Office, S.C. Andy and Peter talk about IRS-approved ways to lessen the drag taxes can be on investment returns.
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Economic Update
In this week's Market Commentator podcast, Jake and Andrew Willms discuss the current state of the U.S. economy, and what an eventual cooling off might mean for the stock and bond markets
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The Great Interest Rate Debate
In this week's podcast, The Market Commentators are joined by Mike Willms and Jim Picerno to discuss the outlook for interest rates, and what the recent decline in the ten-year Treasury bond rate might be signaling for the stock market.
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Third Quarter Outlook
In this week's podcast, The Market Commentators look back on what transpired in the stock and bond markets in the recently concluded 2nd quarter and offer some thoughts on what to watch for in Q3 and the rest of 2021.
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Goals-Based Investing
In this week's podcast, Andy Willms and Shrey Patel discuss goals-based investing, a relatively new approach to wealth management that emphasizes attaining specific life goals, such as saving for children's education or building a retirement nest-egg, rather than focusing on generating the…
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Risk Free and High Returns?
In this week's podcast, the market commentators talk about two under-appreciated investments that offer high returns with low - or no - risk.
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Are Taxes Too Low?
In this week's podcast, the Market Commentators are joined by Maureen O'Leary to discuss the "tax-the-wealthy" movement and their views on the effectiveness and fairness of the various tax proposals being circulated around Washington.
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Meme Madness
In this week's podcast, Andy and Jake take dive into the ongoing debate on whether enhanced unemployment benefits has led would-be workers to stay home. They also talk about the return of meme madness to Wall Street.
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Are Reports of the Dollar's Demise Greatly Exaggerated?
In this week's episode of the Market Commentator podcast, Jim Picerno rejoins the show to discuss the outlook for U.S. dollar. Andy and Jim discuss the arguments for, and against, a falling dollar, and whether or not the dollar is threatened as the world's reserve currency.
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As China Goes So Goes the Market
In this week's podcast Jake and Andy Willms discuss China's looming corporate debt crisis and its potential impact on global and U.S. markets. They also discuss China's efforts to reign in rising commodity prices and the latest developments surrounding the ongoing crypto crash.
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The Market Commentators is an investment podcast that is aimed at investors of all experience levels. Andrew Willms, CEO of The Milwaukee Company, is joined by his colleagues Mike Willms and Matt Salm for a weekly discussion about the markets, the economy, and all things investing. Nothing shared in this podcast is intended to be investment advice.
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