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Casual Friday: Financial Insights — 219 episodes

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Reviewing the 2026 Mid-Year Outlook from LPL: Policy, Buildouts, & Bottlenecks

2

2026 Market Outlook: What Policy-Driven Markets Mean for the Economy, Stocks, and Bonds

3

Why Retirees Underspend (and What Advisors Can Do About It)

4

Mid-Year Outlook: Pragmatic Optimism, Measured Expectations

5

What's going on with mortgage rates? (Featuring Joe Perry)

6

Pullbacks Amid Growing Recession Fears

7

Breaking Down Outlook 2025

8

4 Compelling Reasons Your Business Needs a 401(k) in 2025 – Insights with Marc Fowler

9

The $36 Trillion Question: National Debt and Its Impact on Investors

10

Facing Retirement Income Challenges in a High-Cost World

11

Navigating Interest Rate Shifts: Bonds, Money Market Funds, & Portfolio Strategies

12

Quick Reaction to Today's Interest Rate Cut by the Federal Reserve

13

Navigating 401(k) Plans and Department of Labor Audits - Featuring Expert Marc Fowler

14

Perspective on the Fed and Market Sell-Off

15

Mid-Year Outlook: A Different Second Half

16

The Fed's Projections & Bond Market Implications

17

Unmasking Online Scams: Protecting Yourself in the Digital Age

18

Real Estate Q&A with Expert Brian Domingos

19

Dow 40,000

20

Cash Isn't King

21

Geopolitics and Pullbacks

22

Tax Time: How High are Tax Brackets?

23

Time to Talk Politics: Market Performance in a Presidential Election Year

24

Money Market Funds After Rates Drop

25

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

26

Falling Yields and Rising Markets

27

New Year for Markets, S&P 500 Hangover?

28

Ripping Into Year-End

29

Doing Well by Doing Good: Exploring the Tax Benefits of Gifting from Your IRA

30

Mortgage and Real Estate Update with Joe Perry, Mortgage Ninja

31

Bonus: How Inflation Impacts Taxes and Retirement Benefits

32

The Magnificent 7 and Bear Markets

33

Artificial Intelligence and Coin Flip Recession Outlook

34

Spiking Yields and Falling Markets

35

Markets During Government Shutdowns & US Tech vs Europe

36

Seasonal Market Performance and Spiking Oil Prices

37

Back to School Inflation & Leading Indicators Show Recession

38

Softening Labor Market, US Credit Downgrade, and Football on the Way

39

Special Guest Joe Perry: Real Estate Insight & Tevas with Socks?

40

Dow Theory Update: Bullish Signals?

41

Casual Friday: S&P 500 Weighting, Credit Cards, Saizon & Fresno Bashing(?)

42

Q2 Triumph: Surging Markets Beat Odds with Easing Inflation & Positive Earnings

43

Casual Friday 6/30: Fed, Debts & Deficits, and Pickleball Injuries

44

Fed Recap: Connecting the Dots

45

Stock Market Implications of a Recession

46

Navigating the Bond Market Maze: Recession Risks and Investment Strategies

47

Unraveling Stock Market Patterns: Stitching Together a Prosperous 2023

48

Crisis Du Jour: Debt Ceiling Showdown

49

Social Security Pays to Wait?

50

The Long and Short View - Casual Tuesday?

51

6 Things to Know About Stocks and Recessions

52

Is a Roth Conversion the Right Move for You?

53

Can the Spring Melt Up Continue?

54

Three Takeaways from the Fed Decision

55

Joe Perry talks Mortgages and Real Estate - Casual Friday Webcast

56

"No Landing" Makes No Sense

57

Are Leading Indicators Signaling Caution?

58

Debt Ceiling Back in Focus

59

Is Cash Worth the (Reinvestment) Risk?

60

Casual Friday 2/10: Football Chart Mania!

61

Are Yields Telling Us Rates Will Stop Rising?

62

Win, Lose, or Recover?

63

Does "Seasonality" Support a December Rally?

64

Yield Curve Inversion and Predicting Recessions

65

"Chernobyl Level" Nuclear Winter for Housing Industry

66

Slowing Down and Going Higher? Feed Meeting Recap

67

A Rebound in Growth?

68

A Lost Decade for Bonds?

69

5 Tips to Handle Market Volatility

70

Casual Friday 9/30: Crashing into the End of Q3!

71

Fed Gets Pessimistic, Yet Realistic

72

Will the Fed Push Back on Markets?

73

Money in Motion - What to Do With That Old 401K

74

Midyear Outlook 2022: Navigating Turbulence

75

Historically Bad Half for Stocks and Bonds, Does it Get Better?

76

Rate Hikes and Stock Market Limbo

77

Bear Market Bonus!

78

Was that the Low?

79

Difficult Outlook for Consumer Discretionary

80

Is the 60/40 Portfolio Dead?

81

Fed Meeting & Jobs Report Recap

82

Time to Talk about Recession

83

Markets Drop on Continued Inflation Concerns

84

What Will Ease Inflation?

85

Is the Yield Curve Signaling Recession?

86

The Yellow Caution Light is Flashing

87

How Bonds and Stocks Bounce Back

88

Russia, Oil, and the Fed: March 11th Casual Friday

89

Russia Doesn't Matter as Much as You Think (Economically and Financially)

90

11 Things To Know About Russia and Ukraine

91

How Many Seats Could The Democrats Lose In November?

92

Inflation Surprise Shifts Fed Expectations and S&P 500 Technical Setup

93

What a Big Down January Means for Stocks

94

Have We Reached The In Peak Omicron Cases?

95

Bonus: Casual Friday Returns!

96

What Core Bond Investors Could Expect in 2022

97

Outlook 2022

98

Powell Pivot: The Federal Reserve Meeting Recap

99

Will Omicron Ruin the Santa Rally?

100

A Peek at Peak Inflation

101

Inflation Blowout!

102

Why Investors Should be Thankful

103

5 Things that Might Spook Markets

104

Bonus: Bonds Worry Over Debt Ceiling

105

September Slide

106

Fearing the Dip

107

Creating a Household Budget

108

Is Stagflation in the Cards?

109

Jobs Report Bucks Trend Of Recent Weak Data

110

Housing Starts Ramp Up, LEI Forecasts Growth

111

Checking in on Inflation

112

Is This the Start of a Correction?

113

Casual Friday Redux - Manufacturing at Historic Levels

114

Did Inflation Worries Just Peak?

115

Casual Friday!

116

Main Street Sentiment Strongest in Over a Decade

117

The Relationship Between Treasury Yields and Mortgage Rates.

118

5 Investing Principles

119

Record Breaking Earnings

120

Disappointing April Jobs Data

121

Sell in May and Go Away?

122

Accelerating Leading Economic Indicators (LEI)

123

Spring Cleaning & Goldilocks First Quarter

124

12 Common Financial Mistakes to Avoid

125

Covid-19 Update with Dr. Bill and Transamerica

126

Leading Indicators Remain Stubbornly Tepid

127

March Madness: Stock Market Edition

128

Jobs Market Gets Reopening Boost

129

Forecasting 2021 with Meera Pandit from JPMorgan's Global Market Insights Strategy Team

130

One Year Later: 3 Lessons Learned Since Market Peak

131

Bonus Episode! Inflation Worries?

132

Inflation Expectations Highest Since 2014

133

US Jobs Seek Shot in the Arm

134

Fed Support & Gamestop Craziness

135

Mortgage Rates Fall as Housing Market Booms

136

Small Business Optimism Falls to Recovery Low

137

Equity Winners and Losers in 2020

138

Outlook 2021

139

Do you believe in a Santa Claus Rally?

140

Money Tips for Newlyweds

141

Is Inflation Looming?

142

US Jobs Recovery is Slowing

143

Social Security Planning for Couples

144

Black Friday Tips - COVID Edition!

145

It's casual Friday, let's talk FAQ!

146

GDP Bounces Back

147

Investing for 12 Weeks VS 12 Months

148

Trump COVID FAQs

149

September Slide

150

College Savings Webinar & Creek Fire Woes

151

5 Lessons Learned About Rising Rates

152

Market Selloff & Credit Score Tips

153

Markets Continue Surge & Fraudulent Unemployment Claims on the Rise

154

Habits That Can Work Against Wealth Creation

155

The Best 100 Days Ever - Chart Check

156

A Promising Start to August

157

Biggest GDP Contraction Ever

158

Mid Year Outlook Webinar Replay

159

2020 Mid-Year Outlook

160

A Huge Second Quarter Recovery

161

Market Nervousness Over COVID Resurgence

162

Quick June Update

163

June Webinar Recap

164

Buying and Selling Real Estate During the Pandemic

165

May 2020 Market Update

166

Coronavirus, Estate Planning, & Health Care Directives

167

Your Estate Planning Questions Answered

168

What's Up with Oil?

169

What's Next? Timing, Rebalancing, and Allocations in Volatile Markets

170

The Stimulus Package: What's in it for me?

171

Washington Stimulus: Recovery on the Way?

172

Tips for selling your home with Realtor Lena Fisher

173

Coronavirus Crash

174

Bear Markets, COVID-19 & Oil Prices

175

7 Principles for Long Term Investing

176

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Market Volatility

177

Tips for New Homebuyers

178

New Family Starter Kit

179

Does a Lower January Have Bears Smiling?

180

Viral Outbreak Ends Period of Market Calm

181

Another Look at Election Years

182

A Closer Look at Election Years

183

BIG Changes to Retirement Saving Rules: the SECURE Act

184

Why The First Five Days Of 2020 Could Have Bulls Smiling

185

Tax Law Changes for Your 2019 Tax Filing

186

Outlook 2020

187

What Goes Into a Retirement Plan?

188

10 Ways to Avoid Fraud

189

Meet the Advisor - Brian Ullmann

190

Difficult Money Conversations with Family

191

Is a Roth IRA Conversion a Good Idea?

192

Succession Planning for Business Owners

193

Brining Student Loans Under Control

194

Meet the Advisor - Erin Redmond

195

Revisiting Required Minimum Distributions (RMD)

196

Meet the Advisor - Ryan Louie

197

Impeachment & Markets

198

Meet the Advisor - Dawn Collins

199

6 Social Security Potholes to Avoid

200

Let's Talk "Risk Tolerance"

201

Meet the Advisor - Nik Redmond

202

Young Investors & Recessions

203

What's New with Social Security? Seven Things for 2019.

204

Nik and Brian Discuss the Inverted Yield Curve

205

Is a Trade Deal Still Possible?

206

Meet the Advisor - Robert Farmer

207

The FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) Movement

208

S&P 500 Hits Target—Time to Sell?

209

Can Stocks Predict the Next President?

210

Meet the Advisor - Steve Jolly

211

Meet the Advisor - Carole Ford

212

Teaching Kids About Money

213

Social Security Basics

214

Required Minimum Distributions

215

Saving for College

216

Earnings Season

217

Yield Curve

218

What is a Fiduciary?

219

Markets, Rates, Insurance