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1

Building Shock Absorbers

2

Weekly Market Update June 22 - 26, 2026

3

The Fed's New Playbook

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Weekly Market Update June 15 - 18, 2026

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When Energy Moves, Everything Moves

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Weekly Market Update June 8 - 12, 2026

7

The Stinky Side of the Economy: Fertilizer

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Weekly Market Update June 1 - 5, 2026

9

The Changing Gold Market

10

Weekly Market Update May 26 - 29, 2026

11

How Energy Actually Works: Efficiency, Storage, and What Comes Next

12

Weekly Market Update May 18 - 22, 2026

13

Is Inflation Back, or Are We Reading It Wrong?

14

Weekly Market Update May 11 - 15, 2026

15

An Economy That’s Booming and Slowing at the Same Time

16

Weekly Market Update May 4 - 8, 2026

17

Why the Economy Feels Unclear Even When It’s Working

18

Weekly Market Update April 27 - May 1, 2026

19

How does the Economy Grow?

20

Weekly Market Update April 20 - 24, 2026

21

Supply Chains Under Stress: Why Crisis Creates New Technology

22

Why the Numbers Look Better Than They Feel

23

Weekly Market Update April 6 - 10, 2026

24

When War Speeds the Clock: How Conflict Accelerates Technological Change

25

Weekly Market Update March 30 - April 2, 2026

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The Reorganization of the American Economy

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Weekly Market Update March 23 - 27, 2026

28

Recession or Reset? What the Data Really Says About 2026

29

Weekly Market Update March 16 - 20, 2026

30

The Strait of Hormuz Conversation

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Weekly Market Update March 9 - 13, 2026

32

Energy Under Pressure: AI, the Grid, and a World in Conflict

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Weekly Market Update March 2 - 6, 2026

34

Two Timely Subjects: The History of the Trade Act of 1974 and Private Equity and How It Works

35

Weekly Market Update February 23 - 27, 2026

36

The Tariff Ruling That Changes Everything

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Weekly Market Update February 17 - 20, 2026

38

Seasonal Adjustments and the Real Housing Story

39

Weekly Market Update February 9 - 13, 2026

40

China’s Economy After the Pandemic: Why Deflation Is Sticking

41

Weekly Market Update February 2 - 6, 2026

42

Is There an Artificial Intelligence Bubble?

43

Weekly Market Update January 26 - 30, 2026

44

Fear First, Facts Later: A Short History of Stock Market Drawdowns During Military Crises

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Weekly Market Update January 20 - 23, 2026

46

Why is the Independence of the Federal Reserve Even Important?

47

Weekly Market Update January 12 - 16, 2026

48

When the Obvious Isn’t the Truth

49

Weekly Market Update January 5 - 9, 2026

50

2025 in Review: Inflation, Growth, and the Year of AI

51

Weekly Market Update December 29, 2025 - January 2, 2026

52

GDP, PCE, and the Holiday Hangover: What the Numbers Really Tell Us

53

Weekly Market Update December 22 - 26, 2025

54

CPI: What Are We Even Measuring? (And Why November Played Hide-and-Seek)

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Weekly Market Update December 15 - 19, 2025

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Fed Cuts and a Shrinking Nation: How Policy and Demographics Shape Tomorrow’s Economy

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Weekly Market Update December 8 - 12, 2025

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Inflation and Why It Is So Stubborn

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Weekly Market Update December 1 - 5, 2025

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Public Stakes in Private Profits; When Governments Become Shareholders

61

Weekly Market Update November 24 - 28, 2025

62

Stress, Strategy, and Staying Calm in the Middle

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Weekly Market Update November 17 - 21, 2025

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Innovation While Under Pressure, How Stress Sparks Progress

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Weekly Market Update November 10 - 14, 2025

66

When Silence Gets Expensive

67

Weekly Market Update November 3 - 7, 2025

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The Rate Cut Ripple: What the Fed’s Move Means for Markets, Main Street, and Your Money

69

Weekly Market Update October 27 - 31, 2025

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Capitalism, Communism, and Everything In Between: Breaking Economic Myths

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Weekly Market Update October 20 - 24, 2025

72

The Secret Recipe for Innovation: Nobel Insights That Could Change Everything

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Weekly Market Update October 13 - 17, 2025

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Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Inside the Economic Crossroads

75

Weekly Market Update October 6 - 10, 2025

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Shutdowns, Tariffs & Tomatoes: A Crash Course in Economic Chaos

77

Weekly Market Update September 29 - October 3, 2025

78

Argentina’s Economic Rollercoaster: From Miracle to Mayhem

79

Weekly Market Update September 22 - 26, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights September 15 - 19, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights September 8 - 12, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights September 2 - 5, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights August 25 - 29, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights August 18 - 22, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights August 11 - 15, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights August 4 - 8, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights July 25 - August 1, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights July 21 - 25, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights July 14 - 18, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights July 7 - 11, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights June 30 - July 3, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights June 23 - 27, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights June 16 - 20, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights June 9 - 13, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights June 2 - 6, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights May 27 - 30, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights May 19 - 23, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights May 12 - 16, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights May 5 - 9, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights April 28 - May 2, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights April 21 - 25, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights April 14 - 17, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights April 7 - 11, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights March 31 - April 4, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights March 24 - 28, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights March 17 - 21, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights March 10 - 14, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights March 3 - 7, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights February 24 - 28, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights February 18 - 21, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights February 10 - 14, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights February 3 - 7, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights January 27 - 31, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights January 21 - 24, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights January 13 - 17, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights January 3 - 10, 2025

117

Weekly Market Insights December 30, 2024 - January 3, 2025

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Weekly Market Insights December 23 - 27, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights December 16 - 20, 2024

120

Weekly Market Insights December 9 - 13, 2024

121

Weekly Market Insights December 2 - 6, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights November 25 - 29, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights November 18 - 22, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights November 11 - 15, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights November 4 - 8, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights October 28 - November 1, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights October 21 - 25, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights October 7 - 11, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights September 30 - October 4, 2024

130

Long Historical Precious Metal Trends

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Weekly Market Insights September 23 - 27, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights September 16 - 20, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights September 9 - 13, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights September 3 - 6, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights August 26 - 30, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights August 19 - 23, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights August 12 - 16, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights August 5 - 9, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights July 29 - August 2, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights July 22 - 26, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights July 15 - 19, 2024

142

The State of Healthcare in the U.S.

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Weekly Market Insights July 8 - 12, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights July 1 - 5, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights June 24 - 28, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights June 17 - 21, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights June 10 - 14, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights June 3 - 7, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights May 27- 31, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights May 20 - 24, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights May 13 - 17, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights May 6 - 10, 2024

153

A Timeless talk on Ownership

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Weekly Market Insights April 29 - May 3, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights April 22 - 26, 2024

156

Treasury Auctions and the Fiduciary Rule

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Weekly Market Insights April 15 - 19, 2024

158

Tariffs, Trade and a little game of which side of the political spectrum does Jake fall on?

159

Consumer Price Index's behavior and what to look out for in China

160

Weekly Market Insights April 8 - 12, 2024

161

Exploring Legal Immigration's Role in American Exceptionalism and Investment Insights with The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast

162

Weekly Market Insights April 1 - 5, 2024

163

Decoding Prices in the Stock Market

164

Weekly Market Insights March 25 - 28, 2024

165

Weekly Market Insights& Surprises March 18 - 22, 2024

166

Banking History Explained: Origins, Operations, and Impact

167

Market Insights from March 11 - 15, 2024: The Reasons Behind Why Prices Rise Rapidly and then Fall Slowly, or not at all, in an Economy

168

The Rise and Fall of Empires

169

Weekly Market Key Insights from March 4 - 8, 2024: Exploring Productivity and Banking Regulations

170

Weekly Market Highlights: February 26 - March 1, 2024: Is the AI Bubble About to Burst? We Don't Believe We've Entered Bubble Territory Just Yet.

171

Today's Economic Indicators and Market Behaviors are Different from Past Trends, Charting Unfamiliar Territory.

172

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from February 20 - 23, 2024: Exploring the Reasons behind the Current Bull Market

173

Market: Key Insights from February 12 - 16, 2024: Why the Rest of the World is Facing Recession and we are not.

174

Stock Splits & Economic Echoes: From the 1920s to the 2020s

175

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from February 5 - 9, 2024

176

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from January 29 - February 2, 2024

177

The Recession that wasn't: Exploring the Mystery of Why the Recession Didn't Occur in 2023

178

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from January 22 - 26, 2024

179

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from January 16 - 19, 2024

180

The Chinese Yuan is now the 4th Most Active Global Currencies, Could it be the World’s Most Active Currency?

181

2023’s Economic Surprises in the U.S.

182

Understanding Dutch Disease: Its Impact and the U.S. Economy’s Unique Advantage

183

Wealth Building Secrets: The Importance of Time in the Market Over Market Timing

184

Politics and the Economy in Election Years

185

Big Picture of Global Economic Shifts: China, Iran, and Russia vs. U.S. Influence

186

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from December 18 - 22, 2023

187

Navigating Canal Challenges: Rising Shipping Costs and Environmental Issues

188

Insights into Venezuela, U.S. Economic Growth, and Consumer Views

189

The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Feel Pessimistic About a Thriving Economy.

190

AI Revealed: Deep Dive into Large Language Models and Their Impact

191

Short: Trade War Shifts: Navigating the New Era of Global Manufacturing and Productivity

192

Weekly Market Highlights: Key Insights from December 11-15, 2023

193

The Personal Wealth Coach Trailer

194

2023 Post-Pandemic Housing Analysis: Renting vs. Buying - Quick Analysis

195

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from December 4 - 8, 2023

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Ep.132 - Part 2 - The October CPI Reports: In-Depth Analysis of Consumer Price Index Trends

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Ep.132 - Part 1 - Understanding Guilds vs. Unions: Exploring the Key Differences

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from November 27 – December 1, 2023

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Ep.131 - Part 2 - Understanding the Impact of a Ransomware Attack by Russia on ICBC, China’s Largest Bank

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Ep.131 - Part 1 - All about China: Military Might, Economic Challenges, and the Looming Threat of Deflation

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Ep.130 - Part 2 - The Dangers of Allowing the Same Firm that Advises you to Hold your Investments

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Ep.130 - Part 1 - Why Has the Japanese Currency Been a Popular Choice for a Funding Currency?

203

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from November 13 - 17, 2023

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Ep.129 - Part 2 - What are Bear, Bull, And Fair Markets?

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Ep.129 - Part 1 - What Does it Mean by the Factory Gate in China?

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from November 6 - 10, 2023

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from October 30 - November 3, 2023

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Ep.128 - Part 2 - School Bonds in Salado and the Basics of how Bonds Work, Explained

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Ep.128 - Part 1 - How a Financial Crisis in China, which Once Seemed Impossible, is now a Potential Concern

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from October 23 - 27, 2023

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Ep.127 - Part 2 - What Can History Teach Us About Times When There’s a Lot of Economic Uncertainty?

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from October 16 - 20, 2023

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Ep.127 - Part 1 - Many Countries Use the US Dollar, Which Poses Global Challenges

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from October 16 - 20, 2023

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Ep.126 - Part 2 - Why Have Long-term Interest Rates been Rising even as the Fed is Holding Pat on Short-term Rates

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from October 2 - 6, 2023

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Ep. 126 - Part 1 - Capital Investment by U.S. Companies into China appears to be shifting to Mexico, Vietnam, and Canada

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from September 25 - 29, 2023

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Ep.125 - Part 2 - The Complexity of the U.S. Tax Code: Why is it so Complicated?

220

Ep.125 - Part 1 - How Does the Federal Reserve’s Balance Sheet Influence U.S. Interest Rates?

221

Ep.124 - Part 2 - Student Loan Payments Have Resumed. How Does This Affect the GDP?

222

Ep.124 - Part 1 - What Is a Broker-Dealer Deposit? How Does It Affect a Bank’s Risk Level?

223

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights From September 16 - 20, 2023

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Ep.123 - Part 2 - Why is there so much Weirdness in the U.S. Economy right now?

225

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from September 11 – 15, 2023

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Ep.123 - Part 1 - Why do Medium-sized Banks Tend to Dominate the Commercial Real Estate Lending Market Instead of Larger Banks?

227

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from September 5 - 8, 2023

228

Ep.122 - Part 2 - Should We Be Concerned About Banks Getting Lower Ratings by The Rating Agencies?

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EP.122 - Part 1 - Who Oversees Federal Government Reporting?

230

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from August 28 - September 1, 2023

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Ep.121 - Part 2 - China Is Showing Multiple Signs of Being on the Verge of a Significant Economic Downturn

232

Ep.121 - Part 1 - The Resolution Plans (Living Wills) for Banks

233

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from August 21-25, 2023

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Ep.120 - Part 3 - The Numerous Advantages of the ”Social Security 2100 Act”

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Ep.120 - Part 2 - Warehouse Rents Are Rising

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Ep.120 - Part 1 - Why it’s Worth Monitoring How the Chinese Government Manages Country Garden

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Ep.119 - Part 3 - The Chairman of China, Xi Jinping, Has Once Again Declared His Intentions to Invade Taiwan

238

Ep.119 - Part 2 - Could the BRICS Create a New International Currency that Might Affect the Value of the U.S. Dollar?

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Ep.119 - Part 1 - Why We Have Issues with GDP As a Tool to Measure Economies

240

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from July 31- August 4, 2023

241

Ep.118 - Part 2 - Could Higher Interest Rates Potentially Lead to A Downturn in the Housing Market?

242

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from July 24 - 28, 2023

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Ep.118 - Part 1 - More Mothers Are Currently Employed Than Fathers

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Ep.117 - Part 2 -So-Called AI does not Think Independently like Humans do

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Ep.117 - Part 1 - What is a ”Natural” Interest Rate?

246

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from July 17 - 21, 2023

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Ep.116 - Part 3 - Be Careful: The Frequency and Sophistication of Scams are Increasing

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Ep.116 - Part 2 - Electric Vehicle Sales Could Account for 18% of All New Vehicle Sales Worldwide in 2023

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Ep.116 - Part 1 - Dividend-Paying Stocks Vs. Non-Dividend Stocks During an Economic Downturn

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EP.115 - Part 2 - The Six Southern States are Contributing more to the GDP than the Eleven Northeastern States and Washington D.C.

251

Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from July 3 - 7, 2023

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Ep.115 - Part 1 - Exploring Similarities Between Today’s Chinese Economy and Japan’s Lost Decade

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from June 26 - 30, 2023

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Ep.114 - Part 2 - Who is Responsible for Inflation? U.S. Government Has Limited Control Over the Dollar’s Value

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Ep.114 - Part 1 - How Could We Normalize an Inverted Yield Curve?

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Ep.113 - Part 2 - Historically, it Seems that Mortgage Rates Typically Remain at 7% or above

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Ep.113 - Part 1 - Comparing the Effects of Banks and Money Market Funds Buying U.S. Treasury Bonds

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from June 12 - 16, 2023

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Ep.112 - Part 2 - The SECURE Act 2.0 Became Law this Year - What are the Key Changes?

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Ep.112 - Part 1 - What Happened to the Proposed Budget Cuts Once the 2011 Debt Ceiling Crisis was Under Control?

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from June 5 - 9, 2023

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Ep.111 - Part 2 - Understanding Key Insights from the Latest Personal Consumption Expenditures Report

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Ep.111 - Part 1 - More Positive Signals within the U.S. Economy Hint that We Might be at the Early Days of a Bull Market, but Only with 20:20 Hindsight Will We Know

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Weekly Market Recap: Highlights from May 29 – June 2, 2023

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Ep.110 - Part 3 - Many People Believe Interest Rates will be Lower soon, but We Don’t Think so

266

What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 22 - 26, 2023?

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Ep.110 - Part 2 - Understanding the Debt Ceiling: A Simple Guide by Jeff and Jake

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Ep.110 - Part 1 - Is the Cryptocurrency System Hackable? How Blockchain and Encryption Work for Cryptocurrency

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 15 - 19, 2023?

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Ep.109 - Part 3 - Something Most People Do Not Seem to Understand about Banks

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Ep.109 - Part 2 - Why is the U.S. Unemployment Rate so Low?

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Ep.109 - Part 1 - What is Fedwire?

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Ep.108 - Part 2 - Interest Rates for Home Loans don’t Appear to be Decreasing Anytime Soon

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 1 - 5, 2023?

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Ep.108 - Part 1 - The Initial Estimate of the GDP for the First Quarter of 2023 by The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

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Ep.107 - Part 2 - The Amount of Gold Found in Space Could Significantly Affect Gold Prices Soon

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of April 24 - 28, 2023?

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Ep.107 - Part 1 - Americans Leaving Expensive Cities are Causing Higher Inflation in their New Locations

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of April 17 - 21, 2023?

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Ep.106 - Part 2 - Comparing Medical and College Systems

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Ep.106 - Part 1 - What is the Fed’s Reverse Repo (Reverse Repurchase Agreement)? How Much Money Can a Bank Earn From It?

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Ep.105 - Part 2 - Does Twitter Act as a Shadow Bank?

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Ep.105 - Part 1 - How Can a Person Prepare for a Potential Debt Ceiling Default?

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Ep.104 - Part 2 - More People Believe Their Children Will Have Worse Financial Outcomes Than They Did

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of April 3 - 6, 2023?

286

Ep.104 - Part 1 - Differences Between the Debt Ceiling and a Bank Bailout

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Ep.103 - Part 2 - Why it Seems Unlikely that More Banks Will Fail

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 27 - 31, 2023?

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Ep.103 - Part 1 - History of the U.S. Banking System, Explained

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 20 - 24, 2023?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 13 - 17, 2023?

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Ep.102 - Part 2 - What Will Happen to the Small Companies that Had Money or Funds Invested in Silicon Valley Bank?

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Ep.102 - Part 1 - A Failure of Silicon Valley Bank: What Happened to SVB?

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Ep.101 - Part 2 - ChatGPT is One of the Biggest Changes in Social Economics

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Ep.101 - Part 1 - How Long Are the Interest Rates Likely to Remain High?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 6 - 10, 2023?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of February 27 – March 3, 2023?

298

Ep.100 - Part 2 - ChatGPT is the Beginning of Many New Developments in Automation and Innovations

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Ep.100 - Part 1 - Which Changes Implemented During the Pandemic Might Become Permanent?

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Ep.99 - Part 2 - What are the Potential Consequences of Not Raising the Debt Ceiling?

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What does a 4.2% Rise in Disposable Consumer Income Adjusted for Inflation Indicate?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of February 20 - 24, 2023?

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Ep.99 - Part 1- Inflation Tends to Generate Further Inflation

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of February 13 – 17, 2023?

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Ep.98 - Part 2 - The Patterns of Growth Cycles and Strategic Shifts Within Big Tech Companies

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Ep.98 - Part 1 - A Shift in the Way Business is Conducted in the Chinese Market

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Ep.97 - Part 2 - What’s the Definition of Rich?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of January 30 - February 3, 2023?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of February 6 – 10, 2023?

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Ep.97 - Part 1 - In the First Three Quarters of 2022, the Market Declined but the Economy Grew. Since then the Market has Played Catch-Up

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Ep.96 What is a Busted Trade? How Does That Happen?

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Ep.95 - Part 2 - The Danger of Not Raising the Debt Ceiling and Why it Needs to be Raised

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Ep.95 - Part 1 - Why Tech Company Mass Layoffs are not Showing Up in the Unemployment Statistics

314

What Happened in the Market for the Week of January 23 - 27, 2023?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of January 17 - 20, 2023?

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Ep.94 - Part 2 - Analyzing Inflation with the Consumer Price Index and Purchasing Managers’ Index

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Ep.94 - Part 1 - Are Investors Returning to Normal Behavior or Are They Remaining in Crisis Mode?

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Ep.93 - Part 3 - What Does SECURE 2.0 Mean for Retirement Plans?

319

What Happened in the Market for the Week of January 10 - 13, 2023?

320

Ep.93 - Part 2 - How Likely is it, We Will Have a Recession in 2023?

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Ep.93 - Part 1 - Inflation-Linked Bonds, Explained

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of January 3 - 6, 2023?

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Ep.92 - Part 3 - This is How Higher Interest Rates Can Hurt Growth Investors

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Ep.92 - Part 2 - The Psychological Impacts of a Recession on Individual Investors

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Ep.92 - Part 1 - Don’t Confuse a Bear Market with a Recession

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Ep.91 - Part 3 - Are the Current Average 30-Year Mortgage Rates High or Low?

327

Ep.91 - Part 2 - Are We in the Roaring 20s again?

328

What Happened in the Market for the Week of December 12 - 16, 2022?

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Ep.91 - Part 1 - The Arguments About Whether We Will Have a Recession Next Year

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of December 5 - 9, 2022?

331

Ep.90 - Part 2 - The Chinese Economy Has Become Very Unstable

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Ep.90 - Part 1 - Who is going to Regulate Cryptocurrencies?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of November 28 - December 2, 2022?

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Ep.89 - Part 2 - What is an Intrinsic Value? Do Cryptocurrencies Have Intrinsic Value?

335

Ep.89 - Part 1 - What Happened with FTX?

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Ep.88 - Part 2 - Inflation Seems to be Cooling Down

337

What Happened in the Market for the Week of November 14-18, 2022?

338

Ep.88 - Part 1 - Currency Hedging, Explained

339

What Happened in the Market for the Week of November 7-11, 2022?

340

Ep.87 - Part 2 - Investment Advisor vs. Financial Advisor, What’s the Difference?

341

Ep.87- Part 1- Could Immigration Reduce Inflation?

342

What Happened in the Market for the Week of October 31 - November 4, 2022?

343

Ep.86 - Part 2 - Our Thoughts on Elon Musk’s Purchase of Twitter

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EP.86 - Part 1 - Cost of Living in China and the U.S.

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of October 24-28, 2022?

346

Ep.85 - Part 2 - Can the Electric Grid Handle the increasing number of EV Charging Stations?

347

Ep.85 - Part 1 - Did the Fed Print Too Much Money?

348

What Happened in the Market for the Week of October 17-21, 2022?

349

Ep.84 What Does High Inflation Mean for the National Debt?

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Ep.83 - Part 3 - How to Weather a Recession

351

Ep.83 - Part 2 - Updates on Trade War and Tariff, and Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations

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Ep.83 - Part 1 - Your Taxes are Likely to Increase in 2026

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Timely Episode: Current Inflation Might Fall as Fast as it Rose

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of October 3-7, 2022?

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Ep.82 - Part 3 - Are Series I Savings Bonds a Safe Investment?

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Ep.82 - Part 2 - What is the Number One Cause of a Recession?

357

Ep.82 - Part 1 - Why are Other Currencies Falling Against the Dollar?”

358

Ep.81 - Part 2 - American Soft Power is Getting Stronger around the World

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Ep.81 - Part 1 - What Types of Investments are Considered Foreign Investment?

360

What Happened in the Market for the Week of September 19- 23, 2022?

361

Ep.80 - Part 3 - What is a Security? Aren’t Cryptocurrencies Security?

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Ep.80 - Part 2 - Did the Stimulus Checks Create Inflation?

363

Ep.80 - Part 1- What is Fiduciary Duty and What Constitutes a Violation of that Duty?

364

What Happened in the Market for the Week of September 12- 16, 2022?

365

Ep.79 - Part 2 - Paying a Rent vs. Paying a Mortgage: Cost Comparison

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of September 6- 9, 2022?

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Ep.79 - Part 1 - GDP or GDI? Which is More Accurate in Reflecting the U.S. Economy?

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Ep.78 - Part 3 - Are We Headed to a Sustainable Economic Growth or Recession?

369

What Happened in the Market for the Week of August 29 – September 2, 2022?

370

Ep.78 - Part 2 - What Happens to U.S. Economy When Some Chinese Companies Are Delisted from the New York Stock Exchange?

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Ep.78 - Part 1 - Will Forgiving Student Loan Debt Worsen Inflation?

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Ep.77 - Part 2 - How Can Inflation Affect Fixed-Income Investments?

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Ep.77 - Part 1 - What is a Triple Leveraged ETF?

374

Ep.76 - Part 2 - Interesting Data of Gender Pay Gap

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Ep.76 - Part 1 - Are Mutual Fund Managers Fiduciaries?

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What Happened in the Market for the Week of August 15-19, 2022?

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Ep.75 - Part 2 - Demographic Economics

378

Ep.75 - Part 1 - What is the Monetary Cycle?

379

What Happened in the Market for the Week of August 8-12, 2022?

380

What Happened in the Market for the Week of August 1-5, 2022?

381

Ep.74 - Part 2 - 3 Areas Investors Should be Aware of

382

Ep.74 - Part 1 - Electric Car Sales Accounted for 5% of New-Car Sales in the U.S in the Last Quarter

383

Ep.73 - Part 2 - Things to do in a Bear Market

384

Ep. 73 - Part 1 - What is Money?

385

What Happened in the Market for the Week of July 18 - 22, 2022?

386

Ep.72 - Part 2 - How to Understand indexes such as Purchasing Managers’ Index

387

What Happened in the Market for the Week of July 11 - 15, 2022?

388

Ep.72 - Part 1 - How Little We Understand About Inflation

389

What Happened in the Market for the Week of July 4 - July 8, 2022?

390

Ep.71 - Part 2 - Breaking Down the Contributors to U.S. Inflation

391

Ep.71 - Part 1 - Is the U.S. Heading into a Recession?

392

What Happened in the Market for the Week of June 27 – July 1, 2022?

393

Ep.70 - Part 2 - My Portfolio is Down YTD; What Should I Do Differently Now?

394

Ep.70 - Part 1 - When Can Dividend-Paying Stocks be Attractive to Investors?

395

What Happened in the Market for the Week of June 21 – 24, 2022?

396

Ep.69 - Part 2 - Home Solar Electric System

397

What Happened in the Market for the Week of June 13 – 17, 2022?

398

Ep.69 - Part 1 - Pros and Cons of TIPS and Series I Savings Bonds

399

Ep.68 - Part 2 - Dutch Disease, Explained

400

What Happened in the Market for the Week of June 6 – 10, 2022?

401

Ep.68 - Part 1 - Why are there Four Different Prices for Gold?

402

Ep.67 - Part 2 - Shifts in the Housing Market

403

Ep.67 - Part 1 - Bond Funds vs Bonds in a Bond Bear Market

404

What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 30 – June 3, 2022?

405

Ep.66 - Part 2 - Would the Current High Gas Prices Cause Inflation to Stay Longer?

406

Ep.66 - Part 1 - Why Inflation is Making the Dollar Stronger

407

Ep.65 - Part 1 - The Neutral Rate of Interest

408

Ep.65 - Part 2 - What’s Happening in The U.S. Labor Market?

409

What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 23 - 27, 2022?

410

What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 16 - 20, 2022?

411

Ep.64 - Part 2 - The Basics of Cryptocurrency

412

Ep.64 - part 1 - Strategic Commodity Reserves

413

What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 9 - 13, 2022?

414

Ep.63 - Part 2 - Behavioral Investing

415

Ep.63 - Part 1 - What Does a Strong Dollar Mean?

416

What Happened in the Market for the Week of May 2 - 6, 2022?

417

Ep. 62 - Part 2 - Inflation and the Housing Market

418

Ep. 62 - Part 1 - The Bullwhip Effect, Explained

419

Ep.61 - part 2 - Mortgage Rates

420

Ep. 61 - part 1 - Do the Stock Market Returns Mostly Come from Few High-Performing Stocks?

421

What Happened in the Market for the Week of April 18 - 22, 2022?

422

Ep.60 - part 2 - What is an Inverted Yield Curve?

423

Ep.60 - part 1 - Inverse Exposure to the Market

424

Ep.59 - part 2 - Overview of the Labor Market

425

Ep.59 - part 1 - How Do Companies Make Money with ”No Commission” or ”Free Trade” in the Stock Market?

426

What Happened in the Market for the Week of April 11 - 14, 2022?

427

What Happened in the Market for the Week of April 4 - 8, 2022?

428

Ep.58 - part 2 - Gas Prices Comparison Right Now Vs. the Early 1970s

429

Ep.58 - part 1 - One of the Largest Threats in the Economy Right Now

430

What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 28 – April 1, 2022

431

Ep. 57 - part 2 - The Future of Nuclear Power Worldwide Due to the Russia-Ukraine War

432

Ep.57 - part 1 - There might be Civil Wars in Developing Countries in Africa or Western Asia Later This Year Due to the World Grain Markets Supply Shock

433

What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 21 - 25, 2022?

434

What Happened in the Market for the Week of February 28 - March 4, 2022

435

Ep. 56 - part 2 - Spot Price vs. Futures Price Related to The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

436

Ep.56 - part 1 - How Long Will the Price of Oil Stay So High?

437

Ep: 55 - part 3 - Will China’s GDP Grow Larger than U.S. GDP?

438

What Happened in the Market for the Week of March 14-18, 2022

439

Ep: 55 -part 2 - The Russian Invasion of Ukraine

440

Ep: 55 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (2/14 – 2/18)

441

An Overdue Stock Market Correction Arrives - What Happened in the Market This Week? (3/7 – 3/11)

442

Ep.54 - part 2 - Inappropriate Fear in the Market

443

Ep.54 -part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (1/31 – 2/4)

444

Ep.53 - part 3 - Target-Date-Funds

445

Ep.53 - part 2 - Cryptocurrency vs. Digital Currency

446

Ep.53 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (1/24 – 1/28)

447

Short Episode: NFT (Non-Fungible Token), explained

448

Ep. 52 - part 3 - How is the Stock Market Controlled Ethically?

449

Ep.52 - part 2 - Listener’s Question: Does the Fed Really Know What They Are Doing?

450

Ep.52 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (1/10 – 1/14)

451

Ep.51 - part 3 - Rule Changes by the SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) in 2022

452

Ep.51 - part 2 - Are We Headed to a Recession? Leading Economic Indicators Can Help to Predict

453

Ep.51 -part 1- What Happened in the Market This Week? (1/17 – 1/21)

454

Short Episode: What Does Global Economic Warfare Mean to the U.S.?

455

Ep.50 - part 2 - Historical Cycle of Inflation

456

Ep.50 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (12/6 – 12/10)

457

Short Episode: The Future of Traditional 60/40 Portfolio

458

Ep.49 - part 2 - Things That Cause the Market to Go Up and Down

459

Ep.49 - part 1 - What Happened to the Market This Week? (11/29 - 12/03)

460

Short Episode: What Are Unusual Things to Hold in Your IRA?

461

Ep. 48 - part 2 - Fundamental Changes Facing Investors

462

Ep. 48 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (11/8 – 11/12)

463

Ep.47 - part 3 - One of the Most Important Rules in Personal Finance

464

Ep: 47 - part 2 - What 9% Savings Rate Can Tell Us

465

Ep.47 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (11/1 – 11/5)

466

Ep. 46 - part 2 - Inflation: From The Basic Concept to Hedges Against Inflation

467

Short Episode: What is ESG Investing (Environmental, Social, and Governance)?

468

Ep. 46 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market this Week? (10/18 - 10/22)

469

Short Episode: What is a Digital Dollar? How Does it Work?

470

Ep. 45- part 2 - Big Picture in the Global Economy

471

Ep.45 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (9/6 – 9/10)

472

Ep.44 - part 3 - Why Have Our Exports Prices Gone Up Faster Than Our Imports Prices Have?

473

Ep.44 - part 2 - What Happens at the end of a Bull Market?

474

Ep.44 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (10/11 – 10/15)

475

Short Episode: Why Gold Standard Won‘t Work

476

Ep.43 - part 2 - Why Are House Prices Dropping a bit?

477

Ep.43 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market this Week? (8/30 – 9/3)

478

Ep.42 -part 3 - What Impact Will Quantitative Tightening Have on the Market?

479

Short Episode: The Money Markets, Explained

480

Ep.42 - part 2 - How Much Debt Does the U.S. Actually Owe?

481

Ep.42 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (8/23 – 8/27)

482

Ep.41 - part 2 - Why We Are Not Afraid of the Chinese Economy

483

Ep.41 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market this Week? (8/16 – 8/20)

484

Ep. 40 - part 3 - Are We in a Technological Revolution?

485

Ep.40 - part 2 - What Kind of Inflation Are We Experiencing Right Now?

486

Ep.40 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (8/9 – 8/13)

487

Short Episode: Is the Market Fair? Why is it Called a Bull or a Bear Market?

488

Ep. 39 - part 2 - Is Buying Land a Good Investment?

489

Short Episode: Is Cryptocurrency a Commodity or a Security?

490

Ep. 39 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (8/2 – 8/6)

491

When Will the US Economy Recover from Covid-19?

492

Ep. 38 - part 2 - The Importance of Productivity to Economic Growth, Explained

493

Fear in the Market, Explained

494

Ep.38 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (7/26 – 7/30)

495

Ep.37- part 2 - Why We Are Not Too Concerned About Long-Term Inflation

496

Ep. 37 - part 1 - What Happened in the Market This Week? (7/19 – 7/23)

497

What Successful Investors Have in Common

498

Ep.36 - part 3 - Pay Attention to Your Beneficiary Designations on Your IRAs

499

Ep.36 - part 2 - What to Look at to Get a Macro View Of The Market

500

Ep.36 - part 1 - What Happened in The Market This Week? (7/12 – 7/16)

501

Ep.35 - part 2 - How Soon Will Self-driving Cars and Flying Cars Be Available?

502

Ep.35 - part 1 - How Does The News Affect The Stock Market and Stock Prices?

503

Ep.34 - part 3 - What is NIL (Name images Likeness) Compensation in College Sports?

504

Ep.34 - part 2 - What Are Realistic Returns?

505

Ep.34 - part 1 - What Happened in The Market This Week? (6/28 – 7/2)

506

Ep.33 - part 3 - Social Security Benefits Cost-Of-Living Adjustments in 2021

507

Ep. 33 - part 2 - The Results of Bank Stress Tests by the Fed

508

Ep.33 - part 1 - What Happened in The Market This Week? (6/21 – 6/25)

509

Ep.32 - part 2 - Economic Growth Explained

510

Ep.32 - part 1 - Triple Witching Explained

511

Ep.31 - part 2 - The Economic Impact Of Covid-19 Explained

512

Ep.31- part 1 - Interesting Things About Inflation Scares

513

Ep.30 - part 3 - Update On China's One-Child Policy

514

Ep.30 - part 2 - How Do You Protect The US Dollar From Collapsing?

515

Ep.30 - part 1 - What We Need to Know About Wyoming’s Nuclear Plant

516

Short Timely Episode - Inflation Explained

517

Ep.29 - part 2 - Consumer Spending has Increased: What Now?

518

Ep.29 - part 1 - Have We Fixed the Electric Grid in Texas?

519

Ep.28- part 2 - Who Gets Credit for a Booming Economy?

520

Ep.28 - part 1 - How Should You Choose Your Investments?

521

Ep. 27 - part 2 - What Are Some Real Examples of Bad Investment Decisions?

522

Timely Episode: Cryptocurrency - Are You Trying To Follow the Crowd?

523

Ep. 27 - part 1 - What to Know About the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack

524

Ep. 26 - part 2 - Do You Have a Plan For When the Next Market Correction Happens?

525

Ep. 26 - part 1 - The History of Money and How Cryptocurrencies Tie Into It.

526

The History of Money in the World Up to Cryptocurrencies

527

Ep.25 - part 2 - When should I buy a car? Is it a good time to sell my house?

528

Ep.24 - part 2 - Does Alaska really have enough rare-earth metals to supply the demand from the U.S. and the World?

529

Ep. 25 - part 1 - What even is infrastructure and should we be spending money on it?

530

Ep.24 - part 1 - What are the alternatives to a 60/40 Portfolio?

531

Personal Finance Episode: Pay off credit card debt by being financially savvy

532

Ep.23 - part 2 - We Have Enough Toilet Paper! Now What?

533

Ep.23 - part 1 - Underlying inflation is just not there yet

534

Ep.22 - part 2 - "TIPS" for protecting your asset against inflation

535

Ep.22 - part 1 - Things to know about fear of inflation

536

Ep. 21 - part 2 - Financial Literacy Around the World

537

Ep. 21 - part 1 - Which currency is the world currency these days?

538

Game Stop, Robinhood and the Merrymen of Reddit - What actually happened?

539

Ep.20 - part 2 - Why do we talk about the Covid-19 so much when discussing the US economy?

540

Ep.20 - part 1 - Economic effects of 1918 flu and covid-19

541

Ep. 19 - part 2 - What is a Consumer-Based Economy?

542

Ep. 19 - part 1 - Predicting When an Economic Bubble is Likely to Pop

543

Ep.18 - part 2 - How do you feel about Bitcoins being accepted by more companies?

544

Ep.18 - part 1 - Is the US population aging? Issues of an aging population

545

Short Timely Episode - What happens if a pension's backup plan needs a backup plan?

546

Short Timely Episode - Is Bitcoin an investment or speculation?

547

Ep.17 - part 2 - Why you should be careful with alternative investments: Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and GameStop.

548

Ep.17 - part 1 - Pros and Cons of $15 minimum wage

549

Ep.16 - part 2 - Why did Texas suffer so much during the winter storm?

550

Ep.16 - part 1 - What can we learn from the oil market and bond market?

551

Ep. 15 - part 2- What Happens when we are short of Microchips?

552

Ep. 15 - part 1- What are ETFs?

553

Ep.14 - part 2 - How is Robinhood making money with their "commission-free" policy?

554

Ep.14 - part 1 - Was GameStop a classic case of a Pump and Dump?

555

Short Timely Episode - Is there a case for market manipulation over GameStop?

556

Ep.13 - part 2 - What's causing house prices to go up? What do we know about timing the market?

557

Ep.13 - part 1 - Q&A: Many people say a stock market bubble is about to pop, is it time to sell and take some profits?

558

Ep.12 - part 2 - Q&A: How old is the nationwide power grid? Good and bad news about Covid-19

559

Ep.12 - part 1 - What happened to GameStop? What is a short squeeze?

560

Ep.11 - part 1- Are we reducing global supply chain dependence on China?

561

Ep. 11 - part 2 - Why are house prices still going up? The market is so high, should we get more aggressive?

562

Ep.10 - part 2 - What country is the largest consumer of gold in the world?

563

Ep.10 - part 1 - Q&A: "Is King Dollar dead?" and "Should we go back to the gold standard?"

564

The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast Trailer

565

Ep.9 - part 2 - Q1 of the US 2021 GDP forecast and driverless trucks by Walmart

566

Ep.9 - part 1- Market updates and Q&A: What percentage of stock purchases are done on margin?

567

Ep.8 - Is Tesla overpriced right now?

568

Ep.7- part 2 - "K" shaped recovery, student loans, where do we get money from to pay for highways?

569

Ep.7 - part 1 - Market updates and Q&A: What is the IPO process? Who gets to buy the initial shares?

570

Ep.6 - Long-Term Investing: What is it? How do you do it? How do you NOT do it?

571

Ep.5 - Things to know about Roth IRAs, Traditional IRAs, converting, and rolling over.

572

Ep.4 - How do markets move on election results?

573

Ep.3 - part 2 - When is debt good or bad? More Q&A about Robinhood and 1031 property exchange

574

Ep.3 - part 1 - The Economy, The News, Q&A, and How the 2020 US presidential election will affect the market.

575

Ep.2 - part 2 - Medical Pricing, Value Stocks, and Unemployment Rate

576

Ep.2 - part 1 - Market updates and Q&A: What is a value stock? Different investment behaviors in China and in US.

577

Ep.1 part 2 - Investing in stocks vs in companies by TPWC

578

Ep.1 part 1 - Welcome to The Personal Wealth Coach podcast