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Weekly Market Update September 28 - October 2, 2026

2

The Unintended Beneficiaries

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Weekly Market Update September 21 - 25, 2026

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The Geography of Energy

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Weekly Market Update September 14 - 18, 2026

6

The AI Ecosystem

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Weekly Market Update September 8 - 11, 2026

8

America’s New Factories

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Weekly Market Update August 31 - September 4, 2026

10

Tariffs, Trade, and the Geography of Adaptation

11

Weekly Market Update August 24 - 28, 2026

12

The Buyback Economy

13

Weekly Market Update August 17 - 21, 2026

14

The Geography of Capital: Following the Money Around the World

15

Weekly Market Update August 10 - 14, 2026

16

The State of the Economy: Productivity, Hiring, and the AI Investment Boom

17

Weekly Market Update August 3-7, 2026

18

Why Inflation Isn't Finished Yet

19

Weekly Market Update July 27 - 31, 2026

20

Y’all Street: Why Texas Built Its Own Stock Exchange

21

Weekly Market Update July 20 - 24, 2026

22

The Roads We Build and the Choices We Make

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Weekly Market Update July 13 - 17, 2026

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From Amsterdam to Wall Street How Stock Markets Were Born

25

Weekly Market Update July 6 - 10, 2026

26

The History of the Bond Market

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Weekly Market Update June 29 - July 2, 2026

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Building Shock Absorbers

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Weekly Market Update June 22 - 26, 2026

30

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

34

The Stinky Side of the Economy: Fertilizer

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Weekly Market Update June 1 - 5, 2026

36

The Changing Gold Market

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Weekly Market Update May 26 - 29, 2026

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

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Weekly Market Update May 18 - 22, 2026

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Is Inflation Back, or Are We Reading It Wrong?

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Weekly Market Update May 11 - 15, 2026

42

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

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Weekly Market Update May 4 - 8, 2026

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Why the Economy Feels Unclear Even When It’s Working

45

Weekly Market Update April 27 - May 1, 2026

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How does the Economy Grow?

47

Weekly Market Update April 20 - 24, 2026

48

Supply Chains Under Stress: Why Crisis Creates New Technology

49

Why the Numbers Look Better Than They Feel

50

Weekly Market Update April 6 - 10, 2026

51

When War Speeds the Clock: How Conflict Accelerates Technological Change

52

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

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Recession or Reset? What the Data Really Says About 2026

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Weekly Market Update March 16 - 20, 2026

57

The Strait of Hormuz Conversation

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Weekly Market Update March 9 - 13, 2026

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

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Weekly Market Update March 2 - 6, 2026

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

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Weekly Market Update February 23 - 27, 2026

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The Tariff Ruling That Changes Everything

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Weekly Market Update February 17 - 20, 2026

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Seasonal Adjustments and the Real Housing Story

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Weekly Market Update February 9 - 13, 2026

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

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Weekly Market Update February 2 - 6, 2026

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Is There an Artificial Intelligence Bubble?

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Weekly Market Update January 26 - 30, 2026

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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

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Why is the Independence of the Federal Reserve Even Important?

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Weekly Market Update January 12 - 16, 2026

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When the Obvious Isn’t the Truth

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Weekly Market Update January 5 - 9, 2026

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

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

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

80

Weekly Market Update December 22 - 26, 2025

81

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

86

Weekly Market Update December 1 - 5, 2025

87

Public Stakes in Private Profits; When Governments Become Shareholders

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Weekly Market Update November 24 - 28, 2025

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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

93

When Silence Gets Expensive

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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

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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

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

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Weekly Market Update October 13 - 17, 2025

101

Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Inside the Economic Crossroads

102

Weekly Market Update October 6 - 10, 2025

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

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Weekly Market Update September 29 - October 3, 2025

105

Argentina’s Economic Rollercoaster: From Miracle to Mayhem

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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

110

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

114

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

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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

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Weekly Market Insights December 9 - 13, 2024

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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

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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

169

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

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A Timeless talk on Ownership

181

Weekly Market Insights April 29 - May 3, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights April 22 - 26, 2024

183

Treasury Auctions and the Fiduciary Rule

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Weekly Market Insights April 15 - 19, 2024

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

186

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

187

Weekly Market Insights April 8 - 12, 2024

188

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

189

Weekly Market Insights April 1 - 5, 2024

190

Decoding Prices in the Stock Market

191

Weekly Market Insights March 25 - 28, 2024

192

Weekly Market Insights& Surprises March 18 - 22, 2024

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Banking History Explained: Origins, Operations, and Impact

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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

195

The Rise and Fall of Empires

196

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

197

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.

198

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

199

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

200

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

201

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

202

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

203

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

204

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

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

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

207

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

208

2023’s Economic Surprises in the U.S.

209

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

210

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

211

Politics and the Economy in Election Years

212

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

213

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

214

Navigating Canal Challenges: Rising Shipping Costs and Environmental Issues

215

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

216

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

217

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

218

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

219

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

220

The Personal Wealth Coach Trailer

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

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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?

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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?

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

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

249

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

250

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?

252

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?

254

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

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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?

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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

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

260

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

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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

267

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

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

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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?

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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.

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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

291

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

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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?

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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?

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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?

329

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

330

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?

335

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

336

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

337

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

341

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

342

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?

345

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

346

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

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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?

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

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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?

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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?

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

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

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

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Ep.88 - Part 1 - Currency Hedging, Explained

366

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

367

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

368

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

369

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

370

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.

372

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

373

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

374

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

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

376

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

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

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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

380

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?

382

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

383

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

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

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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?

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

388

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

389

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

390

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

391

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

392

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

393

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

394

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

395

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

396

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

397

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

398

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

399

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

400

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

401

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

402

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

403

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

404

Ep.75 - Part 2 - Demographic Economics

405

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

406

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

407

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

408

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

409

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

410

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

411

Ep. 73 - Part 1 - What is Money?

412

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

413

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

414

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

415

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

416

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

417

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

418

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

419

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

420

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

421

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

422

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

423

Ep.69 - Part 2 - Home Solar Electric System

424

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

425

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

426

Ep.68 - Part 2 - Dutch Disease, Explained

427

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

428

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

429

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

430

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

431

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

432

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

433

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

434

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

435

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

436

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

437

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

438

Ep.64 - Part 2 - The Basics of Cryptocurrency

439

Ep.64 - part 1 - Strategic Commodity Reserves

440

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

441

Ep.63 - Part 2 - Behavioral Investing

442

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

443

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

444

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

445

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

446

Ep.61 - part 2 - Mortgage Rates

447

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

448

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

449

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

450

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

451

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

452

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

453

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

454

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

455

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

456

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

457

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

458

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

459

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

460

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

461

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

462

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

463

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

464

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

465

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

466

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

467

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

468

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

469

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

470

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

471

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

472

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

473

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

474

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

475

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

476

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

477

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

478

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

479

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

480

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

481

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

482

Ep.50 - part 2 - Historical Cycle of Inflation

483

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

484

Short Episode: The Future of Traditional 60/40 Portfolio

485

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

486

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

487

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

488

Ep. 48 - part 2 - Fundamental Changes Facing Investors

489

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

490

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

491

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

492

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

493

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

494

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

495

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

496

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

497

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

498

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

499

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

500

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

501

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

502

Short Episode: Why Gold Standard Won‘t Work

503

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

504

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

505

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

506

Short Episode: The Money Markets, Explained

507

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

508

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

509

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

510

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

511

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

512

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

513

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

514

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

515

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

516

Short Episode: Is Cryptocurrency a Commodity or a Security?

517

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

518

When Will the US Economy Recover from Covid-19?

519

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

520

Fear in the Market, Explained

521

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

522

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

523

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

524

What Successful Investors Have in Common

525

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

526

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

527

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

528

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

529

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

530

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

531

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

532

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

533

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

534

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

535

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

536

Ep.32 - part 2 - Economic Growth Explained

537

Ep.32 - part 1 - Triple Witching Explained

538

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

539

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

540

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

541

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

542

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

543

Short Timely Episode - Inflation Explained

544

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

545

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

546

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

547

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

548

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

549

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

550

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

551

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

552

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

553

The History of Money in the World Up to Cryptocurrencies

554

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

555

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

556

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

557

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

558

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

559

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

560

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

561

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

562

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

563

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

564

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

565

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

566

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

567

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

568

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

569

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

570

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

571

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

572

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

573

Short Timely Episode - Is Bitcoin an investment or speculation?

574

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

575

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

576

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

577

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

578

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

579

Ep. 15 - part 1- What are ETFs?

580

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

581

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

582

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

583

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

584

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?

585

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

586

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

587

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

588

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

589

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

590

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

591

The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast Trailer

592

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

593

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

594

Ep.8 - Is Tesla overpriced right now?

595

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

596

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

597

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

598

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

599

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

600

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

601

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

602

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

603

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

604

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

605

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