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The Personal Wealth Coach — 564 episodes

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1

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

2

Weekly Market Update May 4 - 8, 2026

3

Why the Economy Feels Unclear Even When It’s Working

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Weekly Market Update April 27 - May 1, 2026

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How does the Economy Grow?

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Weekly Market Update April 20 - 24, 2026

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Supply Chains Under Stress: Why Crisis Creates New Technology

8

Why the Numbers Look Better Than They Feel

9

Weekly Market Update April 6 - 10, 2026

10

When War Speeds the Clock: How Conflict Accelerates Technological Change

11

Weekly Market Update March 30 - April 2, 2026

12

The Reorganization of the American Economy

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Weekly Market Update March 23 - 27, 2026

14

Recession or Reset? What the Data Really Says About 2026

15

Weekly Market Update March 16 - 20, 2026

16

The Strait of Hormuz Conversation

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Weekly Market Update March 9 - 13, 2026

18

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

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Weekly Market Update March 2 - 6, 2026

20

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

21

Weekly Market Update February 23 - 27, 2026

22

The Tariff Ruling That Changes Everything

23

Weekly Market Update February 17 - 20, 2026

24

Seasonal Adjustments and the Real Housing Story

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Weekly Market Update February 9 - 13, 2026

26

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

27

Weekly Market Update February 2 - 6, 2026

28

Is There an Artificial Intelligence Bubble?

29

Weekly Market Update January 26 - 30, 2026

30

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

32

Why is the Independence of the Federal Reserve Even Important?

33

Weekly Market Update January 12 - 16, 2026

34

When the Obvious Isn’t the Truth

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Weekly Market Update January 5 - 9, 2026

36

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

37

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

38

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

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Weekly Market Update December 22 - 26, 2025

40

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

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Weekly Market Update December 15 - 19, 2025

42

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

44

Inflation and Why It Is So Stubborn

45

Weekly Market Update December 1 - 5, 2025

46

Public Stakes in Private Profits; When Governments Become Shareholders

47

Weekly Market Update November 24 - 28, 2025

48

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

52

When Silence Gets Expensive

53

Weekly Market Update November 3 - 7, 2025

54

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

60

Tariffs, Tech, and Turbulence: Inside the Economic Crossroads

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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

64

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

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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

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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

116

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

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The State of Healthcare in the U.S.

129

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

139

A Timeless talk on Ownership

140

Weekly Market Insights April 29 - May 3, 2024

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Weekly Market Insights April 22 - 26, 2024

142

Treasury Auctions and the Fiduciary Rule

143

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?

145

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

146

Weekly Market Insights April 8 - 12, 2024

147

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

148

Weekly Market Insights April 1 - 5, 2024

149

Decoding Prices in the Stock Market

150

Weekly Market Insights March 25 - 28, 2024

151

Weekly Market Insights& Surprises March 18 - 22, 2024

152

Banking History Explained: Origins, Operations, and Impact

153

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

154

The Rise and Fall of Empires

155

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

156

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.

157

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

158

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

159

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

160

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

161

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

162

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

163

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

164

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

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

166

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

167

2023’s Economic Surprises in the U.S.

168

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

169

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

170

Politics and the Economy in Election Years

171

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

172

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

173

Navigating Canal Challenges: Rising Shipping Costs and Environmental Issues

174

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

175

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

176

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

177

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

178

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

179

The Personal Wealth Coach Trailer

180

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

181

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?

192

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?

208

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

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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?

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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?

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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?

215

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

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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

226

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?

228

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

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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

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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

260

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?

284

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?

288

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

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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?

304

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

305

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?

314

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?

319

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

320

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?

322

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?

324

Ep.88 - Part 1 - Currency Hedging, Explained

325

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

326

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

327

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

328

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

329

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.

331

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

332

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

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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?

335

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

339

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?

341

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

342

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?

346

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

347

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

348

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

349

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

350

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

351

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

352

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

353

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?

355

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

356

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

357

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?

360

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

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

362

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

363

Ep.75 - Part 2 - Demographic Economics

364

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

365

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

366

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

367

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

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

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

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Ep. 73 - Part 1 - What is Money?

371

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

372

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

373

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

374

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

375

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

376

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

377

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

378

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

379

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

380

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

381

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

382

Ep.69 - Part 2 - Home Solar Electric System

383

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

384

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

385

Ep.68 - Part 2 - Dutch Disease, Explained

386

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

387

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

388

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

389

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

390

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

391

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

392

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

393

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

394

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

395

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

396

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

397

Ep.64 - Part 2 - The Basics of Cryptocurrency

398

Ep.64 - part 1 - Strategic Commodity Reserves

399

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

400

Ep.63 - Part 2 - Behavioral Investing

401

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

402

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

403

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

404

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

405

Ep.61 - part 2 - Mortgage Rates

406

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

407

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

408

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

409

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

410

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

411

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

412

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

413

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

414

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

415

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

416

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

417

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

418

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

419

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

420

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

421

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

422

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

423

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

424

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

425

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

426

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

427

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

428

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

429

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

430

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

431

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

432

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

433

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

434

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

435

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

436

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

437

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

438

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

439

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

440

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

441

Ep.50 - part 2 - Historical Cycle of Inflation

442

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

443

Short Episode: The Future of Traditional 60/40 Portfolio

444

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

445

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

446

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

447

Ep. 48 - part 2 - Fundamental Changes Facing Investors

448

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

449

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

450

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

451

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

452

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

453

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

454

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

455

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

456

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

457

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

458

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

459

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

460

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

461

Short Episode: Why Gold Standard Won‘t Work

462

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

463

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

464

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

465

Short Episode: The Money Markets, Explained

466

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

467

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

468

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

469

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

470

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

471

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

472

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

473

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

474

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

475

Short Episode: Is Cryptocurrency a Commodity or a Security?

476

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

477

When Will the US Economy Recover from Covid-19?

478

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

479

Fear in the Market, Explained

480

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

481

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

482

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

483

What Successful Investors Have in Common

484

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

485

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

486

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

487

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

488

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

489

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

490

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

491

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

492

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

493

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

494

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

495

Ep.32 - part 2 - Economic Growth Explained

496

Ep.32 - part 1 - Triple Witching Explained

497

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

498

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

499

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

500

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

501

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

502

Short Timely Episode - Inflation Explained

503

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

504

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

505

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

506

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

507

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

508

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

509

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

510

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

511

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

512

The History of Money in the World Up to Cryptocurrencies

513

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

514

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

515

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

516

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

517

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

518

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

519

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

520

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

521

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

522

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

523

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

524

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

525

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

526

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

527

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

528

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

529

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

530

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

531

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

532

Short Timely Episode - Is Bitcoin an investment or speculation?

533

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

534

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

535

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

536

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

537

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

538

Ep. 15 - part 1- What are ETFs?

539

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

540

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

541

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

542

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

543

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?

544

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

545

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

546

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

547

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

548

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

549

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

550

The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast Trailer

551

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

552

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

553

Ep.8 - Is Tesla overpriced right now?

554

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

555

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

556

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

557

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

558

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

559

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

560

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

561

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

562

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

563

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

564

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