The latest GDP numbers came in at 1.5% annualized growth, and I’m here to tell you that is not a good sign for your retirement accounts or your purchasing power. When you stack that against a June PCE reading of 3.7%, which is nearly double the Fed’s stated 2% target, we have a serious problem that most financial advisors are not talking about.
Market Volatility Is Exposing the Portfolios That Were Never Built to Survive It
Markets are correcting, hedge funds are blowing up, and the Korean stock market just wiped out over 700,000 investors. If you think that kind of destruction can’t happen here, you haven’t been paying attention to what’s already sitting inside American portfolios.
Paul Volcker, Fed Guidance, and What Rising Rates Really Mean for Your Portfolio
The Federal Reserve has become a circus of economists, forward guidance, and Wall Street hand-holding. I want to take you back to a time when the Fed actually did its job without a press conference, a briefcase indicator, or a thousand PhD economists telling us what to think.
Paul Volcker, Fed Guidance, and What Rising Rates Really Mean for Your Portfolio
The Federal Reserve has become a circus of economists, forward guidance, and Wall Street hand-holding. I want to take you back to a time when the Fed actually did its job without a press conference, a briefcase indicator, or a thousand PhD economists telling us what to think.
What Does Paying Your Fair Share Actually Mean for Your Wallet
The phrase ‘fair share’ gets thrown around constantly in political debates, but nobody ever asks the most important question: fair by whose definition? I’ve been pressing people on the left for years with one simple framing, and I have never once gotten a real answer.
Affinity Fraud: Why the People You Trust Most Could Cost You Everything
Financial fraud in 2025 is projected to exceed eight billion dollars, and that number is conservative. One of the most devastating and underreported forms of fraud targets the people and communities you trust most.
What South Korea’s Stock Market Crash Is Telling U.S. Investors Right Now
South Korea’s sharp stock market decline isn’t just a foreign headline. It’s a warning flare for U.S. investors who think excessive leverage and complex financial products can’t blow up here at home.
How Major Investment Firms Buy Their Way Out of Bad Press
Most people assume the financial news they watch is independent. What I uncovered back in 2005 should make every investor think twice before trusting what they see on TV.
How Major Investment Firms Buy Their Way Out of Bad Press
Most people assume the financial news they watch is independent. What I uncovered back in 2005 should make every investor think twice before trusting what they see on TV.
Why TV Stock Pickers Are Not the Financial Experts You Think They Are
The financial media loves parading so-called experts on TV to give stock picks and generate debate. But when you actually check their track records, the picture gets ugly fast.