This episode of Grow Money Business covers tariffs, Trump’s recent economic policy, the market’s reaction, and how we should interpret all this as investors. We cover an article commenting on a recent wonky U.S. government…
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Tariffs, Inflation, and Taxes: Where’s the Balance?
February Recap and March Outlook The new administration’s priority of “reindustrializing the U.S.” is coming into focus as tariff announcements – even if softened or rescinded – indicated that this is a policy, not just…
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GMB Ep 227: The Economy is Not As Bad As You Think It Is – With Eric Mason
This week’s guest on the show is Eric Mason. Eric is a CFO, an economist, and a TEDx speaker. He is the current Chief Financial Officer for Quincy, Massachusetts. where he provides direct analysis of…
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GMB Ep 195: What is the Bond Market Trying to Tell Us?
This week’s episode of Grow Money Business is all about the bond market and how it changes with inflation, high-interest rates, and an inverted yield curve. Join us as we dive into the yield curve,…
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March Madness: Non-Basketball Edition
The monthly Fed/CPI/Employment headline-market movement industrial complex was rudely shouldered aside in the last week by a much bigger and faster-moving story. While the fallout from bank failures will take a while to unravel, and…
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Recession, Recovery, or Both?
The markets are starting to feel like Groundhog Day. Almost every month, it’s a cadence of employment numbers, CPI, Fed, — market reacts. With inflation starting to trend down, even if only slightly, optimism has…
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November Market Commentary: Powell Threads the Needle
October Recap and November Outlook Economic data showed some movements in the right directions, both up and down. The Federal Reserve responded by talking about letting the economy catch up to the rate increases already…
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October Market Commentary
September Recap and October Outlook The Fed raised the key short-term interest rate by another 75 basis points at the September FOMC meeting, but the big news wasn’t the well-anticipated rate increase. It was Chairman…
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GMB Ep #89: Investing Myths #4 – U.S. Multinationals Provide Enough International Exposure
This week on the podcast, we’re continuing our mini-series dedicated to debunking popular misconceptions around investing by exploring the truth about whether U.S. multinational securities provide enough international exposure for your portfolio. Throughout today’s…
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Reflections on the Pandemic So Far
We are currently somewhere around day 60 of our family’s quarantine during the pandemic, and the country is inching closer to reopening. Over those 60(ish) days I worked remotely from home, and held a TON…
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