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Podcast: National Debt Tops $40 Trillion As Treasury Doubles Bond Buybacks
The national debt crossed $40.05 trillion on August 18 as the 30-year Treasury yield climbed above 5.3% to its highest level since 2007. To support market liquidity, the Treasury will at least double
Podcast: $145 Trillion Is "Boring"? Bonds Explained
The global bond market is nearly three times the size of the US stock market, yet many don't know how it actually works. Sonoma Wealth Managing Principal Chris Sipes joins Marketing Director Dano...
Podcast: Record Highs On Bad News?
The market just hit a record high on bad economic news — and that's not a typo. Three Fed officials voted to raise rates while investors are betting on a September cut, and this week's CPI and PPI...
Podcast: Why We're Watching The Yen Right Now
Why should Japan's currency have anything to do with your US tech company investment portfolio? What if...it had everything to do with the entire market? One carelessly or carefully left note from...
Podcast: The RMD Trap
Your RMD isn't just a withdrawal — it's the IRS setting off a chain reaction that can spike your Medicare premiums, tax your Social Security, and wipe out the charitable giving move you didn't even...
Podcast: The Fed Holds. AI Does Not.
Fireworks in July typically happen on the 4th, but the market waited until the end of the month to let loose a "big finale". Significant drawdowns in AI-related verticals, stability concerns in...
Podcast: When Good News Isn't Enough
Inflation numbers show a significant decline, but the market couldn't have cared less this week. Spiking oil amid new mid-east turmoil lead the narrative this week, outshining inflation or easing...
Podcast: This Man Is Holding $20k
If you had $55,000 cash, buying 10 unopened boxes of used video games probably wouldn't be the first investment you'd choose. But when you're Jason and Rebecca Moorhouse of Petaluma, you have a...
Podcast: Are Market Cracks Starting To Show?
A chip pullback? A "double bottom" fail? Are they just flipping a coin in the Strait of Hormuz? Is the market starting to show signs of AI fatigue? Or is this all just dog days of summer low trade...
Podcast: New Market, Same Humans
Despite ongoing conflict in the Middle East, the market's narratives and volume this week definitely had a "summer break" feeling. Daren and Chris take a deep dive on how human behavior remains a...