The Investopedia Express with Caleb Silver
Get ready for the week ahead with Investopedia’s Editor in Chief, Caleb Silver, as he digs into the most important stories in finance and global economics. Through expert analysis, interviews with the biggest names in business, and educational breakdowns of the news that moves markets, The Investopedia Express preps you with the information you need to start your week in finance.
Episodes
April 22, 2024 • 37 mins
Bethany McLean, author of best-selling books including, "The Smartest Guys in the Room", and "All the Devils are Here", climbs back aboard to The Express after receiving the SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award, to talk about how she broke open some of the biggest business stories of the past thirty years. From Enron to Elon Musk's SolarCity, Bethany talks about how she developed her sense of wrongdoing, her battles challenging th...
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April 15, 2024 • 32 mins
Over the past 100 years, Edward Jones has become a ubiquitous financial advice business with over 15,000 locations in North America overseeing $2 trillion in household assets. Penny Pennington, CEO and Managing Partner of Edward Jones joins The Express to talk about what American families are doing with their money, what they are worried about, and how they intend to transfer their wealth to their kids and grandkids. Plus, Volatili...
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April 8, 2024 • 29 mins
Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA, rejoins The Express to put stock market pullbacks in perspective, and why the recent declines are to be expected and relatively minor given historical averages. Plus, there is a growing chorus of Fed presidents who don't think interest rate cuts are warranted at all this year given the hot labor market and persistent inflation. Do investors and savers need to get used to, "higher un...
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April 1, 2024 • 33 mins
Claudia Sahm didn't coin the "Sahm Rule", but she has taken on the responsibility that comes with having an economics rule and recession indicator named after her. The macroeconomist who worked at the Federal Reserve and the White House Council of Economic Advisers joins The Express with her forecast for the U.S. economy, including what could go very right, and what could go very wrong. Plus, divergences across the stock market mak...
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March 25, 2024 • 32 mins
Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at The Carson Group, climbs back aboard The Express to break down the recent 'Everything Rally', and why history and recent economic data suggest that this trend in motion should stay in motion. Plus, companies are piling on the dividends and the share buybacks to entice investors and jolt their earnings. Investors are scooping up those benefits and are as confident in future returns as they've...
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March 18, 2024 • 37 mins
Cannabis sales and prices are falling apart in the Golden State as overproduction and a glut of dispensaries have far outpaced demand. Can cannabis tourism rescue the industry, or will the stigma of the Schedule 1 controlled substance linger over a state that has been built on family fun destinations like Disneyland and Universal Studios? From the Visit California Outlook Forum in Palm Springs, a panel conversation with Peter Gamez...
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March 11, 2024 • 36 mins
Gold prices are at all time highs as the precious metal is having another moment in the sun amid geopolitical uncertainty, sticky high inflation and the highest interest rates in over 20 years. Louise Street of the World Gold Council, a membership organization of some of the biggest gold miners and companies in the world, explains why investors are leaning back into this historical store of wealth. Plus, the biggest stocks in the m...
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March 4, 2024 • 32 mins
Markets are setting record highs across sectors and asset classes and investors get even more comfortable taking on risk. Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise joins The Express with a front row seat inside the storm of assets flowing into those new spot Bitcoin ETFs, including Bitwise's BITB. Hear why Matt thinks this surge in inflows is just the beginning, and how big the Bitcoin ETF market can be in the next five ...
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February 26, 2024 • 33 mins
Jim Bianco, the President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, tells us why Wall Street might be very wrong about rate cuts, inflation, crypto ETFs and the bond market. Plus, he compares the rise of A.I. stocks and crypto with other frothy periods in history and explains how these usually play out. Plus, the meteoric rise of Nvidia and other chip stocks has brought out the options army in full force. They are calling for much h...
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February 19, 2024 • 32 mins
JC Parets of AllStarCharts rejoins the show to help us identify the weaknesses across the capital markets as the major equity indices dance around all time highs. Why we need to pay attention to the strengthening Dollar, the Polish Zloty, Copper prices and tumbling Treasuries to know what will happen next to the stock market. Plus, are we witnessing Meme Stock 2.0 as stocks like Abercrombie & Fitch, Super Micro Computer, Texas Road...
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February 12, 2024 • 31 mins
Sonia Dumas, a futurist and co-founder of Campaign Coach A.I., joins the show to explain how A.I. is being used across industries from real estate to financial planning to enhance productivity and profitability, and why we there is nothing 'artificial' about it. Plus, more record highs for the stock market despite very thin breadth is just one reason doubters don't think this rally can last. Also - it's been a tough market for chea...
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February 5, 2024 • 33 mins
Matt Garland, aka 'MG The Mortgage Guy', on what to expect for the U.S real estate market this Spring as mortgage rates fall and demand comes storming back. Whether you are a potential buyer, seller, investor, or broker, Matt shares his best advice on how to prepare to capitalize on the real estate reawakening. Plus, the stock market tops more record highs, but there are rising rumblings about the strength of one of the narrowest b...
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January 29, 2024 • 30 mins
Peter Oppenheimer, the Chief Equity Global Strategist and head of Macro Research at Goldman Sachs in Europe, explains the new Post Modern Cycle investors are living in, and what it means for our future returns. Plus, we are investing in the land of giants again as Microsoft tops the $3 Trillion in market value and several other companies join the Trillionaires Club. But that's not stopping them from cutting jobs at an alarming rate...
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January 22, 2024 • 32 mins
Peter Mallouk, CEO of Creative Planning, joins The Express to help us see the future of financial planning and wealth management as firms like his continue to consolidate the industry. Plus, the S&P 500 finally made it back to new highs after a two year battle with inflation and rising rates. While some investors may feel vertigo, history suggests the good times may keep on rolling.
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January 15, 2024 • 31 mins
Sam Ro, the author of TKer, comes back aboard to help us discern what we should be paying attention to, and what we should be ignoring as investors to start the year. From the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs to the Fed's pivot, the outcry for active management to the unaffordability of the housing market, Sam helps us filter the headlines to focus on what's really important. Plus, CEOs are still worried about inflation and a recessio...
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January 8, 2024 • 33 mins
Anastasia Amoroso, the Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital, rejoins the show to help us identify unusual opportunities in the capital markets this year as the economy slows and rates come down. Plus, the Santa Claus Rally never happened, but investors were piling into ETFs in December like they were sure it would. Was the herd late to the rally, or is the recent retracement in the stock market just a speed bump on the track to ...
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January 1, 2024 • 32 mins
Joe Davis, Vanguard's Chief Global Economist, explains why the return of "Sound Money", with interest rates higher than the rate of inflation, will be good news for long-term investors, but will mean more muted returns for stocks than the past ten years. Plus, why he fears the Fed may cut too soon in 2024, bringing back memories of 1967. And, 2023 delivered some banner returns for certain stocks across sectors. Is this the beginnin...
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December 18, 2023 • 27 mins
Liz Ann Sonders, the Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab, tells us what to expect next year for the markets and the economy, and how investors should prepare. Plus, the Fed gave investors an early holiday gift by indicating three rate cuts in 2024, which sent the stock market soaring. But the recent rally hasn't totally convinced individual investors that these gains are here to stay. What are they waiting for?
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December 11, 2023 • 30 mins
It's been a year unlike any other for investors with a bear market in bonds, bank failures. the rise of A.I., and a reality check for the so-called "American Dream". We bring you Investopedia's Most Searched Terms of 2023, and what that Dream costs in today's dollars. Plus, Bitcoin is on another one of its magnificent rallies, up more than 180% in 2023. Ric Edelman of DACFP climbs back aboard The Express to explain the enthusiasm, ...
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December 4, 2023 • 33 mins
Vivian Tu, aka Your Rich BFF, joins The Express to talk about how she became one of the most followed Fin-fluencers on social media, and shares the personal finance and wealth building secrets no one ever bothered tell us. Her new book, “Rich AF, The Winning Money Mindset that Will Change Your Life”, is full of those tips, and available for order now. Plus, investors are going to miss November which was just as sweet for bond inves...
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