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Steep selloffs across the biggest stocks in the market have investors wondering if the bubble has already burst, or if the bottom is about to fall out from under us. Is this just October being October? Jeff Hirsch of The Stock Traders Almanac shares the secrets of seasonality and why he sees Nasdaq 75,000 in ten years. This week will test our mettle as the Fed meets on interest rates and companies...

Tech stocks are in shock as investors fret about rising credit default swap prices on neocloud companies like CoreWeave and Oracle and the future strength of capex spending. With the VIX finally waking up, the four-year old bull market is facing its toughest test in years just in time for the heart of earnings season. Ready or not, private markets are coming for our portfolios as regulations are e...

It’s the most critical week of the year as investors face a wave of earnings reports and the latest inflation reading with bond yields and oil prices pushing higher. Risk Reversal’s Dan Nathan drops in with what to watch and listen for as the stock market inches higher on weak breadth and hopes that there are still leaves on the money tree for the AI buildout. Plus, the bull market turns four this...

Rising Treasury yields and higher for longer oil prices and inflation have been no match for a resilient stock market that is running on bad breadth. What is the boiling point for yields, and what will a stock market meltdown look like if we reach those levels? Kenny Polcari drops in with the key indicators to watch and which sectors are the most vulnerable if the temperature keeps rising? Plus, i...

Wall Street and Washington are moving quickly to tokenize everything inside and outside of our portfolios and move them on to the blockchain. Ric Edelman drops in to explain what that really means to the future of investing and wealth management, and why it is both revolutionary and unavoidable. Plus, investors are tiptoeing our way through a house of horrors in the economy and remaining cautiousl...

The autumn wind is blowing in and it's taking interest rates higher as the Federal Reserve boosted the overnight lending rate by a quarter point last week, as expected. Investors may be getting used to higher for longer interest rates and inflation as the stock market has been running in place for more than one month. It’s the bond market that everyone is focused on, and it’s the focus of Robin Wi...

Our central bank finds itself in a tough spot as inflation ticks higher and the Treasury Secretary tries unsuccessfully to suppress bond yields leading many to wonder if Fed policy matters much these days. With the FOMC decision on interest rates set for this week, Liz Thomas of SoFi drops in with her perspective, and the most important indicators to watch through the balance of this year. Plus, s...

Subscribe to Value Add by Investopedia on Substack: https://investopedia.substack.com/   Private capital has been transformed into a $40 trillion asset class by financial innovators from Michael Milken to Leon Black, and now underpins a wide swath of global industries. William D. Cohan, author of the newly released book, “Money to Burn: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and...

Rising oil prices, inflation everywhere and creeping Treasury yields are not enough to stop this bull from charging higher around the world. Global stock indices are at all time highs as investors hold on to hopes that rising earnings will keep on rising. Jay Woods of Freedom Capital Markets tells us what could go wrong, or keep going right in the last few months of the year. Plus, the Pentagon is...

The national debt topped $40 trillion and with more spending on the way, the U.S. is forced to eat a lot of its own cooking by buying back Treasuries. At what point does the math stop ‘mathing’ in this yield curve control experiment? Jon Erlichman drops in with some good, bad and unbelievable market statistics and astounding compounding revelations that will keep us investing forever. Plus - all e...

The classic economic indicators tell us that the economy is hanging in there despite tariffs and sticky inflation. The “Real Feel” of the economy paints a different picture as more Americans are being left behind and finding their version of the so-called ‘American Dream’ out of reach. NBC News Chief Business Correspondent, Christine Romans, joins the show with her diagnosis, and parenting advice...

A new era of financial education is being driven by dynamic fin-fluencers who are spreading the power of investing, compounding, and building real generational wealth for their generation and their communities. Ross Mac and Marc Russell join The Express from inside Invest Fest, the largest wealth festival in the world, to share their recipe for long-term wealth building success. Plus, markets pier...

Is the economy headed towards a recessionary cliff as inflation and dwindling economic confidence pull against productivity gains and capex spending? Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics shows us the possible pathways for the economy and households, and what to brace for. Plus, the Fed did nothing and said even less, driving long bond yields to multi-year highs and causing investors to...

With the echoes of the Dot-com bubble bursting and the ashes of the Great Financial Crisis still simmering in their psyches, many Gen-Z investors have taken a cautious and unique approach to investing for the long term. Mary Esposito, the personality behind “Money with Mary”, shares her investing strategy and how she has navigated becoming an Instagram star and small business operator in her early...

The summer winds have blown a bear market into semiconductor stocks as pricing has come under pressure. What do investors need to hear from chipmakers and AI superscalers this week to regain their confidence? The latest results of the Investopedia Sentiment Survey are in, and we are still trying to hang on to the bull. Plus, our credit card and travel rewards and loyalty points aren’t getting as f...

With the U.S. government making direct investments into public companies and the introduction of Trump accounts that will bring millions of new investors into the stock market, what happens when the next bear market arrives? Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg Intelligence wonders if the next government bailout will be in the stock market, which may be becoming too big to fail. Plus, the Space X IPO and t...

The Motley Fool has educated and helped enrich millions of individual investors since it was founded thirty-three years ago, and it is still breaking rules today. Co-founder and Chief Rule Breaker, David Gardner joins the show with some of his favorite investing lessons and why he thinks we are still in the golden age of investing. Plus, Space X jumps the line and joins the Nasdaq 100 and several...

What can the recipe for the world’s best guacamole teach us about building a resilient portfolio? We find out as Jess Inskip joins The Express for a Guacamole, Money and Markets masterclass. Jess shares her ingredients for building a portfolio for today’s stock market, and educational tips for investors of all ages. Plus, we look at the stock market's mid-year report card and find areas of strengt...

As we near the mid-point of a tumultuous year, we give this market a health check with Jay Woods of Freedom Capital Markets. Plus, there’s a new Fed Chair in town, and Kevin Warsh is focused squarely on inflation and recreating the central bank through a series of task forces. And, investors keep riding just a few stocks to higher highs, and some are taking on a lot of margin debt to amplify their...

SpaceX completed the largest IPO in history, valuing Elon Musk’s space exploration company at more than $2 Trillion, and making him the world’s first trillionaire. It also paves the way for Anthropic and Open AI, the next trillion dollar companies to test the public markets, ushering in a new wave of massive public companies built on the dream of productivity through artificial intelligence. Gil L...

The raging bull market was stopped in its tracks by a new wave of bearish sentiment against semiconductor and AI stocks and doubts about future demand. Is this the beginning of the end of the relentless rally, or a normal pullback in a secular bull market. Legendary business news journalist and market guru Ron Insana drops in with his perspective and lessons from history. Plus, day traders have fo...

he stock market keeps making record highs on the wings of high-flying semiconductor stocks and hopes of a cease fire in the Middle East. Meanwhile, the smartest trade in the market is to own the stocks most favored by The White House as this administration reaches back to the Reagan-era for inspiration about transforming the U.S. economy. The Express goes inside the Reagan Economic Forum to hear f...

This headline driven stock market has tested investors’ ability to keep their animal spirits from taking over. But, history has proven repeatedly that time in the market and compounding are undefeated. Ben Carlson, author of “Risk & Reward”, and the co-host of the Animal Spirits podcast, drops in with the latest examples of common sense investing and time-tested strategies that work in any market....

The rules of getting rich and staying rich keep changing, but Haley Sacks, aka “Mrs. Dow Jones”, created her own rules and shares it through her new book, “Future Rich Person”. Plus, the surging stock market finally hit a wall after weeks of tech-inspired gains as Treasury yields are springing higher. Are higher for longer inflation and interest rates real threats to this aging bull market, or wil...

The relentless bull market has several of the biggest private companies in the world set to go public in what will be the largest IPOs in history. Sonali Basak, Chief Investment Strategist for iCapital sets the stage for this new generation of trillion dollar companies, and makes the case for more investment in private markets today. Plus, money market funds just had their biggest inflows in six y...