The FarrCast : Wealth Strategies

It's a slow, languid summer week. The President met a few world leaders and held a press conference that got a little coverage, but there wasn't much . . . Oh who are we kidding? There is enough material for four shows this week. We've got Jim Iuorio from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange kicking us off with a look at the markets. There was moderately positive economic news on consumer spending and...

Tariffs blows have been traded and DOOM is upon us. Well, maybe not -- the markets are adapting to the President's totally unprecedented style. Jim Iuorio joins us from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and tells why the sky isn't falling. Tom Heath and Jim talk about oil -- as a massive producer the US benefits from high oil, but hurts the consumer. Where is the sweet spot? Next up is regular Dan M...

It's the holiday week edition of FarrCast! Kenny Polcari calls in from the floor of the NYSE and tells us how the markets are distorted by the low volumes on the holiday. Tariffs are to take effect on Friday -- Kenny tells us what to look for depending on how the news breaks, and what the tone is. It's a new quarter, and we look to other side of the tariff news: have we seen a peak in investor sen...

It's another great FarrCast! The markets dive -- should Fred & Ethel be worried about their retirement accounts? All of the experts agree. The Dow dropped under it's 200 day moving average. Jim Iuorio says, "that means almost nothing to me." Iuorio says the bull market isn't over, but there are things out there that worry him. The Fed still has a tightrope act in the raising rate environment....

Michael opens the show as he always does by checking in with Kenny Polcari to talk about the volatile day on Wall Street and the surprising news about GE. Next, Dan Mahafee from CSPC calls in to discuss the aftermath of the Singapore Summit, and the growing tension between the US and China over the trade war. And Michael wraps up by chatting with Mark Olson from Treliant Risk Advisors about the la...

The market was a big dud -- on the N. Korea news, and Kenny explains why the markets don't react too much to geo-political shifts. But later this week, the Fed, the ECB, and the BoJ all have announcements -- and markets move on monetary shifts. Kenny and Michael explain what the markets are looking for.  Dan Mahaffee is the resident genius at FarrCast from the Center for the Study of the Presidenc...

Jim Iuorio joins Michael to talk markets -- he's bullish, but he's not euphoric. He tells us why he's optimistic -- and he shares what worries him as well. It's been an interesting week in DC, and Dan Mahaffee tells us what is historically unprecedented, and what is just posturing. Orthodoxy is being challenged and much of it happens beneath the headlines. Mueller and Korea are in the headlines th...

Welcome to the FarrCast! It has been a big start to the week, and Kenny Polcari joins Michael to talk about the 400 point drop on the Dow and the strong rally in bonds. Is there anything to worry about? Or is this just more of the volatility that Kenny and Michael have been warning about since December (before the volatility began.) Spygate and the deep state and name calling over North Korea -- a...

It's another great FarrCast! Michael welcomes Jim Iuorio from Chicago Mercantile Exchange to talk markets. Are the markets worried about trade? Maybe a little-- but the big story is interest rates. Does the economy have enough momentum to thrive in the rising rate environment? DC is the gift that keeps giving and Dan Mahaffee is back to guide us through the dysfunction. The House fails to pass a F...

Kenny Polcari on the markets -- we've broken resistance, what next? Clayton Allen gives us a deep dive into NAFTA, Iran, and international trade. Dan Mahaffee connects the threads. We've been all over the place in the markets. We have a 3.1% ten-year, and an ever stronger dollar. Kenny Polcari tells us where the market is, and what the markets are trying to figure out. The pieces are in place for...

The markets have bounced!  Kenny Polcari tells us where the next level of resistance is -- and where the market goes if resistance breaks. Michael and Kenny discuss what the technical indicators are telling us, but looking at the fundamentals, they really haven't changed as the markets are whipsawing back and forth. And the fundamentals are good. Matt Leffingwell calls in from Capitol Hill this we...

Big moves in the market! But Kenny Polcari tells us why the move down wasn't anything to sweat -- and why the bounce up might not go very high. Matt Leffingwell joins from Capitol Hill -- literally. There is news from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and Matt catches us up. Matt told us last week that Gen. Kelly's star was waning, and this week the news has shown that to be the case. Listen in to...

Treasuries cross 3%! Dow tumbles 450 points! Caterpillar raises the spectre of "peak earnings." Is it panic on Wall Street? Kenny Polcari joins us to say it's ugly, it's uncomfortable, but it's not panic. The markets are testing technical levels and the whipsaw movements are part of the modern automated markets. Michael and Kenny talk about what the fundamentals are, and separate the noise from th...

Are the markets starting to break out? What signal do investors need to listen to through the noise? Mike Pompeo is the new sheriff in town, find out why! It's the FarrCast! Tune and in and get the inside information. Kenny Polcari joins the FarrCast tonight to explain the changing terrain of the markets. Fundamentals are strong, and markets found technical support and broke through resistance. Th...

Markets Rally! Trade Talks Progress! But if the rumor you'll hear tonight on the FarrCast is true -- EVERYTHING is about to change. The FarrCast is back! And it's an interesting week to be back. Our special guest is the Hon. Glenn Nye, President of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress. Congressman Nye gives us a historical and political perspective on the trade negotiations wi...

The Markets had their worst week in years, then a powerful rally, and the bluster from Washington increases. But the bluster seems to have produced some movement on trade and Markets turned positive to begin the week. Listen in to the FarrCast to get your bearings on the bounces in the markets. Kenny Polcari says we'll see resistance when the S&P 500 hits 2690 and then it will churn. If we con...

Welcome to the FarrCast! Today we talk the legal side of Washington. Legal issues take up more and more air out of the news cycle, and could be shaking the markets. Michael welcomes long time litigator Charles Molster, who is the lawyer's lawyer, and gives his insight into the Mueller investigation and what might happen next. But first, Jack Bouroudjian tells us how this market is different from t...

It's a special National Security Edition of the FarrCast! This week Michael welcomes Lt. Gen. Daniel Christman, USArmy (Ret.) as his special guest. General Christman began his military career graduating first in the class of 1965 at the US Military Academy, West Point. He finished his Army career as a three-star general, with a combat command in Vietnam, assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chie...

Washington is rocked as Gary Cohn resigns! Will markets shudder too? Tariff arguments are pitting the GOP against itself! How will it affect companies and workers on the factory floor? There is a lot to move the markets. We have the experts, Kenny Polcari, Matt Leffingwell, and a special guest from the steel industry, Craig Bram, CEO of Synalloy Corporation, to help our listeners sort it out.  Pol...

Jerome Powell has his first biannual testimony on the Hill, and here on the FarrCast we have a fantastic guest to guide us through -- former Federal Reserve Governor Mark Olson. Michael, Kenny Polcari, and Mark Olson talk about the opening of the Powell era, a Fed Chair who pays attention to the markets, but understands the markets are NOT the economy. Markets have been up and down since the corre...

It's another week and another fabulous FarrCast. On the FarrCast, we believe that emotion is the enemy of the long term investor, and it has been an emotional month in the Markets. Kenny Polcari joins Michael and tells why he thinks the correction was too quick, and the markets are still under pressure. Matt Leffingwell joins us to catch up on what is going on in Washington. Congress is in recess,...

It's been a wild week in the markets, but tune in to the FarrCast, and it all makes sense! Michael and regular Kenny Polcari help discern the signal from the noise. The markets tested technical support levels, and Kenny tells us that it's not over-- more churn is to come. We have another great guest on the FarrCast -- from The Australian Financial Review, correspondent John Kehoe. John gives us de...

The Dow is down over 1000 for the second time in a week - what does it mean for you? Michael talks about that with Kenny Polcari, as well as what we should expect from the Market in the coming days and weeks. Plus : The Budget Busting Congress! Michael discusses the budget negotiations with political insider Matt Leffingwell, and how that will impact Wall Street, and Main Street.

On this special edition of the FarrCast, Michael talks about the bad week that Wall Street just had, what this correction means, and what to expect in the markets next week.

Welcome to FarrCast! The markets moved down, but there wasn't panic. Kenny Polcari joins Michael and talks about the variables that are playing on the markets, and the return of volatility. If you've been listening to FarrCast, you wouldn't be panicking either. Kenny and Michael look forward so you won't be surprised at what comes next. The upcoming Treasury refunding will be a harbinger of what i...