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2025 was looking like yet another banner year for Bitcoin for Bitcoin prices until a wave of selling in the Fall sent the cryptocurrency into a bear market. Matt Hougan of Bitwise explains what happened and why he thinks 2026 will be another year for the record books and more ETF issuance. Plus, the Federal Reserve is slapped with a criminal investigation by the Dept. of Justice over its renovatio...

2026 came in like a lion with the U.S. invasion of Venezuela and a bull market charging into its fourth year testing investors’ confidence. Liz Thomas of SoFi comes back aboard the Express to share her outlook for the new year and specific risk factors that could challenge our faith in the momentum underlying recent trends. Plus, it's a new era for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders without Warren Bu...

Jim Cramer, the legendary investor, educator, best-selling author, host of CNBC’s Mad Money and Squawk on the Street, joins the Express with lessons for investing in any market, and his unique valuation tools for finding the next great stocks. Plus, we reveal Investopedia’s Terms of the Year, which include everything from insider trading to Bad Bunny’s growing fortune. Learn more about your ad cho...

Acorns, the 14-year old investing app that became popular by letting its customers invest their spare change into the stock market, has grown into a multi-tool financial planning app for families, and has big plans for expanding its offerings. CEO Noah Kerner explains why the company's simple mission of getting kids and families to invest small amounts through education has endured since its incep...

As the year winds down, we wrap up our final investor sentiment survey which shows that we are as optimistic as we’ve been in months even though we are worried about inflation and a stock market bubble. We take a deep dive into retail investors’ portfolios, and then look ahead into 2026 with Michael Arone of State Street Investment Management. Plus, why Charles Dow would be particularly happy abou...

Over half of married couples divorce, and money is usually the root cause or a symptom of their problems. But what a lot of couples don’t realize until it’s too late is that marriage is a financial partnership, among other things, and partnerships require trust, transparency and fairness. But what if you and your partner could find that higher ground? What if you could find a way to work together...

2025 has been a very noisy and volatile year as a new administration shook up economic policy, the AI-spend stretched valuations and consumer confidence fell off a cliff. As we head into the home stretch of the year, Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA helps us separate the signals from the noise inside the markets, and what to expect in 2026 - especially with a midterm election headi...

It may be a headline driven market but the charts and patterns inside the capital markets always tell the truth. We go inside the most important charts, patterns and formation in technical analysis with Patrick Dunuwila of The Chart Report. Plus, the melt up in the stock market has also been accompanied by a big surge in implied volatility. What that tells us about the fragility of the stock marke...

Family finances can be complicated by emotions and expectations. That's why having a solid financial plan that starts with good communication is paramount to creating the right foundation for building trust. Ryan Victorin, a Certified Financial Planner and a financial consultant at Fidelity Investments joins the show with advice on how to have those conversations with family, when to start, and wh...

The Risk-Off trade has taken over bringing the pain to the biggest and most widely held stocks in the market proving, as the legendary Jimmy Cliff sang, “ The harder they come, the harder they fall.” Is this just a grown up bull market pit stop, or a full risk-reversal that could lead to a major resetting of valuations for the stock and crypto markets? Dan Nathan of Risk Reversal helps us navigate...

The cold winds of volatility have been blowing through the markets leaving many to question the durability of this bull market. Is this just good old fashioned sector rotation, or the beginning of the unwinding of the risk trade that has propelled the stock market to multiple record highs this year? Keith Lerner of Truist Wealth helps us navigate these recent shockwaves and identifies new opportun...

Investors can’t help but feel like the stock market might be riding on the thin skin of a bubble, but the facts will tell us that even if we are, it doesn’t mean we should not expect more strong returns based on trends and price action. Carson Wealth’s Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese join the show to help up separate how we feel, and what’s really happening inside market dynamics. Plus, is A.I. too...

Rampant speculation, a divided Federal Reserve, big companies making big bets, and geopolitical instability. Sound familiar? That’s exactly the environment that led to the biggest stock market crash in history nearly a century ago, and many of those ingredients are prevalent at the end of 2025. Andrew Ross Sorkin, the best-selling author, New York Times writer and CNBC Anchor, joins The Express to...

A potential tariff truce between the U.S. and China has stocks hitting new highs around the world despite the ongoing government shutdown and a slowing labor market. The Fed may try to stem the slowdown when it meets this week on interest rates with all signs pointing towards  another small cut. Shannon Sacoccia of Neuberger Berman drops in with her playbook on how to play offense and defense in t...

Investors continue to climb over walls of worry and keep buying, even amid the latest concerns about regional bank credit risk, the prospect of even higher tariffs, and the third week of the government shutdown. Why Jamie Dimon says we should be on ‘cockroach’ alert, and Gold’s unstoppable rise. Plus, Ric Edelman drops in with the real truths about our financial futures and shatters some classic m...

Volatility is back just in time for the October scaries as new tariff threats rattle investors just as the markets reached new record highs. Is this a re-do of the April selloff, or the beginning of the bursting of a bubble in risky assets? Barry Ritholtz the original Blog-Father, and author of “How Not to Invest”, drops in with his perspective and the key lessons he’s learned about how ‘not’ to i...

For nearly forty years, Chef Tom Colicchio has been one of the most dynamic innovators in the culinary world through his restaurant empire, “Top Chef”, his hit television series and his best-selling cookbooks. The eight-time James Beard Award winner shares his secret sauce to innovation in a live interview and cooking demonstration at the Future Proof Wealth Festival, as part of “Recipe for Innova...

The U.S. Government shutdown has done little to scare investors off of ‘Risk Mountain’, as stocks, Bitcoin and Gold are all at record highs. With no end in sight, at what point do investors stop believing that government dysfunction won’t hurt their portfolios, or will something else scare away their exuberance. SoFi’s Liz Young Thomas shares her perspective on where we go from here, and which sec...

The stock market defied its historical odds by surging in September despite concerns about a slowing economy, overvaluation, and tariffs. So what, if anything, can stop investors’ relentless bid on the biggest stocks in the market and ultimately slow this bull market down? Kenny Polcari of SlateStone Wealth drops in with his perspective, predictions for a volatile fourth quarter and a delicious fa...

The stock market rally has added $16 Trillion in market capitalization so far this year, and momentum is still in the drivers’ seat. What, if anything, can slow the rally down? Legendary Tech investor Dan Niles breaks down the bull between the horns, but warns of a fowl Thanksgiving surprise. Plus, investors are hoping for more rate cuts than the Fed is planning on - at least for now. Why this mis...

The future of the Federal Reserve’s independence will come into clearer focus this week as the central bank will likely lower interest rates for the first time since last December, potentially pacing the way for more cuts this year as the labor market weakens and prices keep rising. But all eyes will be on who votes for a rate cut after the President fired Fed Governor Lisa Cook and appointed Step...

The wealth management industry finds itself facing a cascading wave of wealth transfer, A.I. disruption, and a never-ending conveyor belt of product choices. That’s why thousands of them flock to the Future Proof Wealth Festival in Huntington Beach, California every September where they learn how to fortify their practices, learn from each other and find ways to survive and thrive in an increasing...

With the stock market near record highs again, and nearly every valuation metric pointing to extremes, are we at the precipice of our own “irrational exuberance” moment, or just riding this bull through an AI infused multiple expansion that could last for years? We go inside the charts with Ian Dunlap, aka “The Master Investor,” and founder of the Red Panda Stock Club. Also, ETFs now exceed single...

We go inside Invest Fest, the biggest and best wealth festival on the planet, as it celebrates its fifth year of bringing education and empowerment to over 25,000 people in Atlanta. Hear from some of the most inspirational wealth builders and educators working today, including Cedric Nash, Chris Sain, and Austin Haynes, and see how Earn Your Leisure’s Troy Millings and Rashad Bilal have created th...

Individual investors are feeling as optimistic as they’ve felt all year according to our recent sentiment survey, and with stocks dancing around record highs, strong earnings and less bite than bark from tariffs, they are leaning into their favorite stocks and ETFs. Kevin Gordon of Charles Schwab joins us for a vibes check and sets the scene for the rest of the year. Plus, IPOs are popping like it...