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Seema Shah, the Chief Global Strategist at Principal Asset Management, on how and where to invest as tariff and policy uncertainty roils markets and economies. In an unpredictable investing landscape, Seema helps us focus on the real trends, assets and indicators that can lead us to a clearer path. LINKS https://www.principalam.com/us/insights https://www.linkedin.com/in/seemavshah/ Learn more abo...

The S&P 500 fell into a correction last week as sentiment soured to multi-year lows amid tariff and economic policy uncertainty. Don't look now, but credit spreads are widening, pushing the Fed into the caution zone ahead of this week's pivotal meeting on interest rates. Plus, six ways to protect your portfolio if you can't sleep at night, and believe it or not, a big IPO is heading our way. Links...

Another week of selling as the stock market suffers its worst week since early September sending the Nasdaq into correction territory and triggering the very rare and very dangerous Titanic Syndrome. Plus, the headline numbers and the Fed Chair both say the economy is in a good place, but that depends where you live inside of it. We break down the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly inside the economy tod...

February was a short and brutal month across the capital markets as the momentum trade into Big Tech and A.I. stocks reversed, leaving a pile-up of major losses across investors' favorite stocks. The White House dropped a new executive order to build a 'Strategic Crypto Reserve', breathing some bullishness back into the beleaguered crypto patch, and Wall Street has dusted off an old, but risky str...

A swift drop in investor and consumer sentiment rattled the ‘Immaculate Rotation’ from growth to value stocks, sending the stock market off of record highs. But that hasn’t stopped retail traders from rushing back into the stock market at levels approaching 2021 highs in search of dips across mega cap tech, A.I. and consumer discretionary stocks. Is our timing as bad as it was during Roaring Kitty...

Stocks snapped a two-week, battling through tariff and inflation headlines, to come within a fraction of all-time highs. What's driving the market higher now, what's different about today's rally, and why are global stocks spiking in the age of American Exceptionalism? Plus, welcome to the age of Electricity as demand to power the data centers and robotics revolution is set to soar to new heights,...

Investors are bracing for more political chaos after last week's tariff wars which tripped up sentiment, sending the dollar higher and Gold to record levels. Why the strong dollar is pinching corporate profits inside the biggest companies in the world, and what they are saying about it. Plus. The President's holding company just announced the registration of new ETFs and SMAs that track his "Ameri...

A jam-packed January full of news also brought DeepSeek into the future of A.I. conversation, deep-seating Nvidia as the world's most valuable company, and calling into question the hundreds of billions of dollars of spending by Big Tech on semiconductors to control the future. The Fed punted on interest rates, as expected, but now new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China threaten to upend the effe...

On The Express this week, we dissect the flurry of economic executive orders and announcements from the Trump administration and identify the new power brokers influencing markets and the future of A.I. The Federal Reserve will meet on interest rates for the first time this year and the first time under this administration, which has been demanding lower rates. Plus, DOGE, led by Elon Musk, says i...

It's a newer, faster version of The Express, and we break down the path of economic policies promised by the incoming Trump administration, including what's likely to happen, and what might get challenged. Plus, the future of TikTok in the U.S. is changing by the minute, but recent developments and the seating arrangement at the inauguration tell us that the popular social video app isn't going an...

Despite the recent and relentless rise in Treasury bond yields and a sell off in the stock market, Dr. Ed Yardeni, President of Yardeni Research, remains one of the most bullish strategists out there. Yardeni, who coined the term "Bond Vigilantes", outlines the risks, probabilities and opportunities facing investors today, and explains why he sees the S&P 500 topping 10,000 by the end of the decad...

Following back to back years of twenty-percent plus gains for the stock market, what should investors expect in 2025 as a new administration moves into Washington D.C., the U.S. economy continues to grow and consumers are feeling as confident as they have in years? Liz Young Thomas, SoFi's Head of Investment Strategy, rejoins The Express to share her outlook for 2025, including the biggest risks a...

After a blowout year for Bitcoin, the runway to higher highs could be clearing as a crypto-friendly Trump administration is set to take office, institutional ownership is just beginning, and the blockchain has been firmly established across industries. Ric Edelman, the legendary financial advisor, best-selling author, award-winning radio host and founder of DACFP, rejoins The Express to peer into...

Austin Hankwitz, co-host of the "Rich Habits" podcast and author of the Rate of Return substack, has built a successful career as a Fin-fluencer by showing what he invests in, and what leads him to those decisions. Austin shares what he's buying now, and his perspective on how we will invest in the future. Plus, markets diverge as breadth weakens and investors chase chips and mega-cap tech stocks,...

Investopedia is out with the Top Ten Terms of the Year, our list of the most searched terms, trends and themes by our millions of readers throughout 2024. Kyla Scanlon, financial educator and the author of "In This Economy", rejoins The Express to break down the top ten, and share her predictions for 2025's top terms. Plus, there are even more reasons to be Bullish as stocks and risk assets hit al...

A conversation with José Andrés, world renowned chef, entrepreneur, author and humanitarian, on where he finds his inspiration and the business skills he and his team have learned through running World Central Kitchen, serving people on the frontlines of the world’s greatest disasters. Hear our conversation, which includes Ray Isle, the Executive Wine Editor for Food & Wine, on innovations in wine...

Anna Paglia, the Chief Business Officer for State Street Global Advisors, joins The Express to help uncover where the next $10 Trillion in assets under management for the ETF industry will come from, and how soon they might find it. With over 12,000 listed ETFs globally and counting, new flavors of actively managed and crypto ETFs are the industry's next shiny things, but not all will survive and...

Ray Dalio, one of the most successful investors of all time and the author of the best selling "Principles" series, rejoins The Express to help us understand the new world order in light of the elections, geopolitical instability, climate risk and technology. The creator of the 'All Weather Portfolio', explains how he would build that portfolio today given all the risks and trends shaping this unp...

In the wake of the equity markets' largest election rally in history, we break down the winners across sectors, asset classes and sizes with Cameron Dawson, Chief Investment Strategist at New Edge Wealth, and look into the future for trends to watch given the policy promises of the Trump administration. Plus, the Bond Vigilantes may be starting to circle as the likelihood of tax cuts and heavy gov...

No one wants to talk about the $1.8 Billion Federal Budget deficit - especially the two candidates running for president and their political parties. But, as Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Budget warns, the interest costs alone to serve that debt are approaching 17% of government spending, which is more than we spend on defense, education and healthcare. Both presidential candida...

Stephen Sikes, the Chief Operating Officer for Public.com, explains what happened to most of the retail investors who jumped into the stock market in the middle of meme-stock mania in 2021, and what they are looking for today as market dynamics shift into a lower interest rate regime. Plus, why are yields for long term bonds spiking just as the Fed lowers rates, what made Goldman Sachs curb our ex...

From Philly Phinancial Literacy Week, founder Nisiar Smith takes us inside the movement he helped create to extend financial education into the underserved communities of Philadelphia. Plus, Marc Russell, the founder of BetterWallet and one of the original Fin-fluencers, takes us on his journey from being a foster child, to climbing out of $80,000 in debt, to building a personal finance business a...

We don't like talking about money - especially among family. But family finances are the most important finances in our lives, so breaking through those barriers can unlock a lot of opportunity and prevent a lot of stress down the road. Financial advisors Luis Rosa, Anna N'Jie Konte and Denise Zapata get up close and personal at the SER Latino Summit in La Jolla to talk about the most challenging ...

David Faber, co-host of CNBC's Squawk on the Street, and the creator of The Faber Report, takes us through how he has broken some of the biggest business stories of the last thirty years, how the nature of business journalism has changed, and his quest to become the next host of Jeopardy. Plus, more all-time highs for the Dow and Gold as the latest jobs report fluff up the cushions for a soft land...

From the Food & Wine Classic in Charleston, S.C., new whiskey distillers like Company Distilling are battling for shelf space and brand recognition against the giants like Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. Nate Gana, one of the foremost scotch and whiskey experts in the world, takes us inside the big business of whiskey, scotch and bourbon, where global conglomerates are battling a spirits recession, bar...