The Personal Wealth Coach

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on July 10, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

Before stocks, before modern banks, and long before Wall Street, someone was lending silver for beer and expecting to be paid back with interest. This week, Jake McClure unpacks the remarkable story of the bond market's evolution, from ancient clay tablets to today's financial system. Along the way, he explores the origins of interest, the rise of Venetian banking, the connection between bonds and...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on July 2, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

This week’s episode takes a step back from the daily market noise and asks a bigger question: why do some economies, businesses, and even entire civilizations survive shocks while others quietly fall apart? Jake McClure walks through a fascinating mix of fresh data and deep history, starting with the latest PCE report showing rising income, spending, and savings, all while inflation continues to h...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on June 26, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

If you think the Federal Reserve is boring, this episode might change your mind. Jake McClure takes you inside the Fed’s latest meeting and introduces the man now holding the wheel, Kevin Warsh. From his crisis-tested track record during the Great Recession to his very different views on how much control the Fed should really have, this isn’t just a policy discussion. It’s a look at how the rules...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on June 18, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

If you have ever wondered why a jump at the gas pump seems to sneak its way into just about everything else you buy, this episode connects the dots with sharp insight and a bit of humor. Jake walks through how an energy shock ripples through the economy, turning higher fuel costs into rising prices for food, transportation, and just about anything that needs to be grown, built, or shipped. Along t...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on June 12, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

What do ancient Roman street collectors, modern fertilizer plants, and global food prices all have in common? More than you might think. This week’s episode of the Personal Wealth Coach dives into one of the least glamorous but most essential parts of the global economy: fertilizer. Starting with a surprisingly entertaining walk through history, from manure and urine in ancient civilizations to th...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on June 5, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

Gold has a reputation as the ultimate safe haven, the asset you run to when everything else starts to fall apart. But what if that story doesn’t quite hold up anymore? In this episode, Jake McClure takes a deep dive into the modern gold market and turns a few long‑held assumptions on their head. He walks through how gold moved from the backbone of global currency to something shaped largely by cen...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on May 29, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

This week’s episode takes a deeper dive into something we all use every day but rarely stop to think about, energy. Not the vague kind that powers coffee conversations, but the real, measurable, borderline nerdy stuff that determines why your electricity bills look the way they do and why entire industries rise and fall. Jake walks through how energy actually works, from old standbys like coal and...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on May 22, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

Is inflation back, or are we just reading the tea leaves the wrong way? In this episode, Jake McClure takes on one of the most talked-about questions in finance right now and breaks it down in a way that actually makes sense. He walks through what inflation really is, why rising prices do not always mean lasting inflation, and how recent spikes in food and energy are showing up in everyday life, f...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on May 15, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and...

Is the economy booming, breaking, or just behaving badly? In this episode, Jake McClure makes the case that the answer is yes to all of the above. He walks through a housing market where prices are falling even as sales pick up, explains why high interest rates are doing more than just scaring off buyers, and digs into the strange reality of a commercial real estate slump happening alongside a ful...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on May 8, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and F...

The economy is technically growing, the job market is holding together, and yet almost everyone feels uneasy. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure unpacks why the economic story we are living through feels so disorienting. Jake starts with the latest Federal Reserve meeting and explains why a “rates unchanged” headline misses the real story. A divided board, a new Fed chair,...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on May 1, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and F...

What do Nokia flip phones, the Model T, fracking, and the iPhone have in common? According to this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, they are all clues to how the economy really grows, and why most people misunderstand it. Jake McClure takes listeners on a fast moving, surprisingly entertaining tour of economic history, breaking down the difference between slow, steady incremental growth and t...

This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil. This episode was recorded on April 24, 2026. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics an...

What happens when the world runs out of microchips, gas prices make you wince, and AI guzzles electricity like it is free? Simple. Everything breaks, then everything changes. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure takes you on a fast moving tour through supply chains under pressure and why moments of economic pain tend to produce the biggest technological leaps. From America’s...

Why does the economy look great on paper but feel weirdly off in real life? This episode of The Personal Wealth Coach dives straight into that disconnect, unpacking why low unemployment can still mean a tough job market and how a flashy 30 percent market return can leave investors wondering if they missed something. Along the way, Jake takes on labor force participation, retiring baby boomers, AI...