The Personal Wealth Coach

Think you know why U.S. healthcare costs are sky-high and life expectancy lags behind? Think again. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure dives into the seductive danger of “obvious” conclusions and why they often lead us astray. From eye-catching global health graphs to the hidden role of obesity, we explore how missing data can flip the narrative on its head. But that’s just...

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 January 9, 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 a...

Strap in for a whirlwind tour through one of the most unpredictable years in recent economic history. From record-breaking government shutdowns and surprise bank failures to crypto hacks that rattled global markets, this episode dives deep into the headlines that mattered and the ones that were just noise. We’ll unpack the Genius Act and the first real steps toward crypto regulation, explore how N...

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 January 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 a...

Is the economy feeling festive or just hungover from the holidays? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure takes you behind the headlines to decode what is really happening. We break down the surprisingly strong GDP growth, why consumer spending surged even as sentiment slumped, and what the latest PCE numbers reveal about inflation’s stubborn streak. But that is just the start....

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 December 26th, 2025. 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 Economi...

Think you know inflation? Think again. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we unwrap the quirks behind the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), and why this month’s numbers are stranger than your uncle’s Christmas sweater. From skipped reports and zeroed-out housing data to the baffling concept of “owner’s equivalent rent,” we dig into what these metri...

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 December 19th, 2025. 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 Economi...

This week on The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake unpacks a rare moment of drama at the Federal Reserve—the first split vote in years. Why did some members push for a bigger rate cut while others wanted no change at all? And why did rates drop even though inflation is still above target? We’ll dig into the politics creeping into monetary policy, the surprising role of AI in skewing job numbers, and wha...

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 December 12th, 2025. 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 Economi...

Why did prices stay flat for twenty years, then suddenly surge and refuse to come back down? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we take a deep dive into the puzzle of persistent inflation and uncover the forces that keep it hanging around. We’ll explore how decades of free trade kept costs low, why pandemic supply chain chaos flipped the script, and how stimulus checks and rehiring fren...

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 December 5th, 2025. 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 Economic...

What happens when Uncle Sam starts acting like a venture capitalist? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure dives into a surprising trend: governments taking direct stakes in private companies. From Intel’s $8.9 billion boost under the CHIPS Act to golden shares in U.S. Steel, we explore what this means for innovation, profitability, and the long-term health of the economy. Is...

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 November 28th, 2025. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions abou...

Markets don’t just move, they mess with our minds. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure takes you inside the psychology of financial chaos and explains why even smart investors make irrational choices when things get turbulent. From loss aversion and herd mentality to recency bias and framing, we unpack the mental traps that lead to panic selling and FOMO buying. But it’s not...

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 November 21st, 2025. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions abou...

In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we dive into a paradox that defines progress: how crisis fuels creativity. Host Jake McClure explores the surprising upside of uncertainty, revealing how the pandemic era, despite its chaos, ignited a wave of innovation across medicine, technology, and entrepreneurship. From the warp-speed development of mRNA vaccines and CRISPR gene editing to AI-driv...

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 November 14th, 2025. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions abou...

What happens when Washington goes quiet? It’s not peace—it’s a price tag. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we explore the hidden costs of government inaction and why silence can ripple through every corner of the economy. From shutdowns that knock billions off GDP to laws that promise financial flexibility but stall in regulatory limbo, the gap between “passed” and “practical” is wide...

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 November 7th, 2025. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about...

Think a quarter-point rate cut is the big story? Think again. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we peel back the headlines to uncover the real shockwave: the end of quantitative tightening and a subtle shift that could reshape the financial landscape. Jake McClure dives deep into the Federal Reserve’s playbook—why they’re reinvesting billions into Treasury bills, what that means for mo...

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 October 31st, 2025. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about...

Think you know what capitalism really means? Or how socialism differs from communism? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure dives deep into the misunderstood world of economic systems. From the roots of tribalism and feudalism to modern mixed economies, we explore why pure capitalism or communism doesn’t exist, how government guardrails shape markets, and why economics isn’t 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 October 24th, 2025. If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com . We are happy to address any of your questions about...

Why do some economies soar while others stall? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure unpacks the Nobel Prize-winning ideas shaping growth theory today. We explore why property rights, intellectual ownership, and competition are the foundation of progress—and why “creative destruction” is essential for innovation. Through vivid examples like AI, insulin breakthroughs, and the d...