The Personal Wealth Coach

What do bananas, bond markets, and budget battles have in common? They’re all key players in this week’s rollercoaster ride through the U.S. economy. Join Jake McClure as he flies solo—while Jeff preps for his mountain escape—and unpacks the real forces behind the market’s wild 5% surge. From a not-so-sweet "pause" on tariffs with China to a banana price spike that says more than the CPI ever coul...

This week on The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake and Jeff unpack a volatile week in the markets, where tariffs took center stage. From surprising new taxes on imports to the ripple effects on corporate earnings, healthcare stocks, and tech suppliers, they explore what’s really behind these sweeping changes—and what it means for your investments. The episode also tackles the real intent behind tariffs:...

Welcome to The Personal Wealth Coach, where father-son duo Jeff and Jake bring wit, wisdom, and a healthy dose of curiosity to the biggest questions shaping our financial futures—and the world around us. In this episode, Jeff and Jake unpack the latest economic data with their signature clarity, diving into inflation trends, consumer spending patterns, the role of interest rates, and how markets a...

This week on The Personal Wealth Coach, join the bald and brilliant duo, Jake and Jeff, as they dive into a financial soup of market corrections, geopolitical jitters, and economic psychology—with a healthy splash of Shakespearean flair. From the week's market highs and lows to the mysterious art of labeling bear markets, they unpack everything from the falling price of oil to the real reasons cen...

In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake and Jeff—economists, educators, and admirably bearded co-hosts—tackle the latest economic shifts with their trademark blend of insight and humor. They dig into the first-quarter GDP estimate from the Atlanta Fed, which signals a surprising contraction of -2.2%, and explore the implications of recent tariff announcements on the U.S. economy. Along...

This week on The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure goes solo behind the mic, diving headfirst into the economic chaos of tariffs, trade wars, and market mood swings. With his signature blend of candor and wit, Jake unpacks the week’s biggest market moves—like the S&P’s dramatic climb—and the political maneuvering behind them. From Liberation Day tariffs to the whiplash-inducing reversal of r...

Welcome to "The Personal Wealth Coach" with Jake and Jeff McClure! In this episode, our hosts dive deep into the latest market trends, comparing the recent market collapse to the pandemic crash. They explore the historical context of tariffs, from President McKinley's era to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, and discuss the potential long-term effects of modern tariffs imposed by the current administra...

Welcome to The Personal Wealth Coach—where finance isn’t just about numbers, but the stories, strategies, and surprises that shape our economy. This week, your hosts, Jake and Jeff McClure, peel back the layers of the latest market movements, economic shifts, and financial headlines that are making waves. With inflation debates heating up, interest rates still playing the waiting game, and politic...

Welcome to The Personal Wealth Coach—where finance gets a personality, the market’s chaos turns into conversation, and economics is anything but boring! This week, your host, Jake McClure, flies solo to dissect the latest in the stock market, economy, and all the financial headlines that may (or may not) be keeping you up at night. Markets move, economies shift, and uncertainty is the only certain...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. The Personal Wealth Coach isn’t just another finance podcast—it’s your backstage pass to the world of markets, money, and the economic forces shaping your future. Hosts Jake and Jeff bring you an unfiltered, insightful, and even humorous take on what’s really happening in the economy. T...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Are you ready to navigate the ever-changing world of finance with confidence? This week, Jake McClure is flying solo, bringing you sharp insights into the latest market movements, economic trends, and what they mean for your financial future. From the stock market's unexpected twists to...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Money, markets, and mayhem—oh my! If you’re looking for sugar-coated optimism, you may have taken a wrong turn. But if you want a real, no-nonsense take on what’s happening in the economy (with just the right amount of wit), you’re in the right place. This week, we’re diving into the ch...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. It looked like it was going to be a good week in the market right up until Thursday morning, when things took a turn. On this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Jeff and Jake, as they often do, start us out with this week's market, treasury and crude oil changes. The Laffer point, the...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Happy Valentine's Day!!!! On this dedicated day of love, Jeff and Jake start us out, as they typically do, with this week's market update. Following that update is some information on inflation. Jake tries to sell someone a $97 pencil. Talk about a rip off. And goes on to make me wonder...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. On this episode, Jeff and Jake spend a bit of time on the S&P 500 Index and how investors are reacting, or perhaps not reacting, to things that historically they have, which can be a dangerous thing to do. After continuing on with the rest of our weekly market updates, we start out...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. This week, Jake keeps it short. After hearing how the broad market, treasury yields, and crude oil did this week, we hear a bit on the 2024 GDP estimates. But, what is the GDP and how is it obtained? Next, there are some recent publishings that Jake feels the need to talk about. I zoned...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. In this week's episode Jeff and Jake try to figure out how to invest in the opposite of futures, the past (pastures?)! If only it was that easy, I'd never lose money in the market. Our first topic big topic this week, after the market update, is on oil prices. President Trump has said h...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Included in this week's market update, a bit of interesting information on the somewhat odd interest rates we have right now. Buckle in because the first big topic for this week is insurance history. I say buckle in because that is probably the only way you're going to not want to leave...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. After Jeff and Jake open this first whole week of 2025's podcast with their typical market indicators, they go into a bit on oil prices and why we've seen an increase this week. The next big topic for the week is on employment numbers. Does the immigration of people into the U.S. help o...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. It's here folks, the first podcast of 2025 and if you can figure out what in the world these two are talking about for the first minute and a half, or maybe the whole podcast, give yourself a pat on the back. While not at their best, but still better than I could do, Jeff and Jake give...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Jake is a little stumbly to start us out during our last podcast of 2024. As you may have guessed, we start this week's podcast out with an update on this week's three-and-a-half-day market. For some reason, the days between Christmas and New Year tend to have very little economic news...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Jeff and Jake eventually got around to filling us in on this week's less than favorable market changes. Then went on tell us about the Fed's rate decisions for this week and likely, the near future. After listening to lots of abbreviations, I started to wonder if maybe they should just...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. This week, Jake has a few explanations to throw into the weekly market update, containing this week's S&P 500, CRSP Mid Cap Value, debt markets and crude oil movement. Jake goes on to say that higher inflation is up. Well darn. But why? Then, to pile on the not so good news, oil pri...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. Jake makes it through our weekly market update without a single overly long explanation or side story. How? Your guess is as good as mine. THEN! he continues on with a straightforward update on what happened in the economy this week. Maybe it was something I said? Anyhow, the big topic...

Welcome to another exciting episode of The Personal Wealth Coach Podcast with your hosts, Jeff and Jake McClure. After blowing right through our weekly market update, Jake goes off on probably the wildest tangent I've heard on this podcast as he adds a topic in the spur of the moment on oil and energy. Our first official topic is on personal income and prices. This is followed by a talk on real es...