A Wealth of Common Sense. Investor, author, and host of Animal Spirits podcast, focuses on simplifying finance for everyone; has backed over 200 companies.
Here’s a chart for you:
Consumer sentiment readings go all the way back to the early-1950s.
The latest reading was the lowest on record.
Yes you read that right. We are currently sitting at the lowest level of consumer sentiment in the past 75 years!
Seriously people?!
Lower than the Great Financial Crisis when the stock market crashed almost 60%, the financial system nearly imploded and the unemployment rate reach...
Everyone’s favorite tax expert, Bill Sweet, joined the show to discuss questions about the Jeff Bezos tax plan, tax planning in retirement, retirement withdrawal strategies, early retirement planning and how to create a dynasty 529 plan for your kids.
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You could argue that the past 10 years or so have created some of the fastest wealth in history.
First crypto. Then mega cap tech stocks. Now AI.
So many overnight multi-millionaires.
Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic have gone from being worth a few billion dollars just a few short years ago to market valuations that are now estimated to be fast approaching $1 trillion.
Forget about the founders who are going to be gaz...
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Bond yields are rising again.
This has many people worried.
Here’s John Arnold’s take:
The 30 year Treasury yield is at its highest level since just before the Great Financial Crisis in 2007. Japanese long-term bond yields haven’t been this high all century.
Why does this have people worried?
Government debt levels are much higher so higher yields will only increase the amount of the budget that goes to...
