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You have a very busy schedule. You know you should keep up with the Markets, but you just don't have the time. Here's your answer. Give us 5 minutes a day (OK sometimes we do go to 7minutes) and we'll go behind the numbers to look at the people, events, and issues that propel today's financial mark…

David Reavill


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    The Far Side Of Stimulus, And The "Loan" No One Talks About

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 5:51


    For most of us, COVID feels like a thousand years ago. Vague memories of lockdowns, social distancing, and mask-wearing haunt our memories. Something we would as soon forget. However, for the financial world, the lingering effects of COVID remain very real, impacting our finances daily.

    The Far Side Of Stimulus, And The "Loan" No One Talks About

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 5:51


    For most of us, COVID feels like a thousand years ago. Vague memories of lockdowns, social distancing, and mask-wearing haunt our memories. Something we would as soon forget. However, for the financial world, the lingering effects of COVID remain very real, impacting our finances daily.

    The Far Side Of Stimulus, And The "Loan" No One Talks About

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 5:51


    For most of us, COVID feels like a thousand years ago. Vague memories of lockdowns, social distancing, and mask-wearing haunt our memories. Something we would as soon forget. However, for the financial world, the lingering effects of COVID remain very real, impacting our finances daily.

    The Far Side Of Stimulus: And The "Loan" No One Talks About

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 5:51


    For most of us, COVID feels like a thousand years ago. Vague memories of lockdowns, social distancing, and mask-wearing haunt our memories. Something we would as soon forget. However, for the financial world, the lingering effects of COVID remain very real, impacting our finances daily.

    Mr. President, Have You Picked Up A Side Gig?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2025 4:45


    Some of your actions have confused me lately. Three times, I've voted for “Trump for President,” and I thought I had a pretty good idea of your finances. However, recently, it's become apparent that you may be experiencing some financial difficulties and are compelled to take up some part-time work.

    Mr. President, Have You Picked Up A Side Gig?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 4:45


    Some of your actions have confused me lately. Three times, I've voted for “Trump for President,” and I thought I had a pretty good idea of your finances. However, recently, it's become apparent that you may be experiencing some financial difficulties and are compelled to take up some part-time work.

    Mr. President, Have You Picked Up A Side Gig?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 4:45


    Some of your actions have confused me lately. Three times, I've voted for “Trump for President,” and I thought I had a pretty good idea of your finances. However, recently, it's become apparent that you may be experiencing some financial difficulties and are compelled to take up some part-time work.

    Mr. President Have You Picked Up A Side Gig?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 4:45


    Some of your actions have confused me lately. Three times, I've voted for “Trump for President,” and I thought I had a pretty good idea of your finances. However, recently, it's become apparent that you may be experiencing some financial difficulties and are compelled to take up some part-time work.

    Why Walmart Cannot Pay The Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 5:02


    Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Bessent and President Trump suggested that the solution to Walmart's higher prices is simply to have Walmart pay for the new tariffs.

    Why Walmart Cannot Pay The Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 5:02


    Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Bessent and President Trump suggested that the solution to Walmart's higher prices is simply to have Walmart pay for the new tariffs.

    Why Walmart Can't Pay The Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 5:02


    Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Bessent and President Trump suggested that the solution to Walmart's higher prices is simply to have Walmart pay for the new tariffs.

    Why Walmart Can't Pay The Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 5:02


    Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Bessent and President Trump suggested that the solution to Walmart's higher prices is simply to have Walmart pay for the new tariffs.

    Tariffs And the Stores We Shop At

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 9:12


    We are the world champions in consumption, mainly due to an outstanding group of retailers that serve our every need. Names like Walmart, Target, and Home Depot provide us with the goods and products that are the envy of the world.

    Tariffs And The Stores We Shop At

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 9:12


    We are the world champions in consumption, mainly due to an outstanding group of retailers that serve our every need. Names like Walmart, Target, and Home Depot provide us with the goods and products that are the envy of the world.

    Tariffs And The Stores We Shop At

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2025 9:12


    We are the world champions in consumption, mainly due to an outstanding group of retailers that serve our every need. Names like Walmart, Target, and Home Depot provide us with the goods and products that are the envy of the world.

    Are The Shelves Stocked? The Effect Of Tariffs On Retailers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 9:12


    We are the world champions in consumption, mainly due to an outstanding group of retailers that serve our every need. Names like Walmart, Target, and Home Depot provide us with the goods and products that are the envy of the world.

    The Worldly And The Other-Worldly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 4:10


    However, for many, life comes with a different perspective, a unique way of seeing things. For the 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, all that came into focus yesterday, May 8. The College of Cardinals elected a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV.

    The Worldly And The Other-Worldly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 4:10


    However, for many, life comes with a different perspective, a unique way of seeing things. For the 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, all that came into focus yesterday, May 8. The College of Cardinals elected a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV.

    The Worldly And The Other-Worldly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 4:10


    However, for many, life comes with a different perspective, a unique way of seeing things. For the 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, all that came into focus yesterday, May 8. The College of Cardinals elected a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV.

    The Worldly And The Other-Worldly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2025 4:10


    However, for many, life comes with a different perspective, a unique way of seeing things. For the 1.4 billion Catholics around the world, all that came into focus yesterday, May 8. The College of Cardinals elected a new Pope, Pope Leo XIV.

    When A Grand Strategy Meets Your Wallet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 6:13


    It's been a month since “Liberation Day,” the day that President Donald J. Trump announced that we would emerge from the oppression of foreign manufacturing. For years, the President declared, we've been “ripped off” by the Chinese and others who have moved American jobs to their shores, producing the goods and products that you and I consume daily.

    When A Grand Strategy Meets Your Wallet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 6:13


    It's been a month since “Liberation Day,” the day that President Donald J. Trump announced that we would emerge from the oppression of foreign manufacturing. For years, the President declared, we've been “ripped off” by the Chinese and others who have moved American jobs to their shores, producing the goods and products that you and I consume daily.

    When A Grand Strategy Meets your Wallet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 6:13


    It's been a month since “Liberation Day,” the day that President Donald J. Trump announced that we would emerge from the oppression of foreign manufacturing. For years, the President declared, we've been “ripped off” by the Chinese and others who have moved American jobs to their shores, producing the goods and products that you and I consume daily.

    When A Grand Strategy Meets Your Wallet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 6:13


    It's been a month since “Liberation Day,” the day that President Donald J. Trump announced that we would emerge from the oppression of foreign manufacturing. For years, the President declared, we've been “ripped off” by the Chinese and others who have moved American jobs to their shores, producing the goods and products that you and I consume daily.

    Reading The Financial Markets Q2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 7:37


    Relatively few investors are day traders, yet most of the technical market indicators are computed daily. This leads to a very myopic perspective — it's like driving a car with a microscope. You'll eventually see the oncoming traffic, but it may be after you crash.

    Reading The Financial Markets Q2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 7:37


    Relatively few investors are day traders, yet most of the technical market indicators are computed daily. This leads to a very myopic perspective — it's like driving a car with a microscope. You'll eventually see the oncoming traffic, but it may be after you crash.

    Reading The Financial Markets Q2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 7:37


    Relatively few investors are day traders, yet most of the technical market indicators are computed daily. This leads to a very myopic perspective — it's like driving a car with a microscope. You'll eventually see the oncoming traffic, but it may be after you crash.

    Reading The Financial Markets, Q2, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 7:37


    Relatively few investors are day traders, yet most of the technical market indicators are computed daily. This leads to a very myopic perspective — it's like driving a car with a microscope. You'll eventually see the oncoming traffic, but it may be after you crash.

    What's Up With President Trump's Tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 9:23


    For over half a century, China has produced items that American consumers want to buy, from early, inexpensive toys and gadgets to today's high-tech personal computers, smartphones, and advanced equipment and machinery.

    What's Up With President Trump's Tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 9:23


    For over half a century, China has produced items that American consumers want to buy, from early, inexpensive toys and gadgets to today's high-tech personal computers, smartphones, and advanced equipment and machinery.

    What's Up With President Trump's Tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 9:23


    For over half a century, China has produced items that American consumers want to buy, from early, inexpensive toys and gadgets to today's high-tech personal computers, smartphones, and advanced equipment and machinery.  

    What's Up With President Trump's Tariffs?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 9:23


    For over half a century, China has produced items that American consumers want to buy, from early, inexpensive toys and gadgets to today's high-tech personal computers, smartphones, and advanced equipment and machinery.

    America And The Chinese Merchant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2025 7:40


    For over a millennium, the Chinese Merchant has been the most revered and feared force in the Far East. They are revered for their wide array of trade goods and products, but feared as agents of control and subjection. Throughout Southeast Asia, China exerted its political control over countries like Korea and Vietnam by first using humble Merchants to infiltrate each society.

    America And The Chinese Merchant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 7:40


    For over a millennium, the Chinese Merchant has been the most revered and feared force in the Far East. They are revered for their wide array of trade goods and products, but feared as agents of control and subjection. Throughout Southeast Asia, China exerted its political control over countries like Korea and Vietnam by first using humble Merchants to infiltrate each society.

    America And The Chinese Merchant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 7:40


    For over a millennium, the Chinese Merchant has been the most revered and feared force in the Far East. They are revered for their wide array of trade goods and products, but feared as agents of control and subjection. Throughout Southeast Asia, China exerted its political control over countries like Korea and Vietnam by first using humble Merchants to infiltrate each society.

    America And The Chinese Merchant

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 7:40


    For over a millennium, the Chinese Merchant has been the most revered and feared force in the Far East. They are revered for their wide array of trade goods and products, but feared as agents of control and subjection. Throughout Southeast Asia, China exerted its political control over countries like Korea and Vietnam by first using humble Merchants to infiltrate each society.

    Preparing For The Trade Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 7:23


    What is apparent is that the price of many of the products and goods we rely on will have substantially higher costs, resulting from increasing tariffs. Or, in the most extreme cases, it may not be available at all. Potential shortages should be our primary focus.

    Preparing For The Trade Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 7:23


    What is apparent is that the price of many of the products and goods we rely on will have substantially higher costs, resulting from increasing tariffs. Or, in the most extreme cases, it may not be available at all. Potential shortages should be our primary focus.

    Preparing For The Trade Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 7:23


    What is apparent is that the price of many of the products and goods we rely on will have substantially higher costs, resulting from increasing tariffs. Or, in the most extreme cases, it may not be available at all. Potential shortages should be our primary focus.

    Preparing For The Trade Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 7:23


    What is apparent is that the price of many of the products and goods we rely on will have substantially higher costs, resulting from increasing tariffs. Or, in the most extreme cases, it may not be available at all. Potential shortages should be our primary focus.

    Why Wall Street Was Bound To Hate Trump's Tariffs (Late Night Edition)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 7:51


    It's easy for Investment outsiders to underestimate the pressure to perform on Wall Street. From the largest Mutual or Hedge Fund Manager (with the greatest AUM) to the lowest regional Stock Broker, the demand to produce solid returns year after year is intense. It's the reason many financial professionals hang up their careers prematurely.

    Why Wall Street Was Bound To Hate Trump's Tariffs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 7:01


    It's easy for Investment outsiders to underestimate the pressure to perform on Wall Street. From the largest Mutual or Hedge Fund Manager (with the greatest AUM) to the lowest regional Stock Broker, the demand to produce solid returns year after year is intense. It's the reason many financial professionals hang up their careers prematurely.

    How To Tell The Difference Between A Stock Market Correction And A Financial Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 7:51


    Investors' concern is palpable. This week, stocks declined sharply, especially after Wednesday's rollout of President Trump's Tariff Program. The decline in the NASDAQ Index has been especially pronounced, which, up to now, has been leading the markets to higher prices. However, a careful review of this index shows that this week was merely the exclamation point of an ongoing decline.

    *CORRECTION* Stock Market Correction vs. Financial Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 7:51


    Investors' concern is palpable. This week, stocks declined sharply, especially after the roll-out of President Trump's Tariff Program on Wednesday. Especially pronounced has been the decline in the NASDAQ Index, which, up to now, has been leading the markets to higher prices. But a careful review of this Index shows that this week was merely the exclamation point of what has been an ongoing decline.

    How to Tell the Difference Between A Stock Market Correction And A Financial Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 8:05


    Investors' concern is palpable. This week, stocks declined sharply, especially after the rollout of President Trump's Tariff Program on Wednesday. Especially pronounced has been the decline in the NASDAQ Index, which, up to now, has been leading the markets to higher prices. But a careful review of this Index shows that this week was merely the exclamation point of what has been an ongoing decline.

    Tariffs: The Good, The Bad, And The Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 8:05


    On April 2, 2025, from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump announced the third era of American Tariffs. It was a much-anticipated event, with the global financial world holding its collective breath. Seemingly, no one knew the details of these new taxes on imports.

    Tariffs: The Good, The Bad, And The Unknown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 8:05


    On April 2, 2025, from the White House Rose Garden, President Donald Trump announced the third era of American Tariffs. It was a much-anticipated event, with the global financial world holding its collective breath. Seemingly, no one knew the details of these new taxes on imports.

    "Your Banker's Calling"...Reflections on the Nation's Debt

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 7:29


    For anyone who's ever had a bank loan, from a credit card to a home mortgage, you know the chill that runs up your spine at the mention of a phone call from your favorite bank lender. The thought that you've missed a payment, or even if you're late, brings in all the ramifications of a loss in credit score, or, even worse, a hefty penalty or, worst still, a foreclosure.

    The Cost Of "Helicopter" Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 7:52


    I first heard the term "Helicopter Money" in November 2002 when a trader friend of mine called and said, "Did you hear what that new guy on the Fed said last night? He said we should drop money, as if from a helicopter if we ever get as bad as the Japanese. LOL!"

    What Did The Federal Reserve See?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 6:38


    On Wednesday, March 19, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee made its latest decision on interest rates: "Steady as she goes," said the Fed, a succinct decision that led to one of the shortest Fed statements in recent memory.

    fed federal reserve steady federal reserve open market committee
    Managing Cash: The Warren Buffett Model

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 6:49


    We started following Warren Buffett's cash position a year ago. At the time (the end of 2023), he had accumulated $163 Billion, an unheard-of sum. Many felt that the “Oracle from Omaha” had reached his limit, that he'd gone as far as he would. However, it turned out that Buffett had only just begun raising cash. By the end of 2024, Berkshire Hathaway's cash position had risen to $334 Billion—incredible!

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