What Will the Fed Do This Week? It’s that time again. The Federal Open Market Committee will be meeting this week to decide whether they will raise rates again. Remember that last month, we dropped an episode just before the Fed met letting you know that the Fed Fund futures market was predicting a .25% […]
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Why Social Security Benefits Could Be Reduced as Early as 2032 Are you depending on social security for your retirement? Are you younger than retirement age and wondering if there will be any social security for you? Then this episode is for you. The clock is ticking for something to be done in regard to […]
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Should you Buy an iPhone Duo? Would you buy a foldable phone? Apple is betting that you will with its October 16th launch of the iPhone Duo. This is an ultra-premium phone, starting out at just under $2,000. It’s meant to fill the gap between an iPhone and an iPad, boasting a 7.6-inch screen when […]
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What Happens if the Fed Raises Rates This Week? For the first time in 3 years, the Federal Reserve may raise short-term interest rates by .25%. Very few people had this on the bingo card at the beginning of this year. As a matter of fact, we began the year with Fed Funds Futures predicting […]
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Why Do Long-Term Rates Keep Going Higher? If you are house shopping, you’ve asked this question lately. You’ve probably got a mortgage in the 3% range, and because rates are so much higher right now, you might almost feel stuck. Even to make a move to comparable house could cost you way more on your […]
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What Are Stablecoins and Will They Put Banks Out of Business – 1-Year Later About a year ago, the Genius act passed. As a result, I did a special episode with the title, “What Are Stablecoins and Will They Put Banks Out of Business.” Well, we are still here, but we have some pending legislation […]
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Why Should you Care about a New Fed Chair? There’s a new sheriff in town. By Sheriff, I mean a new Chair at the Federal Reserve. What is interesting is that the old sheriff is still in town as well. And the old sheriff is going to be consulting with the new sheriff to make […]
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What Are Trump Accounts and How Do They Work? You may have heard about Trump accounts. Up until the last couple of weeks, the details have been murky. We knew they were coming and knew some general traits about them but didn’t really understand how they would work. Well, that’s changed, because now they are […]
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How to Get More of the Right Things Done Have you had your summer vacation yet? Do you ever spend any part of vacation thinking about how you are doing in life? Some questions you might ask are: Are we too busy? How can we simplify? How can we get more done? Maybe you don’t […]
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Should AI Make Decisions for You? If you remember a couple of months ago, I told you that we were having a March Madness bracket competition in our office. Just for fun, we prompted an AI model to make some picks to see how it would do compared to the humans in the office. We […]
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