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Market Volatility Strategies For Investors

2026-01-01

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2026-01-01

Navigating Market Volatility: Strategies for Confident Investing Market volatility has a way of feeling personal. One week your investment portfolio looks steady; the next it’s down, headlines are loud, and every conversation sounds like a prediction. That emotional whiplash is normal. Panic selling is what turns temporary price volatility into permanent damage. For high-net-worth families …

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YTD Returns Highlight a Narrow Market

2025-12-31

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2025-12-31

YTD returns across major U.S. asset classes continue to reflect a highly concentrated market. The Finviz chart below does a nice job illustrating YTD returns across a wide array of futures contracts. Large-caps dominate YTD equity returns, while small- and mid-cap stocks lag amid tighter financial conditions and slower earnings growth. Outside of equities, YTD …

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12-30-25 What People Get Wrong About Inflation & Prices ️

2025-12-30

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Prices aren’t meant to fall in a healthy economy. Inflation is necessary for growth and rising wages, which is why the Fed targets 2%. In this short video, Tom Zizka and I discuss why falling prices usually signal recession—not relief—and once prices reset higher, they rarely return to old lows. If you like this video, please ❤️like and 🔁share! ➢ Listen daily on Apple Podcasts:...

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Electricity Prices Could Become a Structural Inflation Problem

2025-12-30

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2025-12-30

Most Americans are paying higher electricity prices, and the pressure is unlikely to ease anytime soon. According to the Wall Street Journal, electricity prices have risen meaningfully across much of the country since 2022, and the drivers extend well beyond the frequently cited surge in data-center demand. While electricity prices had historically tracked inflation, that …

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Financial Planning For Retirement In Your 50s

2025-12-30

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2025-12-30

Financial Planning in Your 50s: Building a Secure Retirement Your 50s can feel like a financial crossroads. Earnings are often strong, responsibilities are real, and time starts acting a little less patient. College may be on the horizon (or underway). Aging parents might need support. Work is busy, life is full, and retirement is no …

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12-29-25 The Hidden Logic Behind Dollar Weakness

2025-12-29

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The U.S. doesn’t want a permanently strong dollar because it would choke the global economy and destabilize trade. In this short video, Brent Johnson and I discuss why the U.S. has historically managed the dollar to stay range-bound and how dollar strength or weakness shapes global liquidity and growth. 📺Full interview: -SDg Catch me daily on The Real Investment Show: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealInvestmentShow

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The Market Risk In 2026 If Growth Projections Fail

2025-12-29

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2025-12-29

There is a rising market risk in 2026 that is largely overlooked as we wrap up this year. As discussed in the "Fed's Soft Landing Narrative," optimism about 2026 is running high. Currently, investors are pricing in strong economic growth, robust earnings, and a smooth path of disinflation. Notably, Wall Street estimates suggest a significant …

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The Consumption Conundrum

2025-12-29

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2025-12-29

GDP, released on Tuesday, showed that the economy grew by a larger-than-expected 4.3%. Powering the strong economic growth was personal consumption, which rose by 3.5%. Consumers are spending!. What's unusual about that statement is that consumer sentiment remains historically weak. Typically, there is a strong correlation between personal consumption and consumer sentiment. As we share …

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12-27-29 The Fed Is Pricing Growth Without Jobs — And That’s the Risk

2025-12-27

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Markets are pricing in strong growth and big earnings gains next year, but the labor and inflation data point to a slowing economy. In this short video, Joseph Wang and I discuss why the Fed is relying on productivity rather than job growth to drive the economy—and why that assumption is the key risk to watch in 2026. 📺Full interview: Catch me daily on The Real Investment Show: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealInvestmentShow

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The Santa Claus Rally Begins

2025-12-27

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2025-12-27

🔎 At a Glance 💬 Editor Note I am traveling this weekend for the Christmas holidays with the family. Therefore, I don't have access to all of my usual data and analysis. However, I did not want to miss the opportunity to send you at least a short note. The following Market Brief and Technical … Continue reading »

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12-26-25 Buying Gold Doesn’t Mean You’ve Left the Dollar

2025-12-26

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Gold $GLD is rallying and everyone’s calling the end of the dollar $DXY — but that story misses a critical detail. In this short video, Brent Johnson and I discuss why buying gold or commodities like #crudeoil doesn’t mean you’ve escaped the dollar, and what really keeps the dollar in control. If you like this video, please ❤️like and 🔁retweet 📺Full interview: -SDg

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Estate Planning Essentials

2025-12-25

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2025-12-25

Estate Planning Essentials: Protecting Your Legacy Estate planning has a reputation for being complicated, uncomfortable, and easy to delay. That’s a problem; when life moves fast, an outdated estate plan can create confusion, conflict, and unnecessary costs for the family members you care about most. Solid planning replaces guessing with clarity. If you have a …

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Benefits Of Fee-Only Financial Advisors

2025-12-25

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2025-12-25

Benefits of Fee‑Only Financial Advisors: Why It Matters Navigating your financial future takes more than a few online calculators and a diversified portfolio. For high-net-worth families and business owners, the person you trust to manage your wealth carries significant influence over your outcomes. Yet not all financial advisors operate with the same incentives or responsibilities. …

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Copper Prices Surge To All Time Highs

2025-12-24

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2025-12-24

On Monday night, copper prices, as shown below, reached an all-time high of over $12,000 per metric ton. Copper is often referred to as "Doctor Copper" because it serves as a barometer of global economic activity. However, the current surge in prices is not due to sharply rising demand; tariffs and physical dislocation are heavily …

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Silver Mania And The Predictable Bust

2025-12-23

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2025-12-23

Silver’s parabolic rise has been remarkable. Its price has more than doubled this year and is nearly three times higher than in 2023. The current surge closely mirrors two previous price jumps shown below.  In this article, we examine the two similar price surges shown below to provide context for what may be occurring today …

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The ECB Changes Tone: Will The Fed Follow?

2025-12-23

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2025-12-23

Inflation in the European Union is nearing 2%, expected to dip below it in 2026 and 2027 and then settle at its 2% target thereafter. The ECB's President Lagarde and other ECB members have recently stated that they are comfortable with the central bank's current interest rate level. The markets are taking the ECB's public …

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The Real Investment Show

2025-12-22

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REGISTER for our 2026 Economic Summit, "The Future of Digital Assets, Artificial Intelligence, and Investing:" https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-ria-economic-summit-tickets-1765951641899?aff=oddtdtcreator

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2025 Holiday Greeting

2025-12-22

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us to all of you! Thanks for your support in 2025, and we hope you will join us back here in the New Year!

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12-22-25 Why Slowing Consumers Matter More Than AI Spending

2025-12-22

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The market is underestimating the risk from a slowing consumer. In this short video, I explain why weakening consumer spending matters more than AI and data-center investment for economic growth and earnings in 2026. If you like this video, please ❤️like and 🔁retweet 📺Full episode: Catch me daily on The Real Investment Show: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealInvestmentShow

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12-22-25 When Fed Narratives Meet Market Data

2025-12-22

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Markets are heading into year-end with optimism still firmly embedded in prices, but the economic data are telling a more complicated story. Lance Roberts examines the growing gap between the Federal Reserve’s soft-landing narrative and what inflation, employment, consumer spending, and earnings expectations are actually signaling. While markets have stabilized following recent volatility, participation remains narrow, sentiment is elevated, and...

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