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This video highlights the issues with fractional reserve banking and the Federal Reserve system, exposing vulnerabilities within the broader financial system. It emphasizes that when you place your money in the banking system, you become an unsecured depositor, facing risks if the central bank fails. This discussion underscores the critical need for financial literacy and understanding how banks operate to protect your bank deposit.*****IF YOU HAVE A 401K WATCH THIS*** ---- https://youtu.be/rprtrfoT1AQ Chapters00:00 Reading from 'The Creature from Jekyll Island'08:22 The Case for Becoming Your...

Afrikan talous on kasvanut viimeiset 25 vuotta – aina koronakriisiin asti. Mistä maanosan kasvu johtuu? Onko kasvu “vain tapahtunut” vai onko sen takana tietoisia talousreformeja? Vesa Puttomaan kanssa studiossa on Suomen entinen Mosambikin-suurlähettiläs Laura Torvinen. Etäyhteydellä Washingtonista käsin keskusteluun osallistuu taloustieteen tohtori Ritva Reinikka, jonka työelämäprofessuuri Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulussa keskittyy kehitystalouteen ja -politiikkaan. Tiedostavatko suomalaiset yritykset […]

While the world is distracted by global conflict, a panic is building in the private credit market. In this video, we go inside the opaque world of Private Credit - examine the "Golden Age" of lending that is rapidly turning into a slow-motion crisis. From the "volatility laundering" tricks used by managers to hide billion-dollar losses to the "Exit Trap" currently catching retail investors in BDCs, we explore how the search for yield led Wall Street directly to your 401(k). We look at why insiders like Boaz Weinstein are calling this a scandal, and what happens to the 48 million Americans ...

The big things you need to know:First, we review our key takeaways from our review of March company commentary on the Middle East conflict on EPS calls and in conference presentations. What we read adds to our understanding of why the US equity market has been fairly resilient since the Iran strikes, and also leads us to believe that it may simply take more time for the equity community to fully understand the impacts from an extended conflict.Second, other things that jump out this week include much better EPS estimate revisions trends in the top-10 market cap names in the S&P 500 than the ...

Middle East tensions are driving uncertainty across oil, markets, and the global economy. We break down the gap between current and future oil prices, risks in the Strait of Hormuz, and how escalating U.S. involvement—alongside differing goals with Israel and potential Gulf participation could impact markets.We also cover slowing GDP, rising inflation pressures, and key signals from interest rates. Finally, we focus on what it means for investors—avoiding recency bias, staying disciplined, and aligning strategy with long-term goals.

Episode 24 — The Clean Room Beneath Everything. This week we trace a single thread: the most important things happening in markets, technology, and the economy are the ones you cannot see. We cover the cost collapse of autonomy, a $540M enterprise agent platform, uranium past $100, gold at all-time highs, and a Substack essay that moved equities. Wake Up Ready breaks down the GDP-inflation squeeze with tariffs still in transit. The Knowledge Bomb explains Soros's reflexivity and why the narrative-to-price loop is faster than ever. Humor Me confronts the reality of AI agents at work. The ...

Will AI make saving for retirement irrelevant? In this episode, Mike Douglas reacts to bold comments from Elon Musk suggesting that future technology could eliminate the need to save. The conversation explores what AI‑driven abundance might look like, why those ideas remain uncertain, and how retirees should think about planning amid rapid innovation. Listeners will hear a grounded discussion on balancing curiosity about the future with practical retirement planning, focusing on what can be controlled today while keeping an eye on how technology may shape what’s next. Schedule your ...

We are officially in a per-capita recession, meaning the average person in the UK is getting steadily poorer, despite the headline vanity metrics trying to suggest otherwise . In this week's agenda-free UK Property and Macroeconomic roundup, we cut through the noise of the mainstream headlines to deliver the unvarnished reality of the market . Mortgage rates are all over the place, with the potential of rates being cut in the US while being raised in the UK . As Mohamed El-Erian points out, "We are navigating a global economy that is structurally different, not just cyclically delayed. The...

Finanzfluss killt das 70/30-Portfolio?In dieser Folge sprechen wir über eines der größten ETF-Narrative der letzten Jahre – und warum es für viele Anleger zu kurz greift.Außerdem geht’s um:Steuerpläne und die Frage, wer wirklich entlastet wirdden Iran-Krieg und seine Folgen für Öl, Inflation und Märktedie Krise der deutschen Autoindustrieund den Unterschied zwischen einem Depot und echter FinanzplanungUnsere Kernthese:Ein Weltportfolio kann sinnvoll sein.Aber eine Standardschablone ersetzt keine Strategie.Wenn du zwischen 18 und 35 bist und nicht einfach nur „irgendwas mit ETFs...

Muchas personas creen para mejorar sus vida financiera necesitan ejecutar estrategias avanzadas y complejas… Invertir. Hacer más dinero. Tarjetas de crédito....blah blah... Pero están ignorando lo más importante: lo básico. En este episodio de Café on a Budget hablamos claro sobre las áreas donde la mayoría de las personas está fallando —y que están frenando cualquier progreso financiero. Porque mientras no domines lo básico… nada va a cambiar. Enlaces y anuncios: MASTERCLASS DE INVERSIONES!!!Como Comenzar a Invertir sin sentirte Perdido. 16 de Mayo de 2026.Aprovecha el ...

Your home should be a blessing, not a burden—but unfortunately, some people learn that the hard way. Get the answers you need with Real Estate The Ramsey Way, and learn what to avoid and how to do real estate the right way. Next steps: 🏠Have questions about how real estate can help you reach your financial goals? Check out our ⁠⁠Real Estate Home Base⁠⁠ for free tools and resources to guide your next steps. 🏠And if you’re ready to buy or sell your home, ⁠⁠connect with a RamseyTrusted® real estate agent⁠⁠. They’re experts who’ll help you confidently navigate ...

After looking at a potential savings crisis that current retirees are facing, Dave and Jonathan look at the subject of asset allocation and why it is important to maintain in a portfolio, especially as one gets closer to their actual retirement.The Altmeyer Financial Podcast is a podcast version of the weekly radio show featuring financial professional Dave Altmeyer and financial advisor Jonathan Altmeyer of Altmeyer Financial, a retirement planning concern with offices in Spokane, Washington and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. They discuss topics dealing with financial planning for retirement, as ...

Bitcoin just sold off to $70K after the Fed held rates and dropped the most hawkish signal in over a year: the possibility of a rate hike at the April meeting. This is the 8th sell-the-news FOMC pattern out of 9, and we are now inside the 48-hour recovery window where the trough historically forms. Meanwhile, oil spiked to $119 after Iran struck Qatar's largest gas facility, the SEC and CFTC classified 16 tokens as digital commodities, the S&P 500 launched as a 24/7 perp on Hyperliquid, and Arizona filed criminal charges against Kalshi. I break down what all of this means for your portfolio ...

In this episode Pete goes through a few quick client case studies where our company helped clients in many different types of investing situations and the result was instant equity on the property they bought and a turnkey asset.

Catherine Di is the co‑founder and CEO of Dedalus Labs, a YC startup building the infrastructure layer for agentic AI that lets developers build and deploy complex agents in just a few lines of code.In this conversation, she talks through the technical problems behind agent security, deployment, and MCP-based tooling, and how her team is approaching them with a developer-native platform. We also get into the story of applying to YC, participating in the S25 batch, and raising an $11M seed round co-led by Kindred Ventures and Saga Ventures. Catherine shares what changed in the market, what ...

In Episode 307 of The Block Runner Podcast, hosts William and I-man break down Meta's $80 billion Horizon Worlds shutdown and what it actually means for the open metaverse thesis. They argue the death of Facebook's walled-garden metaverse is an opportunity, not an obituary, and explain why AI-generated content and vibe coding may deliver the killer app that Web3 metaverse platforms have been waiting for. The episode also covers the SEC's landmark crypto asset clarification, defining meme coins, NFTs, and digital collectibles as non-securities, and what that regulatory foundation means for the ...

We just hit a massive mathematical milestone: the 20 millionth Bitcoin has been mined. But what does absolute scarcity mean for the future of finance? In this deep dive, we unpack how the resulting profit squeeze is forcing Bitcoin miners to pivot, transforming their physical infrastructure into high-performance data centers for AI giants. We also explore the rise of autonomous AI agents using crypto rails to execute trades, how Zero-Knowledge Machine Learning (ZKML) is fighting deepfake fraud, and why the legacy banking system must adapt to "atomic settlement" or risk extinction. Tune in to ...

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