Wealthion - Be Financially Resilient

Six years ago, I wrote an article titled 'Grasshopper Nation', warning about how poorly prepared Americans are for retirement. Sadly, the data has only gotten worse since then. I’ll deliver the punchline here first, and then get into the underlying data: Right now, as the largest generational cohort in history has reached retirement age, tens of millions of Baby Boomers in America have insufficient savings to retire or otherwise fund their living costs during their twilight years. This is a massive economic and humanitarian crisis in the making, with no credible plans from the government currently on the table to address it. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/DTWyqWHQSho Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With inflation driving the costs of living higher, real wages falling behind and financial assets having one of their worst years ever so far, it's a tough time to build wealth right now. And it's likely to get even worse, says today's guest, Robert Kiysosaki, author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, the #1 best selling personal finance book in history. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/QjyocU5Ekns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's Market Recap, Lance Roberts discusses the bounce this week in stocks and why investors would be wise to use it as a chance to sell and build cash. Lance estimates the bear market is still in play and that a firm bottom has likely not been reached yet. He and Adam Taggart go on to discuss the odds for and timing of a policy pivot by the Federal Reserve, recession risk, bone-headed proposals to contain gas price inflation -- and then end with a discussion of the most important asset to invest in : your health. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ol-9dUp-t4g Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here in Part 2 of our interview with macro analyst Luke Gromen, he explains what will happen if the Federal Reserve pivots - as he believes it will - by the end of Q3. Resurging inflation, a weakening US dollar vs other fiat currencies and higher credit yields as the bond market loses its faith in the Fed. And that's just a start. Luke also shares which assets he thinks will fare best in such an environment. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/gTvDtYQeSfw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The last time today's guest was on the program, he made the case that the world's largest nations, burdened by over $200 trillion worth of dollars in debt, better "get busy inflating or get busy defaulting" Since then, many of these countries have tightened their monetary policies. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/1_nckbLheLc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here in Part 2 of our interview with money manager Peter Boockvar, Peter explains how bear markets are actually favorable for the prudent investor because they can offer extremely attractive valuation entry points for high-quality assets. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/uYNa1taCj7Q Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stocks have fallen for a number of reasons this year. But there's another shoe that's about to drop that should send equity prices even lower: margin compression. Despite companies' profits getting squeezed by higher input costs due to hot inflation AND rising costs of capital, Wall Street analysts are still projecting robust earnings growth for 2023. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/0N8g1caffSQM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's recap, Lance Roberts and Adam discuss the continued lumps the markets took this week, including the sharp sell-off in oil stocks. They debate where markets are headed from here, and cautions investors that -- even though inflation is an understandable immediate concern -- there are so many multiplying examples of demand destruction that disinflation/deflation may be the bigger risk to worry about over the coming year. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/pTlwNCLaThM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Part 2 of our interview with macro analyst Stephanie Pomboy, she directly states that we are witnessing the bursting of the largest asset price bubble of our lifetimes. Building on her prediction in Part 1 that deflation will soon displace inflation as the primary threat to wealth, Stephanie sees the prices of most stocks, bonds, houses and alternative assets as heading materially lower over the rest of the year. Stephanie then shares her picks for where capital should seek safety in this declining and highly volatile environment. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/8YS7FpnLkto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inflation remains the center-stage villain in the economy right now, with the latest Consumer Price Index coming in at a 41 year high of 8.6% But is there a bigger bad lurking behind the scenes? Could deflation be the real threat here, just waiting to pounce after today's hot inflation has burned itself out? To explore this, I'm thrilled to welcome Stephany Pomboy back to the program. She's been concerned about the deflation spectre for a good while. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/I27xw8Bf9fE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices