What Will Drive Financial Markets in 2026—and How to Make It Your Best Year
Money For the Rest of Us
Is America's affordability crisis real?
J. David Stein discusses The Economist's view that rising real wages challenge the narrative of a broad affordability crisis.
We explore the forces likely to shape financial markets in 2026 and how to make better decisions as you pursue your goals this year.
Topics covered include:
- The difference between intentions and resolutions
- Key behavioral biases and how to overcome them
- The cautionary tale of a private real estate fund that went public
- Is the affordability crisis real?
- The big test for AI in 2026
- The financial and economic outlook for the year
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Show Notes
A Slightly Better You in the New Year by Roland Fryer—The Wall Street Journal
Handbook of Cognitive Biases—Federal Intelligence Service FIS
America’s affordability crisis is (mostly) a mirage—The Economist
When Your Private Fund Turns $1 Into 60 Cents by Jason Zweig—The Wall Street Journal
Canadians Are Furious After Real Estate Funds Lock Up Their Money by Paula Sambo—Bloomberg
Blue Rock TI+ Annual Report—Securities and Exchange Commission
Is AI More Like a Mind or a Market? by Walter Frick—Bloomberg
Don’t Fear the Bubble Bursting by Carl Benedikt Frey—The New York Times
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