Wealthion - Be Financially Resilient

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

Rising oil prices have sent the average price of US gasoline above $5 for the first time in history. Are they going even higher from here? While anything is possible in the immediate term, oil expert Art Berman predicts prices will moderate downwards over the rest of 2022. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/ERDdrdHTCzk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The situation for the consumer continues to deteriorate - hot inflation, too much debt and a rising cost of capital, a fast-cooling housing market, and a deteriorating jobs picture -- including several emerging headwinds that were hardly on the radar until recently. As always, the goal here is to keep you well-informed so that you’re able to take prudent action today to reduce your exposure to what’s ahead, and possibly even position yourself to prosper from it. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/wIMcx-2OKL4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's recap, Lance Roberts and Adam discuss the weakness in stocks and bonds the developed as the week progressed, exacerbated by Friday's 8.6% CPI inflation print. See the YouTube Video for the charts and graphics: https://youtu.be/84HsG2qRxyw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices