
The Investopedia Express with Caleb Silver
Get ready for the week ahead with Investopedia’s Editor in Chief, Caleb Silver, as he digs into the most important stories in finance and global economics. Through expert analysis, interviews with the biggest names in business, and educational breakdowns of the news that moves markets, The Investopedia Express preps you with the information you need to start your week in finance.
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May 15, 2023 • 30min
Inside the Most Important Charts in the World as the Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms
JC Parets of AllStarCharts rejoins The Express to help us find where the bulls are running across the entire global stock market, and shares his favorite wines for the Spring season. Plus, the debt ceiling deadline is approaching quickly, and the consequences of political inaction could send global markets into an unknown spiral if the U.S. gets hit with a credit rating downgrade. Will the lessons learned in 2011 help break the standoff in Washington D.C.?www.cmegroup.com/markets/energy/crude-oil/light-sweet-crude.quotes.htmlhttps://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772www.investopedia.com/terms/d/debt-ceiling.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/coveredcall.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/sell-open-buy-close-buy-open-sell-close-mean/https://allstarcharts.com/blog/https://www.investopedia.com/investopedia-newsletter-opt-in-7095821https://www.investopedia.com/podcasts-5225085https://www.investopedia.com/terms/1/52weekhighlow.asp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2023 • 34min
Inside Brazil's Experiment to Transform its Economy
The Express steamed down to Rio de Janeiro for a quick trip to discover a city trying to transform itself into Latin America's tech capital, and change the course of Brazil's economic future. From the first Web Summit held in Latin America, we spoke with Gabriela Goncalves of Nilla Capital, and Marcos Casarin of Oxford Economics about Brazil's economy today, where it is headed, and the opportunities for investors and innovation. Plus, the latest results from our sentiment survey tell us investors are as scared as we've been all year. What's bugging us, and what are we doing about it?https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hWy7EMfzohttps://twitter.com/RyanDetrickwww.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAWFvYwmc2chttps://rio.websummit.com/discover-rio/https://blog.oxfordeconomics.com/content/author/marcos-casarinhttps://lavca.org/list-people/gabriela-davila-goncalves/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 1, 2023 • 33min
Breaking Down Money Myths and Discovering Wealth Hacks with Mrs. Dow Jones
Mrs. Dow Jones rejoins the Express in front of a live audience to dispel the biggest money myths about making money, and shares hacks to help us earn more, keep more, and make our money last longer. Plus, investors are bracing for the Fed's next move, which could very well be its last for a little while. Why haven't all stocks woken up to the party?https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/receivership.asphttps://www.instagram.com/mrsdowjones/https://www.fdic.gov/about/strategic-plans/strategic/receivership.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 2023 • 30min
What Happens When an Economist Turns Financial Advice Upside Down?
Larry Kotlikoff, Professor of Economics at Boston University and a two-time presidential candidate, turns the world of financial planning and advice upside down in his book, “Money Magic: An Economist’s Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life”. Why he thinks we should marry for money, move back in with our parents, and keep investing through our retirement. Plus, transport stocks and homebuilder stocks are telling two different stories about the economy and the stock market. Which one is right?LINKS FOR SHOW NOTEShttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dowtheory.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bondladdering.asphttps://kotlikoff.net/https://larrykotlikoff.substack.com/https://www.vandaresearch.com/news/https://www.atlantafed.org/cqer/research/gdpnowwww.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-too Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 2023 • 31min
Trading and Investing Goes Hyper-Social
Callie Cox, eToro's Investment Analyst, joins the show to talk about the social online broker's new deal with Twitter to allow users to trade directly from the platform, how young investors are behaving, and why they are so misunderstood. Plus, the VIX may still be on Spring break, but the MOVE Index is warning of gathering storm clouds on the horizon. And, why the Velocity of Money is our term of the week.LINKS FOR SHOW NOTEShttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dmi.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/tm70mv177/1n79jj23p/x920hc378/crop0423.pdfhttps://www.etoro.com/en-us/news-and-analysis/market-insights/how-to-spot-a-recession/https://twitter.com/callieabosthttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/velocity.asphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcnlgaRdN84 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2023 • 31min
Inside the Eye of the Fiscal and Monetary Policy Storm
Professor Alan Blinder of Princeton University, and former Vice-Chair of the Federal Reserve, joins the show to talk about what the Fed missed, which era in history this most clearly resembles, why this recession may be unlike any other, and why rumors of the Dollar's demise have been greatly exaggerated. Plus, the ultra-rare Zweig Breadth Thrust indicator just triggered, which historically means very good things for stocks.Links for show notes:https://www.investopedia.com/us-employers-added-236-000-jobs-in-march-underscoring-brisk-labor-market-7376799www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.htmlhttps://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h8/current/https://www.aba.com/about-us/press-room/press-releases/q2-2023-credit-conditions-indexwww.investopedia.com/articles/04/012104.aspwww.investopedia.com/terms/b/breadth-thrust-indicator.asphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaPPsEIxJokhttps://www.princeton.edu/blinder/https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691238388/a-monetary-and-fiscal-history-of-the-united-states-1961-2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 3, 2023 • 36min
Riding the Thin Edge of a Rail with Risk Reversal
Guy Adami and Dan Nathan, the OG's of financial influence and founders of the Risk Reversal media empire, join the Express to reveal their processes and approach to trading the markets while talking about them all day long. Hear why they are bearish, where the risks are, and their rankings of the best rock bands of all time. Plus, why the calls for the demise of the U.S. Dollar may be #TooSoon.Links for Show Noteswww.investopedia.com/terms/b/beartrap.aspwww.investopedia.com/terms/r/reservecurrency.aspwww.investopedia.com/terms/b/brettonwoodsagreement.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772?https://data.imf.org/?sk=E6A5F467-C14B-4AA8-9F6D-5A09EC4E62Ahttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/consensusestimate.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/backwardation.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/financial-literacy-resource-center-7151950https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/riskreversal.asphttps://www.cnbc.com/fastmoney/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2023 • 34min
Decoding the Fed's Latest Decision for Clues to the Future
Anastasia Amoroso, Chief Investment Strategist for iCapital, rejoins the show to help decode the Fed's latest decision on interest rates and the curious language in its statement. Plus, what she is looking for inside bank balance sheets to determine just how healthy, or sick they actually are. And, despite the swirling fears around the banking sector, some of the riskiest assets are the best performers in the first quarter. Will that continue?Links for show notes:www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcprojtabl20230322.pdfhttps://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.htmlwww.insiderinsights.com/newsletter/https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772https://icapital.com/about-us/anastasia-amoroso/https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/credit-cycle.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/marketrisk.aspwww.investopedia.com/terms/c/creditdefaultswap.asp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mar 20, 2023 • 34min
Looking at the Glass Half-Full as the Fed Meets on Rates
Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics at the University of Michigan, says the economy is in much better shape than most people think, and the Fed actually can hike rates while putting out the fire storm around banks. Plus, Big Tech is back in the driver's seat as investors return to their old favorites in search of safety and the prospect for a pause in rate hikes.LINKS FOR SHOW NOTEShttps://www.investopedia.com/usb-and-credit-suisse-forced-to-merge-7367988www.businesswire.com/news/...c-Bankwww.moodys.com/resea...361119www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20230312a.htmwww.sipc.org/for-investors/what-sipc-protectshttps://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/justin-wolfershttps://twitter.com/JustinWolferswww.investopedia.com/terms/l/liquidity-coverage-ratio.asphttps://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/basel_accord.asphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-D3Pfa-ViY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2023 • 33min
What Really Brought Down Silicon Valley Bank and What Happens Next
Christopher Whalen, Chairman of Whalen Global Advisors, and author of the Institutional Risk Analyst newsletter, joins the show to explain how SVB's mismanagement and the Fed's lack of awareness of the impact of rising interest rates, brought the 40-year financial institution down. We also look into the overall health of the nation's banks amid these rising rates, and the prognosis isn't great. Also, commodity prices have come way off their highs and could lead headline inflation lower, at last.LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES:https://www.birinyi.com/index.php/newsletter-service.htmlhttps://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.htmlwww.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-for-the-markets-next-week-4584772https://www.fdic.gov/news/press-releases/2023/pr23016.htmlwww.investopedia.com/terms/f/fdic.asphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY-HYUFlCPshttps://www.theinstitutionalriskanalyst.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices