The Investopedia Express with Caleb Silver

Bethany McLean, author of best-selling books including, "The Smartest Guys in the Room", and "All the Devils are Here", climbs back aboard to The Express after receiving the SABEW Distinguished Achievement Award, to talk about how she broke open some of the biggest business stories of the past thirty years...

Over the past 100 years, Edward Jones has become a ubiquitous financial advice business with over 15,000 locations in North America overseeing $2 trillion in household assets. Penny Pennington, CEO and Managing Partner of Edward Jones joins The Express to talk about what American families are doing with their money, what they are worried about, and how they intend to transfer their wealth to their kids and grandkids...

Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA, rejoins The Express to put stock market pullbacks in perspective, and why the recent declines are to be expected and relatively minor given historical averages. Plus, there is a growing chorus of Fed presidents who don't think interest rate cuts are warranted at all this year given the hot labor market and persistent inflation...

Claudia Sahm didn't coin the "Sahm Rule", but she has taken on the responsibility that comes with having an economics rule and recession indicator named after her. The macroeconomist who worked at the Federal Reserve and the White House Council of Economic Advisers joins The Express with her forecast for the U.S. economy, including what could go very right, and what could go very wrong. Plus, divergences across the stock market make this recent run to all time highs even more interesting...

Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at The Carson Group, climbs back aboard The Express to break down the recent 'Everything Rally', and why history and recent economic data suggest that this trend in motion should stay in motion. Plus, companies are piling on the dividends and the share buybacks to entice investors and jolt their earnings. Investors are scooping up those benefits and are as confident in future returns as they've been in a long time. Links for show notes: https://www...

Cannabis sales and prices are falling apart in the Golden State as overproduction and a glut of dispensaries have far outpaced demand...

Gold prices are at all time highs as the precious metal is having another moment in the sun amid geopolitical uncertainty, sticky high inflation and the highest interest rates in over 20 years. Louise Street of the World Gold Council, a membership organization of some of the biggest gold miners and companies in the world, explains why investors are leaning back into this historical store of wealth. Plus, the biggest stocks in the market are fading as the rest of the market plays catch up...

Markets are setting record highs across sectors and asset classes and investors get even more comfortable taking on risk. Matt Hougan, the Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise joins The Express with a front row seat inside the storm of assets flowing into those new spot Bitcoin ETFs, including Bitwise's BITB. Hear why Matt thinks this surge in inflows is just the beginning, and how big the Bitcoin ETF market can be in the next five years. LINKS FOR SHOW NOTES https://business.bofa...

Jim Bianco, the President and Macro Strategist at Bianco Research, tells us why Wall Street might be very wrong about rate cuts, inflation, crypto ETFs and the bond market. Plus, he compares the rise of A.I. stocks and crypto with other frothy periods in history and explains how these usually play out. Plus, the meteoric rise of Nvidia and other chip stocks has brought out the options army in full force. They are calling for much higher prices...

JC Parets of AllStarCharts rejoins the show to help us identify the weaknesses across the capital markets as the major equity indices dance around all time highs. Why we need to pay attention to the strengthening Dollar, the Polish Zloty, Copper prices and tumbling Treasuries to know what will happen next to the stock market. Plus, are we witnessing Meme Stock 2...