The Personal Wealth Coach
Seeking insights that resonate with your wealth management goals? This is Jake McClure, with The Personal Wealth Coach podcast, exploring the intersection of economics and history and how it influences your financial journey. Understand the big picture of the U.S. and global economies, market trends and policies with us for clearer investment strategies. Stay ahead, stay informed, with The Personal Wealth Coach podcast for smarter financial decision-making. Eager to learn more? Schedule a complimentary consultation with us, either in-person or over the phone, by visiting https://www.tpwc.com/. Dive into the world of smart financial decision-making with The Personal Wealth Coach – your educational gateway to the economy and beyond. Jacob A. McClure, CIMA®, of The Personal Wealth Coach, an Independent Fiduciary Investment Advisory Firm | Fee-Only.
Episodes
Markets don’t just move, they mess with our minds. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure takes you inside the psychology of financial chaos and explains why even smart investors make irrational choices when things get turbulent. From loss aversion and herd mentality to recency bias and framing, we unpack the mental traps that lead to panic selling and FOMO buying.
But it’s not all theory. Jake connects these b...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on November 21st, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we dive into a paradox that defines progress: how crisis fuels creativity. Host Jake McClure explores the surprising upside of uncertainty, revealing how the pandemic era, despite its chaos, ignited a wave of innovation across medicine, technology, and entrepreneurship.
From the warp-speed development of mRNA vaccines and CRISPR gene editing to AI-driven molecular design and remote pati...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on November 14th, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
What happens when Washington goes quiet? It’s not peace—it’s a price tag. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we explore the hidden costs of government inaction and why silence can ripple through every corner of the economy. From shutdowns that knock billions off GDP to laws that promise financial flexibility but stall in regulatory limbo, the gap between “passed” and “practical” is widening—and it’s hitting investors har...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on November 7th, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
Think a quarter-point rate cut is the big story? Think again. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, we peel back the headlines to uncover the real shockwave: the end of quantitative tightening and a subtle shift that could reshape the financial landscape. Jake McClure dives deep into the Federal Reserve’s playbook—why they’re reinvesting billions into Treasury bills, what that means for mortgage rates, and how these moves r...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on October 31st, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
Think you know what capitalism really means? Or how socialism differs from communism? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure dives deep into the misunderstood world of economic systems. From the roots of tribalism and feudalism to modern mixed economies, we explore why pure capitalism or communism doesn’t exist, how government guardrails shape markets, and why economics isn’t truly a science. Along the way, we t...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on October 24th, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
Why do some economies soar while others stall? In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure unpacks the Nobel Prize-winning ideas shaping growth theory today. We explore why property rights, intellectual ownership, and competition are the foundation of progress—and why “creative destruction” is essential for innovation. Through vivid examples like AI, insulin breakthroughs, and the decline of coal, we reveal how histo...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on October 17th, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
This episode of The Personal Wealth Coach dives deep into the week’s most pressing economic stories. From the Supreme Court showdown over presidential tariff powers and its $180 billion implications, to China’s rare earth gambit and the ripple effects on global trade, we unpack the uncertainty shaping markets. Plus, we explore the evolving role of cryptocurrency—why it’s shifting from currency to collectible—and what that means for...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on October 10th, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
This week’s episode of The Personal Wealth Coach takes you on a whirlwind tour of the economy’s biggest storylines — from a government shutdown wrapped in partisan finger-pointing, to the surprising rise of accidental landlords reshaping real estate, to why your avocado just got cheaper. We’ll dig into tariffs on everything from tomatoes to Hollywood blockbusters, explore how labor strikes and wage battles are reshaping industries,...
This week's market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
This episode was recorded on October 3rd, 2025.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at Jeff@tpwc.com or Jake@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
This week on The Personal Wealth Coach, we trade our usual market openers for a deep dive into Argentina’s wild economic experiment under President Javier Milei. From 240% inflation to dramatic austerity cuts, and from IMF loans to soybean diplomacy, we unravel how one country’s struggle ripples across global trade—from U.S. farmers to China’s supply chains.
Along the way, we explore why free trade is easier said than done, how tar...
In this special episode, we're introducing a new format! Each week, we'll release a separate episode focused solely on how things went in the markets—covering The Personal Wealth Coach’s preferred indexes, Treasury yields, and West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil.
Our usual deep-dive into the broader economy will now be posted as its own standalone episode.
We’d love to hear what you think about this new setup—your feedback helps us m...
Markets may be riding high, but the story underneath is a lot more complicated. In this week’s episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake dives into the Fed’s latest rate cut, the strange split between large-cap growth and mid-cap value, and why long-term interest rates keep rising even as short-term ones fall. From oil prices sliding to mortgage rates staying stubbornly high, the picture isn’t as straightforward as the headlines s...
Markets climbing, jobs revising, and prices rising—this week’s episode of The Personal Wealth Coach is loaded with more twists than a Wall Street chart. Jake breaks down the latest on the S&P 500, bond yields, oil, and an avalanche of fresh data: CPI, PPI, job revisions, unemployment claims, and inflation’s stubborn grip on everyday costs. Along the way, we look at trucking companies shutting down, tariff whiplash, and why lumb...
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