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
The economy is technically growing, the job market is holding together, and yet almost everyone feels uneasy. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure unpacks why the economic story we are living through feels so disorienting.
Jake starts with the latest Federal Reserve meeting and explains why a “rates unchanged” headline misses the real story. A divided board, a new Fed chair, and a quiet return to quantitativ...
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 May 1, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
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 April 24, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
Why does the economy look great on paper but feel weirdly off in real life? This episode of The Personal Wealth Coach dives straight into that disconnect, unpacking why low unemployment can still mean a tough job market and how a flashy 30 percent market return can leave investors wondering if they missed something. Along the way, Jake takes on labor force participation, retiring baby boomers, AI driven productivity, and why the n...
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 April 10, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
What do World War I button shortages, carriage makers, coal furnaces, and today’s AI boom all have in common? More than you think. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure takes listeners on a surprisingly entertaining tour through history to show how war, scarcity, and crisis push technology forward faster than anyone expects. From freshwater clams vanishing because divers left to make munitions, to blacksmiths ...
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 April 2, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
If you have ever wondered why every big shift in human history seems to start with someone trying to move energy from point A to point B, this episode is your new favorite rabbit hole. Jake McClure takes you on a fast paced tour through thousands of years of innovation, from horse collars to windmills to steam engines powered by mummies. Yes, actual mummies.
Along the way, he connects these historical detours to what is happening ...
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 March 27, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
If you have ever wondered whether a recession is lurking around the corner, this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach will be your new favorite deep dive into economic reality. Jake takes the big, headline grabbing question of the year and actually answers it, breaking down what a recession is, why the definition keeps changing, and why the stock market is absolutely not the economy.
You will hear how oil price spikes, tariffs, w...
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 March 20, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
The Personal Wealth Coach takes you straight into one of the most important global chokepoints you never think about until the world gets loud about it. In this episode, you will dive into the turmoil surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, the jump in oil prices, and the surprising ways a narrow stretch of water can rattle global markets, inflation, and even your next fill up. Jake lays out how the Iranian conflict compares to past oil ...
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 March 13, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake dives into the kind of power that keeps your lights on, your AC running, your AI awake, and your economy functioning. Energy prices, global conflicts, grids, solar fields, private power plants, and even cattle cycles all make an appearance. Jake breaks down why per person energy use has been falling since 2018, how AI data centers are both straining and strengthening the grid, and ...
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 March 6, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure pulls off the rare double feature deep dive, equal parts economic thriller and private equity reality check.
First, Jake unpacks the surprisingly dramatic backstory behind the 1974 Trade Act, complete with gold standard intrigue, secret French operations, Charles de Gaulle’s long memory, and the logic chain that somehow connects D-Day deception to Nixon’s gold shock to Pres...
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 February 27, 2026.
If you would like to contact us, please send an email to us at advisingteam@tpwc.com. We are happy to address any of your questions about Economics and Finance.
What happens when the Supreme Court pulls the plug on sweeping global tariffs overnight? Prices shift, markets twitch, lawsuits pile up, and Jake McClure grabs the mic to make sense of the chaos. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake breaks down the Court’s ruling with clarity, humor, and just enough economic nerdery to make you feel smarter without feeling bored. He walks through why tariffs are really just taxes wit...
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