The Money Doctors on WHAM 1180
The Money Docs: Financial Advisors offering unbiased advice weekly.
Episodes
July 21, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Surprises Surprises Surprises
This past Friday saw a major internet outage caused by CROWDSTRIKE – a cybersecurity partner of Microsoft – an update sent out crippled banks, health care, airlines and other businesses world wide
The Market seems to me acting as if former President Trump will be re-elected
Cryptocurrency is going up
Volatility isn’t fun – but selloffs are a sign of a healthy economy
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July 14, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Confusion Confusion Confusion
On Thursday, a great report on inflation was released
And then…
Another report on Producer Prices showed an unexpected increase
Chuck explains what both these reports might be indicating
Here’s the question: WHEN? When will the Fed start lowering rates?
401K investors should be looking “under the hood” regarding the investment options in their plans and using a f...
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July 7, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Travel was very busy over the 4th of July span – dramatic increase year over year
Airline stocks have gotten a bump recently – makes it look like the travel sector has rebounded
It was a quiet week with the holiday – but there were some headlines:
Unemployment rate went up to 4.1% - highest level since October 2021
10 year treasury bounced all over the place
Why are some investors flocking to bond funds? Chuck re...
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June 30, 2024 • 49 mins
Dom Genova Speaks With The Money Doctors have been saying that the economy is slowing – housing market is slowing – auto market is slowing – but to look at what you read lately – you’d think this is a new idea!
Chuck unpacks a bunch of indicators and their implications
In Tracy’s Tid Bits – get ready for Prime Days (July 16th and 17th) with early deals and other retailers getting into the game
Plus, listener questions f...
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June 23, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Market is in a “trading zone” with no major news set to come out in the near future – Chuck explains what that’s going to mean for short and longer term
If there’s “doom and gloom” – there’s a “boom”…for bonds
Some big news for coming for Commonwealth Financial Group – Chuck details what’s happening behind the scenes
In Tracy’s Tid Bits – are “going out of business sales” worth it?
Plus. Listener que...
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June 16, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: The Fed kept interest rates steady at their meeting this past week – but telegraphed the possibility of 1 (maybe 2) rate cuts before the end of the year
U.S. weekly jobless claims hit a 10 month high – a sign the labor market is cooling
A report out this past week showed Producer Prices unexpectedly fell in May
10 year treasury briefly dipped below 4.2% this past week – Chuck explains the significance
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June 9, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: What are some reasons for The Fed to cut rates?
A report out this past Tuesday showed job growth slowed and job openings fell to a 3 year low – stocks reacted positively to the news
Car prices are falling back from 2021 peaks
Home prices could start to dip this summer
Zero down mortgages are making a comeback while banks unrealized losses have increased due to their holdings in residential mortgage b...
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June 2, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Chuck and Tracy offer perspectives on the past week in the markets – which were extremely tumultuous
The markets is sending messages and investors should listen
Even though the most recent report shows inflation is slowing – there’s STILL inflation
The Fed won’t be doing rate cuts in the near term and we’re seeing the impact of that
In Tracy’s Tid Bits – what’s the best way to track your expenses
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May 27, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: This past Thursday was a Black Thursday for the markets – Chuck explains why as another example of how good news can be bad news
A recent Barrons article – Break the 4% Retirement Rule – Chuck and Tracy break it down
In Tracy’s Tid Bits – credit card debt is increasing while credit scores are dropping. What does a credit score indicate and how can you maintain yours
Plus, listener questions from TheMoney...
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May 19, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Markets gave us a “sneak peek” this past week. Chuck explains what that means.
Chuck says he’s still convinced that an economic slowdown is coming.
Real estate is showing signs of weakness – price reductions are become more widespread.
Re-investment risk – what is it and why is it more important for those taking income from their retirement accounts.
COVID money is drying up.
In Tracy’s Tid Bits ...
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May 12, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Happy Mothers Day!
Jobless claims for the week ending 5/4 came in at the highest level since last summer
Signs of economic slowing are becoming more numerous – but will the Fed make any moves?
Fed interest rate hikes seem to finally starting to “bite”
Chuck says watch the 10 year treasury – it’s an important indicator
Chuck unpacks earnings reports for S & P 500 companies and what the numbers mea...
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May 5, 2024 • 48 mins
The Money Docs: Chuck has jury duty and will not record a new show
Link below is for the updated audio file for a re-broadcast of the show from 12/31/23 – you can use that description
This version has removed holiday mentions and added information about a planned live seminar for June
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April 29, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Docs: Sticky inflation – the year over year comparison saw March 2024 up 2.8% as price pressures remain high
Despite the report, the markets seemed to “shrug it off”
The 10 Year yield dropped a little on the inflation news
Doesn’t look like The Fed will get to cutting the benchmark rate any time soon
Here’s a conundrum – the economy is showing signs of slowing even as inflation numbers are inching higher – does this m...
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April 14, 2024 • 49 mins
The Fed mat deliver fewer rate cuts than some had predicted – that led to a volatile week in the markets
Banks seem to have been taken by surprise by signals from The Fed
But what about Europe? And Asia? Chuck has details
What’s behind the spike in prices for gold and silver lately?
There are some signs of weakness in the economy. Chuck explains
While other countries are shoring up their reserves (ie: gold and s...
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April 7, 2024 • 48 mins
TThis past week was one of the worst for the markets this year – Chuck recaps
What are the market’s concerns? All about The Fed. Chuck will explain the broader implications
For the markets – good news is bad news – and Wall Street doesn’t want to hear “good news”
Is The Fed watching what’s happening currently with the economy in Europe?
Oil and gold prices are up – what’s behind the spike
In Tracy’s Tid Bits – i...
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March 31, 2024 • 49 mins
The Money Doctors: Special guests Rob Opett, from Keller Williams Real Estate, and Tracy Rowan, from Premium Mortgage, join Chuck and Tracy to discuss the current state of the real estate and mortgage markets.
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March 24, 2024 • 49 mins
The market seems to have discounted the inflation news from last week
Treasury yields declined – from 4.4% to 4.2% on the 10 year
The Fed is still expecting to cut interest rates by 3 quarters of a point by the end of the year
But, remember what the Money Doctors say --- this is all just short term noise
The DOJ is going after tech companies – like Google, Meta and, last week, Apple
Fed Ex – what do you see when...
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March 17, 2024 • 49 mins
Not the greatest week for the markets
Inflation data came in hot this past week leading to a selloff – not a huge one – but it did cause short term worry
There was a surge in the 10 year treasury – Chuck explains what that means
Rate cuts from The Fed might not happen when many have expected they would (June of this year)
Inflation is a bigger concern than expected at this time
The labor market/layoff picture –...
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