Finding financial confidence

We discuss the ways investors like you can add crypto to your portfolio and actually use it. We also get into what the regulatory market looks like and how the Fed plans to tax all your hard-bought coins. 

We explore crypto in light of its recent performance and assess where it’s at as an asset class. We also dig into the key factors impacting its mid- to long-term outlook and what that could mean for investors. 

In the penultimate episode of the season, we address significant life stages and how each stage can correlate to its own investing style. These include college life, investing with your partner, and preparing for retirement. We hit on starting or adjusting your investing style, u ... Show More

Optimistic investors have pushed stocks and bond yields to the high end of the recent range. But inflation, banks and the debt ceiling status are still raising questions that have gone unanswered. ----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Andrew Sheets, Chief C ... Show More

There has been a lot of market movement in recent months, so as we exit the summer, what are the market stories and valuations that investors should be aware of? -----Transcript----- Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Andrew Sheets, Chief Cross-Asset Strategist for Morgan Sta ... Show More

A regional banks crisis. A recession that always seems just around the corner. And inflation figures that refuse to budge. It’s no wonder that many investors and allocators are stepping back from taking major macro positions, keeping their powder dry, or only making highly select ... Show More

The market continues to go higher, despite a banking crisis. Interest rates are starting to come down. Things don’t seem as dire as once thought. We’ll give you our thoughts on what we see right now with the ten-year treasury at 3.5%. Markets inching higher throughout the year. W ... Show More

Rapidly declining inflation poses a challenge to revenue growth and earnings. So what should investors look out for to identify the winners from here? ----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Mike Wilson, Chief Investment Officer and Chief U.S. Equity Strategi ... Show More

Most people think of investing as any situation where you put down money with the expectation of getting a return on your money. Unfortunately, what many people think of as investing is actually gambling. For years, most people invested in traditional stocks and bonds. Stocks and ... Show More

Jan van Eck, the CEO of Van Eck U.S., joins the Express to talk about why retail investors have never had it better, and why his firm is launching Bitcoin-related ETFs. Plus, consumer prices surged to the highest levels since 1982. How long will they last, and how long will consu ... Show More

From artificial intelligence to electric vehicles and travel stocks, some of the previously hot equity-market themes have borne the brunt of the selling during the market’s dip in August and September. Sylvia Jablonski, chief executive of Defiance ETFs LLC, joined the What Goes U ... Show More

Crypto? Not doing well right now. But stocks? With elections soon to be behind us, history says they should be on the rise. This week's indicators explain the story behind FTX's bankruptcy and why markets love midterms. For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money ... Show More