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Aug 2025
Trump-Putin summit takes centre stage after hot US inflation data
Yesterday’s hotter-than-expected US inflation data prompted a reassessment of rate cut expectations, driving yields and the US dollar higher. Although most stocks fell, the S&P 500 managed to eke out a marginal gain, largely due tothe strong performance of major tech companies. N ... Show More
9m 37s
Nov 2
Inflation and Hurdle Rates: How to Protect Your Money from the Declining Dollar
In this episode of the Learn to Swing Trade the Stock Market podcast, host Brian Montes breaks down the powerful connection between inflation, hurdle rates, and the purchasing power of the dollar.Most people measure success by how much their portfolio or savings account grows — b ... Show More
8m 51s
Sep 2025
The Fed cuts rates, America's FICO dips, and forever ends for sweepstakes winners
It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today’s show: A rate cut and drama at the Federal Reserve, the average American gets a little less creditworthy, and those giant check sweepstakes winners? Well, they ... Show More
9m 12s
Aug 2025
S&P 500 continues to slide, while Walmart warns of tariff impact
US stocks extended their losses amid trade tensions and mixed corporate earnings. Stronger-than-expected PMI data and warnings from Walmart, the US retail giant, that Trump's tariffs are driving up costs, have heightened inflation concerns and lifted yields. As markets are lookin ... Show More
12m 1s
Feb 2025
Taxes, Trump and Tariffs with Swaminathan Aiyar
Between finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s tax sops for the middle class and Donald Trump’s tariff missiles on three countries he really dislikes, it’s been a largely eventful three days. And as usual, The Morning Brief is buzzing with questions: From tax cuts and fiscal disci ... Show More
27m 25s