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What Is the “Real Feel” of the Economy?

The Investopedia Express with Caleb Silver

On the Express this week, one for the rally, two for the show. It's your ticket to ride. If you know, you know the economy's in the balance. The vibes are low, but the headline numbers, they say it ain't so. We feel one way, but we act another. Open up the hood. What will we uncover? A stock market running on future cash flows. Better hope they're real. Better hope these pros, these finance pros in the fleece vest out in the boat in the Hamptons keep our portfolios alive like the brother Pete Frampton. Time to take the stage. Time to flex our flex.

We're keeping it real on the Investopedia Express. Welcome back and welcome aboard. Happy Monday to everybody here. Here we are in the dog days of summer to the Investopedia Express live and direct every Monday at 10 a.m. Good to be with you. Good to have you with us. We know you're out there all over the world tuning in to the Express live. Drop us a comment, if so, on any of the social platforms. We're live across all of them and then on demand. The Investopedia Express all week long.

Good to be with you again, my friends. Markets mixed coming in to a Monday here in the middle of August here. Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, tensions with Iran, concerns over AI spending. Oh, yeah. But we still have nothing but higher highs over the past few weeks. Three straight weeks of gains for the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq clawing back some of those losses from late July.

What Is the “Real Feel” of the Economy?

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

What Is the “Real Feel” of the Economy?

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.