🎯 Rethink your financial future with the Money Matters Podcast, hosted by Wes Moss and Connor Miller. This episode shares real-world strategies to help you stay focused, informed, and better prepared for retirement—without the jargon. What you’ll discover in this episode: • Stay alert to shifting market sentiment tied to central bank leadership and evolving economic policies. • Watch inflation trends that remain relatively controlled despite modest recent increases. • Track earnings season highlights from banks, airlines, and semiconductors as corporate profits hold steady. • Monitor projections of $1 trillion in stock buybacks and $640 billion in dividends, reflecting corporate capital allocation trends. • Learn how buybacks may influence shareholder yield and earnings per share over time. • Consider a multi-asset class income investing approach designed to generate income from various asset classes. • Celebrate a new chapter as producer Mallory welcomes her baby to the Money Matters family. • Examine near-record-low unemployment and steady wage growth supporting consumer strength. • Explore accelerating AI adoption and its potential impact on worker productivity. • Follow continued consumer momentum with rising retail and dining sales. • Evaluate how recent tax legislation and tariff frameworks might shape long-term fiscal stability. • Recognize that market volatility could accompany positive returns. • Note a healthier market with nearly half of stocks outperforming benchmarks. • Reinforce the value of diversification as bonds resume their role in offsetting equity swings. • Explore building a total return strategy blending income and growth for added balance. 🎧 Listen now and subscribe to the Money Matters Podcast for practical insights to help support your long-term financial confidence.