In this bonus episode, Brian discusses the debt limit, or debt ceiling, and how Congress&apos; failure to solve the problem in a timely manner is creating volatility in markets.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 1-05198035

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Bonus: Bonds Worry Over Debt Ceiling

This week, Brian looks back at the rough month for investors in September.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 1-05197479

September Slide

This week, Brian talks about the danger of being a reactionary investor when markets get turbulent, as they did last week.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID:

Fearing the Dip

If you&apos;re in search of financial independence, the first place you must start is by working on a budget for you and your family. Keeping track of spending - so you can understand your habits and spend more wisely - is an important reason for creating a budget. Budgets help you better understand what you earn, understand where you spend it (you spend more on takeout than you realize), and helps you separate the essential expenses from the non-essential.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 1-05185301

Creating a Household Budget

The term stagflation has been increasingly circulating in the financial media as inflation readings have risen sharply in recent months. The term is often associated with the 1970s which saw runaway inflation—largely driven by sky-high energy prices—and lackluster economic growth. This week Brian discusses one way to gauge stagflation is to calculate what is commonly referred to as the Misery Index—inflation plus unemployment.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: # 1-05179814, 1-05179027

Is Stagflation in the Cards?

Investors finally got the strong pop in payrolls many have been calling for, breaking from the string of recent lukewarm jobs reports and weakening data from other segments of the economy that have been stoking peak growth fears. And, yet, while this is an unequivocally bullish jobs report, Brian covers why some questions remain.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: # 1-05176787, 1-05176998.

Jobs Report Bucks Trend Of Recent Weak Data

This week Brian discusses how Housing Starts are now hovering in the same territory as the highs reached prior to the Great Recession; an economic instance spurred by excess housing activity and high home prices. We also cover the latest reading for the Leading Economic Index (LEI). The index grew 0.7% month over month, a bit slower than the previous three months but still squarely in positive territory.So has any of this materially changed our view (or the Fed’s) on the great inflation debate? Brian explains. Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: # 1- 05171861, 1-05170903, 1-05171473.

Housing Starts Ramp Up, LEI Forecasts Growth

This week has provided investors with a fresh batch of data carrying the potential to heavily affect the inflation debate. Tuesday brought us the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June, while Wednesday saw the release of the Producer Price Index (PPI) for June as well as the start of Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell’s two-day testimony to Congress providing an update on the economy.So has any of this materially changed our view (or the Fed’s) on the great inflation debate? Brian explains. Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: # 1-05168416

Checking in on Inflation

The S&P 500 Index closed at a record highs last week, yet investors seem increasingly on edge with the VIX Index, a measure of implied volatility on the S&P 500, spiking nearly 40% at one point. We won’t bury the lead here, Brian&apos;s answer to the title is simple: this could be the start of a correction, but we aren’t betting on a significant decline in the S&P 500 and Brian discusses why. Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 1-05165326

Is This the Start of a Correction?

Summer is in full swing, and so is our "Casual Friday" broadcast! This past Friday as Ryan and Brian recapped the week in markets and review some charts that grabbed their attention. Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 

Casual Friday Redux - Manufacturing at Historic Levels

This week Brian discusses how inflation has soared the past few months, with the May Consumer Price Index (CPI) coming in at 5.0% year-over-year, the highest since 2008, while the core CPI (excluding energy and food) was 3.8%, the highest since 1992. The Bloomberg consensus is calling for 3.4% headline CPI this year, which has many worried about potentially runaway inflation. Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 

Did Inflation Worries Just Peak?

Listen in on our broadcasts from last week as Ryan and Brian talked about the week in markets and reviewed 4 charts for our "Casual Friday" show.Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 

Casual Friday!

This week Brian discusses how the U.S. economy is opening up and overall sentiment on Main Street is the strongest it’s been since our earliest analysis in 2005, according to LPL Research’s proprietary Beige Book Barometer (BBB). Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 

Main Street Sentiment Strongest in Over a Decade

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The Relationship Between Treasury Yields and Mortgage Rates.

This week Brian reviews the rocky week we had last week in markets, talks Federal Reserve, and touches on the initial jobless claims numbers. We also reviewed 5 key principles that investors should consider for their portfolios. Ford Financial Group on FacebookFord Financial Group on YouTubeQuestions?Find us at FordFG.comEmail us at info@fordfg.comMusic:Cold Funk - Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Source. Tracking ID: 

5 Investing Principles

Welcome to Ford Financial Group's Financial Insights Podcast, where we review subjects relevant to investing, and topics that impact our clients and their plans for retirement.Investment advice is offered through Ford Financial Group, a Registered Investment Advisor and separate entity from LPL Financial. The Financial Advisors of Ford Financial Group are also Registered Representatives with and securities are offered through LPL Financial, Member SIPC, www.sipc.org.For a list of states in which we are registered to do business, please visit www.FordFG.com.1-856451

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