This episode of MM discusses the most significant employment report in US history. Instead of losing 8 million jobs, the US economy gained 2.5 million in the month of May, adding to the construction, healthcare, and leisure and hospitality sectors in a major way. Also, the airline industry are offering early retirement packages and incentives to tens of thousands of employees. Wes also discusses the launch of the new “Core Pursuit Finder” under the tools section of www.wesmoss.com

UPDATE: Now, there was some confusion around the job numbers over the weekend and the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that they may have been somewhat overstated. However, it’s was still good news for the labor market as we saw major job additions to the construction, manufacturing, and healthcare industry.

This episode of MM discusses the national riots wreaking havoc on small businesses across the nation adding insult to injury in the middle of a global pandemic. Wes discuss real time restaurant data in multiple states as a sign of true reopening progress.

This Memorial Day 2020 edition of MM discusses the progress we are making to battle COVID-19. We discuss a potential virus resurgence and how that would be handled politically and economically. We also recount how the market bottomed in April if 1942 despite being in the darkest days of World War II. Multiple caller questions including the teacher’s retirement system, and borrowing from a company retirement plan to pay for a new roof!

This episode of Money Matters discusses the great national debate about re-opening the economy now that we have flattened the curve vs. waiting to reopen the economy until we find a cure for COVID-19. Updated data on COVID-19 cases in the United States, and the virus reproduction rate in Germany. Multiple caller questions related to investment taxes implications and setting up small business retirement plans.

This episode of MM explores how the stock market has recovered dramatically despite 20.5 million job losses in April. Wes also discusses the importance of dropping the term Social Distancing and replacing it with Physical Distancing in relation to a longitudinal study on the impact of loneliness and isolation. Multiple caller questions answered about retirement, investing, and the CARES Act in the final two segments.

Signs of economic life in the coronavirus economy

This episode of MM also discusses clinical trial results from the latest COVID19 therapy Remdesivir, and the following question: “How can US GDP be down 30% and the stock market is only down 15%?” Caller questions include, “Should I be buying stock ETFs during the COVID19 economy?,” and “When is it time to start using a financial advisor?”

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has become America’s go-to web resource for finding peak, then vanishing COVID-19. Are they right? An insightful interview with Alex Engler, a data scientist from Georgetown and the Brookings Institute.

The IHME, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has become the de facto website for modeling peak COVID-19. Wes describes the limitations in this modeling and how the onus is on the citizens and business owners of Georgia to get this first phase of re-opening right. The world is watching. Caller questions include “how are we going to manage our way out of this massive US debt, and how to hedge against inflation?”

What's it going to take to re-open the economy and stay open? This Monday, April 20th, Governor Kemp announced that certain businesses can start reopening as early as Friday. On this special, we covered Kemp's announcement to 'start the re-start' and hear from business owners in Atlanta. Jake Guyette, GM from Le Colonial (lecolonialatlanta.com) and Christian Favalli, managing partner of La Grotta Ristorante (lagrottaatlanta.com) discuss the step they'll take to make customers feel safe.