Jim Cramer, the legendary investor, educator, best-selling author, host of CNBC’s Mad Money and Squawk on the Street, joins the Express with lessons for investing in any market, and his unique valuation tools for finding the next great stocks. Plus, we reveal Investopedia’s Terms of the Year, which include everything from insider trading to Bad Bunny’s growing fortune.

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Acorns, the 14-year old investing app that became popular by letting its customers invest their spare change into the stock market, has grown into a multi-tool financial planning app for families, and has big plans for expanding its offerings. CEO Noah Kerner explains why the company's simple mission of getting kids and families to invest small amounts through education has endured since its inception, and how that foundation will power its next stage of growth, which could involve an initial public offering.
LINKS:
https://www.acorns.com/
https://www.acorns.com/about/
https://www.acorns.com/learn/acorns/money-matters-report-2025/

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As the year winds down, we wrap up our final investor sentiment survey which shows that we are as optimistic as we’ve been in months even though we are worried about inflation and a stock market bubble. We take a deep dive into retail investors’ portfolios, and then look ahead into 2026 with Michael Arone of State Street Investment Management. Plus, why Charles Dow would be particularly happy about this current rally, and what one of his 110-year old theories teaches us about the health of this bull market.

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Over half of married couples divorce, and money is usually the root cause or a symptom of their problems. But what a lot of couples don’t realize until it’s too late is that marriage is a financial partnership, among other things, and partnerships require trust, transparency and fairness. But what if you and your partner could find that higher ground? What if you could find a way to work together as a dynamic and unstoppable financial team to dream big, and make those dreams come true? It’s much easier, and a lot more fun that way. No one knows that better than Heather and Douglas Boneparth. They’ve literally written the book on it, " Money Together: How to find fairness in your relationship and become an unstoppable financial team".

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2025 has been a very noisy and volatile year as a new administration shook up economic policy, the AI-spend stretched valuations and consumer confidence fell off a cliff. As we head into the home stretch of the year, Sam Stovall, Chief Investment Strategist at CFRA helps us separate the signals from the noise inside the markets, and what to expect in 2026 - especially with a midterm election heading our way. Plus, what to expect from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year on interest rates, and why investors should be careful about what they wish for.

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It may be a headline driven market but the charts and patterns inside the capital markets always tell the truth. We go inside the most important charts, patterns and formation in technical analysis with Patrick Dunuwila of The Chart Report. Plus, the melt up in the stock market has also been accompanied by a big surge in implied volatility. What that tells us about the fragility of the stock market right now.

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Family finances can be complicated by emotions and expectations. That's why having a solid financial plan that starts with good communication is paramount to creating the right foundation for building trust. Ryan Victorin, a Certified Financial Planner and a financial consultant at Fidelity Investments joins the show with advice on how to have those conversations with family, when to start, and what to consider when building a strong financial plan with your loved ones.

https://newsroom.fidelity.com/pressreleases/fidelity--study-finds-the-great-wealth-transfer-leaves-families-poised-to-build-stronger-financial-f/s/3c72b6d3-9ab6-400a-95e7-f4b30e43db64
https://preview.thenewsmarket.com/Previews/FINP/DocumentAssets/707745.pdf

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The Risk-Off trade has taken over bringing the pain to the biggest and most widely held stocks in the market proving, as the legendary Jimmy Cliff sang, “ The harder they come, the harder they fall.” Is this just a grown up bull market pit stop, or a full risk-reversal that could lead to a major resetting of valuations for the stock and crypto markets? Dan Nathan of Risk Reversal helps us navigate the rip tides of this recent swell of volatility. Plus, where is the big money betting on returns in 2026, and what are Wall Street’s year-end price targets?

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The cold winds of volatility have been blowing through the markets leaving many to question the durability of this bull market. Is this just good old fashioned sector rotation, or the beginning of the unwinding of the risk trade that has propelled the stock market to multiple record highs this year? Keith Lerner of Truist Wealth helps us navigate these recent shockwaves and identifies new opportunities for investors seeking stability. Plus, don’t call it a comeback, but bonds are having their best run in over a decade. And, all eyes will be on Nvidia this week as the chip giant reports its quarterly results, carrying the weight of investor expectations on its back, yet again.

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Investors can’t help but feel like the stock market might be riding on the thin skin of a bubble, but the facts will tell us that even if we are, it doesn’t mean we should not expect more strong returns based on trends and price action. Carson Wealth’s Ryan Detrick and Sonu Varghese join the show to help up separate how we feel, and what’s really happening inside market dynamics. Plus, is A.I. too big to fail? The financial media has been pounding that drum given the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in building more ‘compute’ to support the future plans of the biggest companies in the world. We’ll examine past euphorias to try to figure out the future.

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