A new era of financial education is being driven by dynamic fin-fluencers who are spreading the power of investing, compounding, and building real generational wealth for their generation and their communities. Ross Mac and Marc Russell join The Express from inside Invest Fest, the largest wealth festival in the world, to share their recipe for long-term wealth building success. Plus, markets pierce record highs yet again, but the same old vulnerabilities are bubbling, and they are getting bigger. Which ones might pop first?

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Is the economy headed towards a recessionary cliff as inflation and dwindling economic confidence pull against productivity gains and capex spending? Mark Zandi, Chief Economist of Moody’s Analytics shows us the possible pathways for the economy and households, and what to brace for. Plus, the Fed did nothing and said even less, driving long bond yields to multi-year highs and causing investors to wonder if the Fed Chair Warsh’s task forces are really here to help. 

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With the echoes of the Dot-com bubble bursting and the ashes of the Great Financial Crisis still simmering in their psyches, many Gen-Z investors have taken a cautious and unique approach to investing for the long term. Mary Esposito, the personality behind “Money with Mary”, shares her investing strategy and how she has navigated becoming an Instagram star and small business operator in her early 20’s. Plus, a new round of tariffs and a spike in energy prices is putting the Fed and new Chair Kevin Warsh on inflationary defense as the bond vigilantes circle. 

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The summer winds have blown a bear market into semiconductor stocks as pricing has come under pressure. What do investors need to hear from chipmakers and AI superscalers this week to regain their confidence? The latest results of the Investopedia Sentiment Survey are in, and we are still trying to hang on to the bull.

Plus, our credit card and travel rewards and loyalty points aren’t getting as far as they used to. Peter Greenberg, the Travel Wizard, says, ‘get used to it’, and offers insider tips for the smart traveler.

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With the U.S. government making direct investments into public companies and the introduction of Trump accounts that will bring millions of new investors into the stock market, what happens when the next bear market arrives? Eric Balchunas of Bloomberg Intelligence wonders if the next government bailout will be in the stock market, which may be becoming too big to fail. Plus, the Space X IPO and the pending listings of Open AI and Anthropic are ushering in a new wave of highly leveraged and volatile ETFs. Handle with care.

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The Motley Fool has educated and helped enrich millions of individual investors since it was founded thirty-three years ago, and it is still breaking rules today. Co-founder and Chief Rule Breaker, David Gardner joins the show with some of his favorite investing lessons and why he thinks we are still in the golden age of investing. Plus, Space X jumps the line and joins the Nasdaq 100 and several other indexes less than one month from its IPO. Like it or not, your portfolio just went galactic.

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What can the recipe for the world’s best guacamole teach us about building a resilient portfolio? We find out as Jess Inskip joins The Express for a Guacamole, Money and Markets masterclass. Jess shares her ingredients for building a portfolio for today’s stock market, and educational tips for investors of all ages. Plus, we look at the stock market's mid-year report card and find areas of strength and a lot of room for improvement.

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As we near the mid-point of a tumultuous year, we give this market a health check with Jay Woods of Freedom Capital Markets. Plus, there’s a new Fed Chair in town, and Kevin Warsh is focused squarely on inflation and recreating the central bank through a series of task forces. And, investors keep riding just a few stocks to higher highs, and some are taking on a lot of margin debt to amplify their gains. What could go wrong?

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SpaceX completed the largest IPO in history, valuing Elon Musk’s space exploration company at more than $2 Trillion, and making him the world’s first trillionaire. It also paves the way for Anthropic and Open AI, the next trillion dollar companies to test the public markets, ushering in a new wave of massive public companies built on the dream of productivity through artificial intelligence. Gil Luria of D.A. Davidson helps us separate the dreams from the realities of how the AI economy will play out over the next decade, and which companies will survive and thrive. Plus, the World Cup kicked off billions of dollars of spending and marketing throughout North America. The Express goes inside the lines of the biggest revenue generating sporting event in history.

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The raging bull market was stopped in its tracks by a new wave of bearish sentiment against semiconductor and AI stocks and doubts about future demand. Is this the beginning of the end of the relentless rally, or a normal pullback in a secular bull market. Legendary business news journalist and market guru Ron Insana drops in with his perspective and lessons from history. Plus, day traders have found a new hype toy, and trillions of new stock is about to flood the market. Can investors and the stock market handle it?

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