The recent firing of the Commissioner of the BLS and the resignation of a top Fed official have cast even more doubt on the trustworthiness of government data and the future independence of the central bank. This is a brave and tenuous new world for investors who have been enjoying the march to record highs behind a handful of the biggest stocks in the market yet again. Jay Woods, Chief Global Strategist for Freedom Capital Markets helps us find the right price levels even as the data we depend on becomes more dubious. Plus, we are entering the seasonally weakest period of the year just as tariffs are set to take effect at the end of the week. The summer wind might just blow things over.

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On what could be the most important week for investors in years, markets keep riding to higher highs, and meme stocks keep spinning into the silly-sphere as the shorts get squeezed, giving 2021 vibes all over again.

Cameron Dawson of NewEdge Wealth helps us make sense of it all and stay on the right tracks to long term investing gains. Plus, what to expect from the Fed’s meeting on interest rates, the July jobs report, and the most important corporate earnings of the cycle.

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From the passage of the “Big Beautiful Tax Bill”, to new laws around stablecoins, investors have been navigating one massive change after another as they chase the stock market to new record highs. Michael Townsend, the Managing Director of  Legislative and Regulatory Affairs for Charles Schwab tells us which policies will impact investors the most, and what new regulatory changes are looming on the horizon. Plus, private equity and capital are clawing their way into retail investors portfolios as the number of public companies continues to decrease. What could go wrong?

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As yet another new wave of tariff threats come out of the White House, investors have yet to bail out of the U.S. stock market like they did in April. Is their bet on American Exceptionalism about to unwind, or is this new bull market unfazed by the upending of the global economy? Callie Cox, Chief Market Strategist for Ritholtz Wealth joins The Express for her take on our unbridled enthusiasm, and lessons for long-term investors. Plus, new 50% tariffs on Copper set to go into effect August 1st will be felt across nearly every major industrial and electronic category. If those don’t cause an inflationary charge, nothing will.

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Markets are steaming into the summer at all-time highs as the July 9th reciprocal tariff deadline approaches and the Big Beautiful Tax bill has been signed into law, and investors’ animal spirits are howling as meme stocks are back in fashion. We go inside the rally with Ryan Detrick of The Carson Group, and stare into the horizon in search of more momentum. Plus, public companies are bingeing on Bitcoin, driving cryptocurrencies back to the Moon. What could go wrong?

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Everyone from corporate executives to Wall Street’s top strategists feared the worst for the stock market and the U.S. economy as the new administration tried to turn economic policy upside down at the beginning of the year, but we are ending the first half of the year at new record highs. Sam Ro of TKer clubs back aboard the Express to talk about the biggest surprises from the first half of 2025, the disconnect between feelings and returns, and second half predictions. Plus, who wants to be a millionaire? About 54 million people can now claim that milestone.

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As the U.S. attacks Iran, tensions in the Middle East tighten as the one of the key chokepoints for global oil is at risk. The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady last week, as expected, but the divide inside the central bank deepens as policy hawks and doves take sides. Plus, why the A.I. revolution might just be getting started, and which companies will be driving the next wave of hyper-growth, according to Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities. Dan is so convinced that he helped create an A.I. focused ETF with his own name on it.

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As Israel and Iran exchange missile attacks, the new bull market faces its first real challenge as ‘Event Risk’ takes over and oil prices spike. JC Parets of TrendLabs joins The Express to share the only charts that really matter right now, and the key indicators to watch this summer. Plus, the Fed will deliver its decision on interest rates this week and while no change is expected, it will be the first time we’ve seen the Dot Plot since the tariff war began. Where are the dots heading, and how to prepare your portfolio.

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As trade tensions ease and the headline economic data eases recession fears, a new bull market is picking up speed led by what Bank of America Securities calls the "Bro Billionaire Basket of Stocks", including Palantir, Nvidia, Coinbase and Bitcoin. Proximity to power is everything under this administration and in this stock market, and offenders like Tesla get punished when they cross the lines at Pennsylvania Ave. Plus, Silver prices hit a 13-year high as the Gold to Silver ratio narrows, signaling a new bull market in commodities, especially if the tariff truces stick.

LINKS for show notes:
https://www.carsongroup.com/insights/blog/author/rdetrick/
https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-markets-this-week-may-inflation-data-apple-conference-gamestop-earnings-11749224https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gold-silver-ratio.asp
https://www.vandaresearch.com/news/
https://www.investopedia.com/u-s-china-to-meet-for-trade-talks-monday-11749945
https://www.investopedia.com/apple-big-developers-event-kicks-off-monday-what-you-need-to-know-11747463

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From inside the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas, it is clear that the new era of cryptocurrency is here and fully backed by the Trump administration. Listen to Vice-President JD Vance's remarks to the crowd of over 40,000 crypto-faithful, and wander the aisles of the exhibit hall at The Venetian and the walls between the traditional financial system and decentralized finance are melting. Plus, the White House's aggressive tariff policy was temporarily blocked by a federal trade court, but the president has many more methods of extracting tariffs from our trading partners and he's used them before. The tariff war is far from over, but CEOs like Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan are more worried about the war we are waging with the 'enemy within'. Listen to Dimon's comments from the Reagan Economic Forum last week.

LINKS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BrQG85fypM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NHLha3jG2g
https://www.investopedia.com/court-rules-trump-s-tariffs-can-stay-on-for-now-11744787
https://www.youtube.com/c/ActionCrypto
https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/cme-fedwatch-tool.html
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/chain-transactions-cryptocurrency.asp
https://www.youtube.com/c/ActionCrypto
https://www.investopedia.com/what-to-expect-in-the-markets-this-week-11744837

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