This weekend, I walked through a shopping district that looked like a glossy movie set for “consumer confidence”—lines outside luxury stores, $1,500 espresso machines, and parking lots full of SUVs that cost more than my first house. If you judged the economy by vibes alone, you’d think the boom was roaring.

But beneath the surface? A very different America.

This video breaks down the K-shaped reality of the U.S. economy—a recovery where the top soars while the bottom sinks. The data is undeniable:
• The top 1% now hold nearly half of all stock and mutual fund wealth
• The lower 60% own less than 2%
• Wage growth is diverging sharply between college-educated and non-college workers
• Homeownership is becoming a luxury item, not a milestone
• Credit use is soaring even as high-end spending explodes

It’s prosperity that looks broad but isn’t.

I walk through the inequality data, the wealth split, the labor polarization, and the housing divide—and why this matters not just socially but for your portfolio. Markets can rise on narrow strength for a long time… until the foundation underneath them starts to crack.

If you’re investing based only on the top half of the K—luxury sales, high-income spending, booming asset prices—you’re missing the real risk that’s building quietly below.

Truthbomb: The American economy isn’t broken. It’s bifurcated.
And ignoring the bottom half has consequences.

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