You're listening to Navigating Abundant Retirement — the show that helps you steer through today’s uncertainty toward a more confident financial future. I’m Carol Dewey, and today, we’re unpacking the hidden silver lining behind the latest tariff chaos.

"Liberation Day" brought aggressive new tariffs from U.S. President Trump, sending shockwaves through the global trading system and causing a significant market sell-off. While investors panic and major indices nosedive, Carol reveals a powerful, underlying development: the strategic collapse of the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield. This isn't accidental; it's a policy-by-design move from the Trump Administration and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to stimulate Main Street by depressing long-term interest rates, influencing everything from mortgages to small business credit. Discover how this short-term pain could lead to very big, very bullish long-term gains for the economy and your portfolio.

🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ How the "Liberation Day" tariffs caused immediate market panic and a sharp decline in major stock indices.

✔️ The surprising silver lining: a deliberate collapse in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, falling over 80 basis points from recent highs.

✔️ Why this yield collapse is a "hurricane-force tailwind" for the economy, leading to lower borrowing costs for mortgages, business, and consumer lending.

✔️ How the Trump administration is strategically using bond market psychology to stimulate Main Street, rather than focusing solely on stock market headlines.

✔️ The current resilience of the real economy (low unemployment, strong consumer spending, positive retail sales) despite stock market volatility.

✔️ Why fixed indexed annuities can serve as a powerful alternative to traditional bonds in this new rate environment, protecting principal while positioning for growth.

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