Segment 1: Steven Esposito, President of Yellowstone Wealth Management in Lake Forest, talks to John about the consumers willingness to spend, how we are starting to see a broadening of the market, good retail sales data, the signal that interest rates are coming down, and what would interest rate cuts mean for the market and economy heading into 2025.

Segment 2: Bree Fowler, Senior Writer, CNET, joins John to talk about Elon Musk moving X and SpaceX from California to Texas, Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky saying it’s shutting down all of its operations in the United States, and Major League Baseball possibly testing robot umpires as part of a challenge system in spring training next year.

Segment 3: Jeff Nydegger, Co-Founder & Innovator, JeffBuysYourHouse, tells John about how the business works, who typically uses the service, what they do with the contents of the house after it’s sold, where he comes up with the cash to buy homes, the average purchase price of the homes they buy, how it differs from the traditional broker route, and why he considers this to be a ‘relationship business.’

Segment 4: Dale Buss, Contributing Editor of Chief Executive Magazine and Founder/Executive Director of The Flyover Coalition, joins John to talk about inflation and how high food prices have impacted American consumers.