Hidden Truths
Get expert insights on the economy, inflation, recession and investments from two investment professionals.
Episodes
39 episodes
Does a recession still loom ahead?
Listen to Bob Barone answer this question: For quite some time, you have been telling the audience that a Recession has been brewing. Last week we got Retail Sales data and reports from companies like Home Depot and Target. How did the...
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19:14
Thinking of Buying an EV?
Listen to Josh Barone talk about everything EV, including production, politics and when could be the best time to buy an Electric Vehicle. #electricvehicle
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41:56
Discover the truth about deflation sewn by the Fed
In this episode, Bob Barone, financial expert, shares data that shows that the labor market isn’t as strong as the Fed believes.
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31:21
The Smart Way To Manage Your Loans
In this episode, Eugene Hoover advises how to manage your loans best.Need help with your investments? Schedule a free discovery call with Eugene today: https://bit.ly/3Df5cIM
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11:36
5 tips from a financial advisor
Listen to Eugene Hoover give 5 important tips on how to manage your money. This video is provided by Eugene Hoover of FourStar Wealth Advisors, LLC (“FourStar” or the “Firm”) for general informational purposes only. This informatio...
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10:20
Commercial Real Estate: The Next Shoe to Drop
Listen to Josh Barone discuss the large failures, the blocked redemptions, ongoing office absorptions in major cities, and looming maturities.
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36:27
CPI update April 2023
The CPI came out on Wednesday – it only rose +0.1% in March – that’s down from +0.4% in February and +0.5% in January. Then, on Thursday, Producer Prices fell -0.5%. Listen to Bob Barone's take on the topic.Need a second option on your ...
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The truth about the silent deposit runs on the small and mid-sized banks
Both Fed Chair Powell and Treasury Secretary Yellen view the bank issues both here and in Europe (SVB, Signature Bank, First Republic, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank) as one-off events and not symptomatic of stress in the world’s financial system...
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23:38
The truth about the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
Last week, seemingly out of the blue, the financial world was rocked by the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, then Signature Bank, and this week we saw the contagion spread to Europe (Credit Suisse). Listen to Bob Baron shed some light on what’s ...
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19:44
Retirement planning advice 2023
Listen to Eugene Hoover discuss how to best prepare for retirement.
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9:07
Vanguard patented tax avoidance system update
Vanguard Patented Tax Avoidance System is coming to Light!Listen to Josh Barone shed a light on what it is and how it works.Need to make sure your money is well invested?Book a free portfolio analysis with Josh
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15:34
Markets “Throw in the Towel”
By last Friday (February 10), with the Fed’s unanimous FOMC view that the future held interest rate increases (plural), and reinforced by the spectacular +517,000 jobs numbers, the markets threw in the towel on their bet that a ...
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23:01
Soft Landing? Check this out.
MANY ARE QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL HAVE A SOFT LANDING. Q? The jobs data came in much stronger than markets expected. Pundits are now saying this ensures a “soft landing” for the economy. Do you agree?...
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22:59
The Secret to ChatGPT
ChatGPT is a language generation model developed by OpenAI. It uses a deep learning approach based on the Transformer architecture to generate human-like text responses to a given prompt. ChatGPT is capable of answering questions, carrying out ...
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27:46
2023 Inflation Forecast
While the Fed Governors are still talking about raising interest and keeping them there for all of 2023, the financial markets are moving interest rates down. They are no longer doing the bidding of the Fed. Listen to Bob Barone explain what is...
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23:06
China Socio-Economic Evolution
China Socio-Economic EvolutionA. Tiananmen Squarea. 1989 one-million-person protest made up of College Studentsb. Tank Manc. World Outrage<...
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Labor Market Update 2023
The Wall Street consensus was +203K for Non-Farm Payrolls, but the headline number, at +223K, handily beat that consensus. As a result, the “soft-landing” narrative for the economy is back on the table. The cherry on top was the unexpected low ...
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27:38
European Energy Update
Listen to Josh Barone address the following topics: A. Ukrainian War with RussiaB. Russia has shifted to selling to EU to Asian CustomersC. US actions in SPRD. OPEC+ countries red...
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18:12
Payroll Employment Report
The Friday, Dec. 2nd Payroll Employment Report was higher than markets anticipated. Some in the economics world are now saying that, as a result, the economy can avoid a recession. Let's see what Bob Barone thinks about that.
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19:18
More turmoil in Europe
From European sanctions to the deployment of troops in Europe and the retreat of Russian troops from Kherson and protests all over Europe, a lot has been taking place in the past few weeks. Europe is in turmoil!Listen to the po...
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US Q3 GDP UPDATE
The only saving grace of the GDP report was its headline +2.6%. As it turns out, Net Exports added 2.8 percentage points, and for the wrong reasons. Excluding Net Exports, the domestic economy’s GDP growth was -0.2%. The Recession contin...
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ESG Update 2022
Learn HIDDEN TRUTHS behind Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance.Did you know that most states use a copy of the labor department’s rules for state-run pensions?Josh Barone talks about:1. ERISA (Employee Retirement Income ...
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Spikes in Market Volatility
The Dow Jones fell -550 points in the early going due to the disappointing CPI report. But, by day’s end, it had risen nearly 1400 points from that early morning low and closed up +828 points. That rally appeared to be sparked by technicals: ov...
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