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This week we take a look at: Interest Rates. These invisible hands create the tug of war in the markets. Who sets interest rates and why? How does that baseline affect you? Interest rates touch just about every part of the markets. Even as low as they are-any change can turn the direction of the ma…

This week we take a look at: Indexes. When the markets go up or down-what are you really looking at? Indexes! Got it? So, what are they and why are the Dow-Jones and S&P 500 bad barometers of the markets? We’ll take a look. Plus-- This week on Wall Street, the words of one politician sent the…

This week’s episode: What are IRAs? Commonly mistaken for Irish revolutionaries-these creations of the financial market offer you a different way to save for retirement. There’s a traditional, Roth, and SEP. So we break it down into what each one is, how it works, and what you should do with one. …

This week’s episode: What are offerings? You hear Jim Cramer and CNBC ranting about ‘IPOs’ and ‘SPACs’-just what the heck are these things? We will turn them over and take a look inside. It’ll help explain why a someone takes a company public, how can you invest in them, and why Wall Street is so r…