The Compounding Consumer Crunch

Do the amounts in your IRAs and 401(k)s have you on to path to financial independence? Host Robert Brokamp explains how to get answers to that question.Topics covered:-Benchmarks provided by financial-services firms-Factors that will determine whether you need to save more or les ...  Show more

Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rick Munarriz explore what separates exceptional long-term investments from the rest, from classic Rule Breaker traits to the enormous upside of finding a rare 10x or 100x winner. They examine how the AI era could favor deep-pocketed incumbents, wh ...  Show more

This week, President Trump acknowledged his tariffs were resulting in costlier items in the U.S., but maintained his position that China was taking the majority of the heat. If people can’t afford to buy as much, might that be a recipe for recession? We’ll discuss, and answer a l ...  Show more

The US consumer has powered the global economy in recent years, but are signs of strain starting to form? Goldman Sachs Research’s Chief US Economist David Mericle, and Kate McShane and Bonnie Herzog, co-business unit leaders of US consumer, discuss the outlook for consumer spend ...  Show more

A sharp decline in consumer sentiment is leading to questions about consumer strength. Are investors right to be concerned, and where are the opportunities in consumer stocks now? Scott Feiler, consumer sector specialist in Goldman Sachs Global Banking & Markets, discusses with C ...  Show more

The latest retail sales data shows U.S. consumers are still spending it up, even in the face of higher tariff costs and a shaky labor market. Wealthier Americans are driving the trend, but a “culture of treats” might also play a role. Marketplace’s Kristin Schwab joins Kimberly t ...  Show more