About this podcast
Jake McClure from The Personal Wealth Coach talks about anything and everything about Economics, Investments, Markets, History, and Life in an educational manner. More info at https://www.tpwc.com/
Episodes
The newest 50 of 616 episodes
- The Economy’s Different Clocks · 54 min · Season 26 Episode 89The votes have been counted, the political landscape has shifted, and everyone wants to know what happens next. But politics can change overnight while the economy operates on a…
- Weekly Market Update November 2 - 6, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 88This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- What’s Really Driving the Economy? · 46 min · Season 26 Episode 87The economy is growing, the Fed is holding steady, and AI is quietly rearranging the furniture. In this episode of The Personal Wealth Coach, Jake McClure digs beneath the latest…
- Weekly Market Update October 26 - 30, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 87This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- Has the Story Changed? · 49 min · Season 25 Episode 85Has the story changed, or are we just getting nervous about the next chapter? This week, Jake takes on one of Wall Street’s favorite words: bubble. From tulip mania and house…
- Weekly Market Update October 19 - 23, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 84This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The View from the Waterline, The State of LNG · 51 min · Season 26 Episode 83Jake McClure went to the Texas Gulf Coast and found more than sand and surf. From giant LNG carriers and sprawling refineries to electric trucks, wind-assisted ships, and some…
- Weekly Market Update October 12 - 16, 2026 · 4 min · Season 26 Episode 82This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- Why the Headlines and the Data Keep Disagreeing · 45 min · Season 26 Episode 81Welcome to an economy where the numbers say “growth,” the headlines say “panic,” and your gut says, “Something about this is weird.” Jake unpacks the disconnect by wandering…
- Weekly Market Update October 5 - 9, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 80This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Great Economic Transition: Why Hiring Is Slowing While Investment Is Exploding · 50 min · Season 26 Episode 79The robots aren’t taking over tomorrow, but they may eventually be fixing your plumbing. This week, Jake takes a wide-ranging look at an economy caught in transition, where baby…
- Weekly Market Update September 28 - October 2, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 78This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Unintended Beneficiaries · 45 min · Season 26 Episode 77What do weight-loss drugs, airline fuel bills, artificial intelligence, electric trucks, solar power, batteries, and the Hindenburg have in common? More than you might think…
- Weekly Market Update September 21 - 25, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 76This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Geography of Energy · 58 min · Season 26 Episode 75What do Roman oxen, Civil War currency, Iranian oil, Chinese refineries, and your latest trip to the gas pump have in common? More than you might think. This week on The Personal…
- Weekly Market Update September 14 - 18, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 74This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The AI Ecosystem · 53 min · Season 26 Episode 73What happens when America finally starts rebuilding its industrial muscle, and then argues about every factory, power line, and data center along the way? This week, Jake…
- Weekly Market Update September 8 - 11, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 73This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- America’s New Factories · 40 min · Season 26 Episode 71This week, Jake McClure takes a closer look at one of the biggest economic stories hiding in plain sight: America’s factory boom. While headlines focus on protests over data…
- Weekly Market Update August 31 - September 4, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 70This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- Tariffs, Trade, and the Geography of Adaptation · 43 min · Season 26 Episode 69What do beef prices, Vietnamese factories, cardboard boxes, toilet paper, and inflation have in common? According to Jake McClure, a lot more than you might think. In this…
- Weekly Market Update August 24 - 28, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 68This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Buyback Economy · 36 min · Season 26 Episode 67In this episode, Jake McClure unpacks the surprising world of the ”buyback economy” and explains why stock and bond buybacks have become one of the biggest stories in finance…
- Weekly Market Update August 17 - 21, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 66This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Geography of Capital: Following the Money Around the World · 36 min · Season 26 Episode 65What if the biggest force in the oil market isn’t an oil producer? Or the next battleground for global influence isn’t a superpower, but a continent? This week, Jake McClure…
- Weekly Market Update August 10 - 14, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 64This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The State of the Economy: Productivity, Hiring, and the AI Investment Boom · 35 min · Season 26 Episode 63The U.S. economy is doing something that seems almost impossible: growing while shedding jobs. In this week’s episode, Jake McClure digs into one of the strangest economic…
- Weekly Market Update August 3-7, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 62This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- Why Inflation Isn't Finished Yet · 41 min · Season 26 Episode 61This week’s episode tackles two topics that hit close to home: your wallet and your peace of mind. Jake McClure dives into why inflation may be far from finished, despite recent…
- Weekly Market Update July 27 - 31, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 60This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- Y’all Street: Why Texas Built Its Own Stock Exchange · 33 min · Season 26 Episode 59What happens when Texas decides Wall Street needs a little competition? In this episode, Jake McClure digs into the surprising story behind the Texas Stock Exchange and why it…
- Weekly Market Update July 20 - 24, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 58This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Roads We Build and the Choices We Make · 41 min · Season 26 Episode 57What can a rickety one-lane bridge, a shopping cart, and a carton of eggs teach us about economic growth? In this episode, a 19-day journey through Costa Rica sparks a…
- Weekly Market Update July 13 - 17, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 56This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- From Amsterdam to Wall Street How Stock Markets Were Born · 41 min · Season 26 Episode 55What do Shakespeare, a box of tennis balls, medieval archers, spice traders, coffee shops, and your retirement account have in common? More than you might think. This week, Jake…
- Weekly Market Update July 6 - 10, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 54This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The History of the Bond Market · 21 min · Season 26 Episode 53Before stocks, before modern banks, and long before Wall Street, someone was lending silver for beer and expecting to be paid back with interest. This week, Jake McClure unpacks…
- Weekly Market Update June 29 - July 2, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 52This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- Building Shock Absorbers · 38 min · Season 26 Episode 51This week’s episode takes a step back from the daily market noise and asks a bigger question: why do some economies, businesses, and even entire civilizations survive shocks…
- Weekly Market Update June 22 - 26, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 50This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Fed's New Playbook · 33 min · Season 26 Episode 49If you think the Federal Reserve is boring, this episode might change your mind. Jake McClure takes you inside the Fed’s latest meeting and introduces the man now holding the…
- Weekly Market Update June 15 - 18, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 48This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- When Energy Moves, Everything Moves · 35 min · Season 26 Episode 47If you have ever wondered why a jump at the gas pump seems to sneak its way into just about everything else you buy, this episode connects the dots with sharp insight and a bit…
- Weekly Market Update June 8 - 12, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 46This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Stinky Side of the Economy: Fertilizer · 35 min · Season 26 Episode 45What do ancient Roman street collectors, modern fertilizer plants, and global food prices all have in common? More than you might think. This week’s episode of the Personal…
- Weekly Market Update June 1 - 5, 2026 · 3 min · Season 26 Episode 44This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- The Changing Gold Market · 49 min · Season 26 Episode 43Gold has a reputation as the ultimate safe haven, the asset you run to when everything else starts to fall apart. But what if that story doesn’t quite hold up anymore? In this…
- Weekly Market Update May 26 - 29, 2026 · 4 min · Season 26 Episode 42This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
- How Energy Actually Works: Efficiency, Storage, and What Comes Next · 51 min · Season 26 Episode 41This week’s episode takes a deeper dive into something we all use every day but rarely stop to think about, energy. Not the vague kind that powers coffee conversations, but the…
- Weekly Market Update May 18 - 22, 2026 · 6 min · Season 26 Episode 40This week’s market update as seen by The Personal Wealth Coach. Listen in to hear how our preferred market indicators reacted this week, followed by treasury yields and West…
