The Federal Reserve recently increased interest rates 0.25% recently. This is the first rate increase since July 2023.

The reasons cited were to address stubborn inflation. Inflation is primarily caused by the government spending too much money. This pushes interest rates and long-term bond yields higher.

Also, the Federal Reserve signaled there would likely be another rate hike before the end of week.

This will increase borrowing costs.

The markets reacted negatively. Higher interest rates typically are bad for stocks, the real estate market, and cryptocurrencies.

Fixed assets (CD's, bonds, and index products) thrive in a higher interest rate environment.

This is the "Golden Age" of fixed assets.

Ferenc shares several client examples that have suffered poor performance due to low performing indexes, high fees, caps, and low participation rates.

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Some Americans are frustrated that affordability has not improved quicker.

The US has not built a major oil refinery since 1977. Oil prices have remained high primarily due to limited refining capacity. The Trump administration recently announced the first major oil refinery since 1977.

Allowing too many people into our country has created increased prices for food, housing, medical expenses, and nearly every item we purchase. If the immigration crackdown continues, an estimated 15 million foreign-born people will leave the US by the end of president Trump's term.

The affordability issues have been created over decades. Fixing these problems takes time.

Structural changes this significant typically are a result of bloody revolutions. So far, we have gotten off easy.

It is naive to think that enemies of America, the Legacy Media, Globalists, the Uni-Party, Bureaucrats, and Democrats would give up easily.

Ferenc shares an extreme client example that had suffered extremely poor performance due to poor indexes, high fees, and low participation rates.

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