The Market Commentators

The Market Commentators is an investment podcast that is aimed at investors of all experience levels. Andrew Willms, CEO of The Milwaukee Company, is joined by his colleagues Mike Willms and Matt Salm for a weekly discussion about the markets, the economy, and all things investing. Nothing shared in this podcast is intended to be investment advice.

Fourth Quarter Outlook 10/13/2022

Fourth Quarter Outlook In this week’s podcast, The Market Commentator shares his thoughts on what he believes are likely to be the key drivers for the stock and bond market for the rest of the year. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/24678393

Nowcasting 10/05/2022

Nowcasting In today’s podcast, the Market Commentator discusses “nowcasting”, which refers to the monitoring of economic conditions in real-time to assess the current state of the economy or the markets. Unlike forecasting, which refers to an attempt to predict the future, nowcasting can provide valuable insights on where things currently stand. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/24598761

Estate Planning For Vacation Homes 09/19/2022

Estate Planning For Vacation Homes Vacation homes can be the source of family fun, bonding and happy memories. Absent proper estate planning, they can also trigger heated arguments, hard feelings and lawsuits. In this week’s podcast, The Market Commentator and Maureen O’Leary discuss estate planning strategies that can help ensure a family-owned vacation home fosters togetherness for many years to come. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/24420060

Biggest Questions Affecting the Markets Right Now 08/17/2022

Biggest Questions Affecting the Markets Right Now In this week’s podcast, The Market Commentator shares his thoughts on four of the most significant questions investors are struggling with right now. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/24089343

Cryptocurrency and Your Retirement 08/10/2022

Cryptocurrency and Your Retirement In today's episode of the Market Commentator podcast, guest host Jake Willms is joined by Maureen O'Leary to discuss if cryptocurrency and NFTs belong in your retirement plans or trusts. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/24015519

How High Can Inflation Go? Has It Finally Peaked? 07/29/2022

How High Can Inflation Go? Has It Finally Peaked? In today’s podcast, Mr. Market Commentary discusses his thoughts about where inflation is heading from here. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23899977

Vacation Homes 07/13/2022

Vacation Homes Is owning a vacation home all that it is cracked up to be? Are vacation homes a good investment. In this week’s podcast The Market Commentator is joined by estate planning attorney Maureen O’Leary to discuss the pros and cons of owning a vacation home. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23737079

Bear Market Bargain Hunting 06/29/2022

Bear Market Bargain Hunting Bear markets can result in opportunities for patient investors who have accumulated cash. In this week’s podcast, the Market Commentator shares some tips on how you can prudently capitalize on the stock market pullback. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23576279

Is The Start of A Recession Inevitable? 06/23/2022

Is The Start of A Recession Inevitable? Recession fears have been growing in recent weeks. In today's podcast, the Market Commentator considers whether the start of a new recession, either this year or next, a forgone conclusion? Or, might the Fed yet be able to bring inflation back to the central bank’s 2% target rate without causing the U.S. economy to contract? /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23523116

It's official. We’re in a Bear Market. 06/13/2022

It's official. We’re in a Bear Market. With the S&P 500 index having fallen by more than 20% from its all-time high set in January, a new bear market has “officially” begun. In today’s podcast Mr. Commentator shares some bear market history, his thoughts on how long the current bear market may last, and offers some suggests on what to do –and not do—to weather the storm. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23418074

Who's Going to Regulate Crypto? 06/08/2022

Who's Going to Regulate Crypto? In this episode, Jake Willms returns as the guest-host of The Market Commentator podcast. He is joined once more by Jim Picerno to talk about the current landscape of cryptocurrencies and who should be the one to regulate them. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23369711

How to Beat a Bear Market 06/02/2022

How to Beat a Bear Market In this week’s podcast, The Market Commentator is joined by estate planning attorney Maureen O'leary-Guth to discuss ways to make lemonade from lemons when stock prices fall. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23310254

Mr. Market is Dazed and Confused 05/25/2022

Mr. Market is Dazed and Confused In this week’s podcast, the Market Commentator discusses how the simultaneous decline in stocks and bonds, mixed economic signals and a surge in market volatility have left both institutional and individual investors befuddled as to what to come next. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23225801

The Big Sell-Off 05/10/2022

The Big Sell-Off In this week’s podcast, The Market Commentator explores why stocks and bond prices have been hit hard since the start of the second quarter, and shares his thoughts about what the future may have in store and how to prepare for it. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/23069837

The Importance of Staying Invested 04/28/2022

The Importance of Staying Invested Soaring inflation rates, rising interest rates, a slowing economy and a war in Europe have combined to cast a pale over the stock market the likes of which we haven’t seen since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Is it a good time to exit equities in favor of less volatile alternatives? /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22941125

Does Cryptocurrency Belong In Your Portfolio? 04/22/2022

Does Cryptocurrency Belong In Your Portfolio? In this episode of the Market Commentator podcast, Jake Willms fills in as the host for Andy Willms, while Jim Picerno returns to talk about whether cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum belong in your portfolios. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22878209

Is The Fed Going to Crash the Economy? 04/12/2022

Is The Fed Going to Crash the Economy? Inflation that reached heights not seen in 40 years, and is threating to push the economy into a recession. The Federal Reserve is doing its best to provide a soft landing. Is a crash landing more likely? /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22774001

There’s Big Money To Be Had In The Video Game Industry 03/30/2022

There’s Big Money To Be Had In The Video Game Industry On this week’s podcast, Andy is joined by his son Michael Willms, who is an intern at The Milwaukee Company, and a member of Marquette University’s eSports Team. Andy and Michael discuss the big money being made by the top players in the video game industry. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22622126

How hot is the housing market? 03/22/2022

How hot is the housing market? In this week’s podcast, the Market Commentator is joined by Jake Willms. The duo will be talking about the current state of the housing market, and when it might finally cool off. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22533818

Playing Catchup 03/15/2022

Playing Catchup In this week's episode of The Market Commentator podcast, Andy plays catchup on the recent events affecting markets and offers his opinion on where they are going from here. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22455797

February Market Recap 03/01/2022

February Market Recap The Market Commentator recaps February’s tumultuous month in today’s podcast, and shares his thoughts on where we may go from here. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22298141

Is It All About Ukraine? 02/23/2022

Is It All About Ukraine? After months of saying it had no intent to invade the Ukraine, Russia has done just that, sending thousands of troops into breakaway regions of the country. In today’s Podcast, The Market Commentator and Jim Picerno, the Director of Analytics at The Milwaukee Company, discuss how Russia’s actions have impacted the markets and where things may go from here. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22231229

Don't Freak Out About Inflation - Yet. 02/11/2022

Don't Freak Out About Inflation - Yet. In today’s podcast, the Market Commentator explains why he feels that this is no time to panic, even though prices are rising at their fastest pace since the early 1980’s. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/22104389

Is The Worst Behind Us? 02/02/2022

Is The Worst Behind Us? In today’s 8 minute podcast, the Market Commentator discusses why he’s not planning to call a market bottom quite yet. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21997163

What Is Russia Really Up To, And What Might It Mean For the Markets? 01/26/2022

What Is Russia Really Up To, And What Might It Mean For the Markets? Russia has amassed over 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border. Will it invade its neighbor, and if it does, what might that mean for the markets? In today’s podcast, The Market Commentator is joined by his colleague, The Capital Spectator (a/k/a Jim Picerno), to discuss the situation. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21909449

Are Growth Stocks Done Growing? 01/25/2022

Are Growth Stocks Done Growing? In today's podcast, The Market Commentator discusses what's behind growth stocks' recent struggles and whether the recent sell off will lead to trouble for the markets. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21892157

That Costs How Much?! 01/13/2022

That Costs How Much?! In today’s podcast, The Market Commentator shares some thoughts about the latest CPI report from the Labor Department, which showed the consumer prices rising at the fastest pace in decades, and lays out 3 scenarios on where things may go from here. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21765875

Strange but True 01/07/2022

Strange but True In this week's Market Commentator podcast, Andy shares his views on the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee meeting minutes from last month, as well as the market's surprising reaction. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21706832

Setting Expectations 12/15/2021

Setting Expectations In today’s podcast, The Market Commentator shares his thoughts about setting expectations for portfolio returns for the next ten years. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21497981

A New Variant Emerges 11/29/2021

A New Variant Emerges The Market Commentator discusses a new COVID variant, named Omicron, that rocked global markets last Friday. Andy also offers his thoughts about how investors should cope with this new variant. /episode/index/show/themilwaukeecompany/id/21317792

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