10.07.25 Ask An Advisor With Wes Moss

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Is Inflation Good or Bad for the Market? and the $5 Million Dollar American Dream The market loves a "Goldilocks" environment, but what is the magic number for inflation that delivers the highest stock returns? Wes dives into the data to show how inflation rates directly impact your portfolio. Also, Investopedia put a price tag on the American Dream, but Wes has a reality check. Find out what you need to earn over your working career to afford a home, raise kids, pay for college, and reach the "Green Zone" in retirement. Plus, Christa shares your #AskWes questions and Wes gives his take. All this and more on the October 7, 2025, Ask an Advisor episode of the Clark Howard podcast. Submit your questions at clark.com/ask. We hope you enjoy our weekly Ask An Advisor episodes, in which Christa and Wes discuss investing and retirement savings in depth. Let us know what you think in the comments! Learn more about Wes: BOOKS BY WES MOSS Wes Moss, CFP® Wes Moss - Clark.com Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	Inflation, the American Dream.
1:00.0	Yes, yes, yes.
1:01.0	So today, on today's episode, Wes, you're going to talk about a couple of things.
1:06.3	The American Dream, what does it take?
1:08.6	That's been in the news a lot lately.
1:28.7	What does it cost? What does it cost? It's a pretty high number. Supposedly, according to an investopedia study. Oh, okay. And then is inflation good or bad for the stock market? You asked me this this morning. And of course, I promptly got it wrong. Well, you got it almost right. We'll see. I don't know. So it's more complex than that. So maybe let's just start with that. And this was prompted by really a reporter question asking me to sit for an
1:34.8	interview talking about inflation. And it's a really simple question if you think about this. Is
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