Markets on Edge: Oil Swings, Fed Outlook, Crypto Trends & Real Estate Pressures | Money Moves
Millionaire Mindcast
Matt Aitchison
4.8 • 721 Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to another episode of Money Moves. This week, hosts Matty A. and Ryan Breedwell unpack a wild week of market data, geopolitical tension, and shifting economic policies.
Episode Highlights
- Oil & Geopolitics: Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have sent oil prices swinging from $85 up to $106. Ryan shares why a conflict resolution could drive energy costs down and push the S&P 500 to new highs.
- Economic Realities: PPI landed around 2.4% while GDP dipped to 0.7%. We also examine the staggering 104 million Americans currently outside the labor force.
- Powell’s Farewell: Ahead of Jerome Powell’s final FOMC speech before his May exit, the guys discuss the likelihood of a rate pause and what it means for the market.
- Crypto Momentum: Bitcoin saw a 10% relief rally, pushing it near $74.5k. Plus, a look at the delayed Clarity Act and what it means for the future of bank and crypto integration.
- The Real Estate Squeeze: With the income required to buy a median home hitting $111,000, renting is now significantly cheaper. The episode also covers a new Senate bill aimed at banning investors from buying single-family homes.
- Commercial Debt Wall: Over $875 billion in commercial mortgages are maturing this year, signaling major potential headwinds ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of Money Moves. We've got a quick and dirty |
| 0:05.7 | breakdown of everything that has been going on this past week. We've got some CPI data from last |
| 0:13.1 | week to review. We've got the Hormuz straight update and impact on oil markets coming from Mr. |
| 0:21.4 | Breedwell. |
| 0:25.0 | Rate hike odds have been shifting quite significantly. |
| 0:28.4 | Is SMP 500 going to break all-time highs this month? |
| 0:33.2 | We've got updates on the Save America Act, the Clarity Act. |
| 0:39.2 | We have new single-family ban legislation that is working its way through the Senate. |
| 0:44.5 | We've got all kinds of stuff to dive into today, but most importantly, tomorrow, a big day, |
| 0:53.6 | which Ryan's going to break down how Mr. Powell's last final FOMC speech is going to impact the markets or not, |
| 1:22.6 | all coming up in today's episode. What up, what up, Mr. Breedwell, how we doing today? |
| 1:24.2 | Doing good, man. |
| 1:24.8 | How are you doing? |
| 1:25.9 | I'm great, man. |
| 1:29.3 | I mean, overall, there's a lot of great things happening in my business. There's a lot of great things happening in the markets. |
| 1:36.3 | And I know we're going to unpack a few of those things here today. Some interesting talking |
| 1:43.0 | points and information that we'll kind of be able to unpack. |
| 1:47.9 | Definitely going to be connecting the dots between some of the inflation data that came out |
| 1:53.6 | this last week GDP data. |
| 1:56.3 | What's going on, obviously, with the, we'll call it, operation based on what Mr. President Trump |
| 2:02.4 | is calling it, not a war, in the Middle East and how that is impacting oil and energy and just |
| 2:09.3 | the markets overall. So why don't we start there? Obviously, last week we had, I believe it was |
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