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I'm actually hearing for the first time in a while that some of the baby boomers are starting

to actually wake up and really realize kind of how blessed they've been in the situation,

the economic environment they've been in the situation, the economic environment they've

been in.

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to this episode of Finance You. I am your host, Chris Martinson,

and today we're going to be talking about inflation, crazy markets,

and gold, and what is possibly telling us also just how stretched these markets are. And we're

doing all of this. It looks like recording this on September 24th, 2025, that you'll be seeing this

on the 25th. And it's been so crazy. So Paul Kiker of Kiker Wealth Management, welcome back, Paul.

Good to see you this morning, Chris.

Likewise.

So last time, we recorded a little bit later in the day because we were waiting for the Fed announcement and they cut rates.

And of course, it's reading the tea leaves of the Oracle because they say things and did they use this word and they, it's all junk.

You know, we saw that they were cutting rates into the maws of all time highs and all kinds of things, right?

And so I have to, I think we should start here then because a whole week has passed, and now we get to listen to Jerome Powell say stuff like this.

Core PCE prices rose 2.9% last month, also higher than a year ago.

Goods prices after falling last year are driving the pickup inflation.

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