Why Wall Street Is Broken and Real Estate Is the Future | Nic DeAngelo
Millionaire Mindcast
Matt Aitchison
4.4 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Money Moves, Matty A. welcomes Nic DeAngelo, President of Saint Investment Group, to discuss why traditional investing through Wall Street is becoming obsolete—and how real estate and private markets are stepping up as the smartest path forward.
Nic outlines why inflation, debt, and dollar devaluation are reshaping the economic landscape, and shares how his firm is helping investors secure strong fixed-income returns through discounted mortgage notes and industrial assets. You'll also learn why institutional capital is leading the charge into alternatives—and how you can follow suit.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why the U.S. stock market is no longer built for everyday investors
- The real risks behind inflation and the declining U.S. dollar
- What smart investors (and big firms) are doing with their money now
- How Saint Investment creates stable, fixed-income opportunities
- The benefits of Opportunity Zones, bonus depreciation & more
- Why the next generation trusts real estate over stocks
- How to use market data to guide smart investing decisions
Connect with Nic DeAngelo:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nic-deangelo/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicdeangelo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nic.Deangelo1
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/NicDeAngelo_
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3YDyPnB9qhIzkVfgOnjjg
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
02:30 – Wall Street’s decline & private investing
06:00 – Debt, inflation, and the dollar crisis
09:00 – Why real estate wins in today’s market
15:00 – BRICS, reserve currency debates
20:00 – The Big Beautiful Bill’s impact on investors
26:00 – Saint Investment’s high-yield fixed-income strategy
31:00 – Retail & multifamily outlook
34:00 – Tracking economic data for smart investing
37:00 – Rate cut predictions & Fed strategy
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What's going on, guys? Welcome back. Today we have Nick DiAngelo. He's the president and founder of |
| 0:15.8 | St. Investment Group and someone who's making ways in the world of alternative investing and real estate |
| 0:22.2 | backed fixed income. Nick's investment philosophy is simple but a powerful one. Wall Street is |
| 0:28.1 | broken. Real estate is the cure. And in this episode, we unpack what that really means. |
| 0:33.7 | We talked about why the stock market is losing its edge and where smart money is going instead. |
| 0:39.2 | We talked about how his group, St. Investment Group, is using discounted residential mortgages |
| 0:43.6 | to create reliable, fixed income monthly cash flow for its investors. |
| 0:48.9 | We talked about which asset classes Nick believes have the best runway over the next decade, |
| 0:53.3 | including industrial, |
| 0:54.9 | small bay flex, and retail. We talked about how inflation, debt, AI, and politics are shaping |
| 1:00.6 | the investing landscape today and into the future. We talked about the concerns over the |
| 1:06.7 | U.S. dollar. And we really did a lot of deep dive into overall data economics and how this is |
| 1:13.2 | impacting and changing the landscape of how investors navigate, build wealth, protect their |
| 1:18.5 | wealth going forward and how you can position yourself for an opportunity and what might be |
| 1:23.3 | America's next golden era. This one is packed with some really big picture thinking I enjoyed |
| 1:30.1 | Nick's perspective, a lot of tactical strategies, especially if you're looking to |
| 1:34.7 | reallocate out of Wall Street or maybe diversify out of Wall Street and into more stable |
| 1:40.0 | real world assets. Nick brings the data, he brings the energy, and definitely he brings the receipts. |
| 1:46.9 | So let's get into today's episode. Here's my conversation with Nick DeAngela. |
| 1:51.3 | Let's take a quick break in here from today's show sponsor. |
| 1:54.9 | I want to personally invite you to the very first wise investor mastermind. And this is going to be |
| 2:00.4 | held in none other than the |
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