#374-TN-Weekly Update

July 6, 2026 Weekly Update

We do love it when someone refers a family member or friend to us.  Sometimes the question is, “How can we introduce them to you?”   Well, there are multiple ways but a very easy way is to simply forward them a link to this webpage.

Here are this week’s items:

We do love it when someone refers a family member or friend to us.  Sometimes the question is, “How can we introduce them to you?”   Well, there are multiple ways but a very easy way is to simply forward them a link to this webpage.

Here are this week’s items:

Markets, Rates, and Retirement A Mid-Year Economic Check-In

Radon and Murs discuss retirement planning 2026 with returning guest Tom Siomades, chief market economist, for a mid-year Economic Check on everything that’s shaped the markets so far. From the Iran conflict’s effect on oil prices and inflation to a new Kevin Warsh Fed chair trying to find footing amid inflation and interest rates that refuse to cooperate, this Markets update covers the headlines retirees are hearing everywhere and translates them into what actually matters for your plan.

 

 
 

Markets, Rates, and Retirement A Mid-Year Economic Check-In

We asked Tom Siomades, chief market economist and a returning guest on Secure Your Retirement, to make sense of it for this week’s mid-year check in. Before we get into what he said, one important note: Tom is sharing his own professional opinion as an economist.

Somewhere in your 401(k) or brokerage account right now, there’s probably more exposure to five or six tech names than you realize. Most people never go looking for that number until something rattles the market, and this year has given us plenty of rattling.