{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"540: Outlook and Predictions for 2026","description":"First off \u2014 Happy New Year. To kick off the year, this week\u2019s episode of the Wealth Formula Podcast is a solo one from me. I spend the episode walking through my outlook for 2026 and sharing a few predictions for how I think this cycle is going to play out. Lately, I keep hearing the same question phrased in different ways. The economy feels tight, but markets are holding up. Growth is coming in stronger than expected, inflation is easing, and yet a lot of the signals people usually rely on just don\u2019t seem to be lining up. That disconnect is really the starting point for this episode. Rather than reacting to headlines or making short-term calls, I wanted to step back and talk through the mechanics of what\u2019s actually driving this environment \u2014 and why it looks so different from the cycles most of us learned about. A lot of it comes down to debt, policy constraints, how capital moves today, and the growing influence of technology. When you start looking at those pieces together, some of the things that feel confusing begin to make a lot more sense. This isn\u2019t meant to be alarmist or overly optimistic. It\u2019s simply an attempt to frame the environment clearly so you can think about it more intelligently \u2014 especially if you\u2019re deploying capital or deciding whether it makes sense to sit on the sidelines. If you\u2019ve felt like the economy and the markets aren\u2019t really speaking the same language right now, I think you\u2019ll find this episode useful. ","author_name":"Wealth Formula Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.wealthformula.com\/","html":"