Mid-year check in with Mike Zoller

In this episode, Leah Jones, Director of Financial Planning for Hightower Bethesda, speaks with Mike Zoller, Senior Investment Analysis for Hightower Bethesda. Mike and Leah conduct a mid-year check in, focusing on higher economic data and provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, both domestically and internationally. They talk about broad macro indicators, the U.S. stimulus and international markets, and they also address the topic of inflation.

 

“One thing I really want to emphasize is that the recovery we’re having today is not the 2009 recovery.” -Mike Zoller [09:46]

 

What You Will Learn:

• [01:04] An update on the COVID-19 pandemic
• [04:22] What broad macro indicators are telling us
• [07:28] How the American consumer is doing
• [12:30] Inflation risks and Hightower’s outlook on inflation
• [19:35] How the U.S. stimulus will play out in the future
• [22:52] How international markets are and will be affected by the pandemic

 

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