MoneyTalk Podcast Friday, August 7 2026

Advisors on This Week’s Show

• Mike Hoelzl
• John Sandstrom
• Kyle Tetting
• Engineered by Jason Scuglik

Market Closings for the Week

• Nasdaq – 26691, up 1317 points or 5.2%
• S&P 500 – 7758, up 268 points or 3.6%
• Dow Jones Industrial Average – 54037, up 1551 points or 3.0%
• 10-year U.S. Treasury Note – 4.55%, down 0.02 point

On this week’s episode:

The US workforce has shed 2.1M workers since November 2025, yet unemployment rate is in decline, making for a very unique labor market situation

Bond vigilantes are doing the Fed’s dirty work

How a few hot stocks can make “twin” funds act like strangers

And more!