Enlightenment - A Herold & Lantern Investments Podcast
Financial Podcast featuring Mr. Keith Lanton, President. Every week Keith enlightens his audience with intuitive insights, personal development, and current market commentary. Disclosures: https://www.heroldlantern.com/disclosure -Press interviews or commentaries, please contact Keith or Sal Favarolo at 631-454-2000 | CREDITS: Sophie Cohen - Disclaimer | Alan Eppers - Introduction - Closing | Sal Favarolo - Producer, Sound, Editing, Artwork **For informational and educational purposes only, not intended as investment advice. Views and opinions subject to change without notice. For full disclosures, ADVs, and CRS Forms, please visit https://heroldlantern.com/disclosure **
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June 16, 2025 | Season 7 | Episode 23 Financial markets are navigating a complex landscape of geopolitical tensions, monetary policy uncertainty, and technological disruption with remarkable resilience. Despite Israel"s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities triggering initial volatility, investors have demonstrated mea
June 9, 2025 | Season 7 | Episode 22 The financial world is undergoing a seismic shift that few everyday investors fully grasp. Private credit and private equity markets have exploded from virtually nothing to controlling trillions in assets and thousands of companies—all while operating largely outside traditional reg
June 2, 2025 | Season 7 | Episode 21 The global investment landscape may be approaching a pivotal shift after 15 years of US market dominance. While American markets have delivered exceptional returns, mounting evidence suggests international opportunities deserve renewed attention from investors seeking to optimize t
May 27, 2025 | Season 7 | Episode 20 Take a fascinating journey through market valuation that challenges conventional wisdom about wealth measurement. In this eye-opening episode, we explore how perceiving markets solely through dollar-denominated prices creates an illusion of stability, when deeper analysis reveals a
Treasury Yields Rise as Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" Threatens to Balloon the Deficit
May 19, 2025 | Season 7 | Episode 19 Moody"s downgrade of US Treasury debt from AAA to AA1 reverberated through markets, pushing bond yields higher and raising questions about America"s fiscal trajectory. This watershed moment, following earlier downgrades by S&P (2011) and Fitch (2023), signals growing concern over th
May 12, 2025 | Season 7 | Episode 18 A game-changing announcement between the US and China has jolted financial markets into a dramatic rally. The two economic superpowers have agreed to a 90-day pause on tariffs, establishing new benchmarks of 30% on Chinese imports (down from the threatened 145%) and 10% on American