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On today’s show, we discuss:

• 30 years of financial market returns

• Cathie Wood’s popular ARK funds are sinking fast

• Young Americans are getting left behind by rising home prices, higher stocks

• Vanguard: How America Saves

• Five things you need to know to start your day: April 24, 2024

• Chipotle keeps raising prices. Gym rats and Millenials are still buying burritos

• Debevoise & Plimpton: Insurance Industry Corporate Governance Newsletter

• Labor markets: Pretty darn strong

• America’s economy is No.1, that means trouble

• Chinese “overcapacity” is not the problem. Underconsumption is

• Housing in hyperdrive: US cities where home prices doubled in a flash

• Housing will get more expensive because of the Fed

• Many older adults think they will never retire and worry about making ends meet, study finds

• Apple reportedly slashes Vision Pro headset production and cancels updated headset as sales tank in the US

• Apple needs a true low-end iPhone to help revenue growth

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