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Oct 13, 2026
Daniel C. RodgersHOST
That's 67% flying completely blind.
Daniel C. RodgersHOST
According to the Financial Health Network, financial health comes down to how you spend, save, borrow, and plan, and only 31% of Americans qualify as financially healthy.
Daniel C. RodgersHOST
That means more than two out of three are either one shock away from trouble or already in it.
Daniel C. RodgersHOST
Imagine a business running like this.
Jim MarousHOST
They are hurting, and many of them are customers of our banks and credit unions.
Jim MarousHOST
That information is from the Financial Health Network's new Financial Health Pulse, which has tracked the financial health of American households for nine years.
Jim MarousHOST
What surprised me is who's sliding.
Jim MarousHOST
It's homeowners and business owners.
Jim MarousHOST
Across all households, the shares saying their debt is unmanageable is at its highest level in nine years, the survey has run.
Jim MarousHOST
Fewer households pay every bill on time this year, and among lower-income households, only about half did.
Jim MarousHOST
The Financial Health Network fielded the national survey of more than 7,600 households to see this.
Jim MarousHOST
Most of us can see pieces of it in our own systems every day, the same way my friend's bank could have.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
The problem is those are designed for people who can afford to think 30 years into the future.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
And according to the Financial Health Network, almost 70% of the country is either financially vulnerable or coping, which means 70% of working Americans are can't take on that conversation because they're not thinking 30 years in the future.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
They've got perpetually raised cortisol levels.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
They're living paycheck to paycheck.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
So I probably, I'll go out on a limb and say, you probably didn't learn how to balance a checkbook in school.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
I know I didn't learn how to balance a checkbook in school, right? That was not taught to us.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
And what we see through data points externally through places like the Financial Health Network and through places like our partnerships with WTW and others is that the majority of working Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
Christy TallaricoGUEST
Over 53% of Americans have under $500 in their emergency savings.
Luke GuerreroHOST
We also have a couple important topics for you as well, including one on The freight squeeze that is likely to affect pricing on holiday shelves.
Luke GuerreroHOST
Financial Health Network's new Pulse study that was published this morning.
Luke GuerreroHOST
And should we have time at the end of the show? what corporate insiders are doing with their shares.
Luke GuerreroHOST
We also have some Voice Bank calls ready to play and some questions that came in from the comment section of the InvestTalk YouTube channel.
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Luke GuerreroHOST
There was a study called the 2026 Pulse Study from the Financial Health Network.
Luke GuerreroHOST
And what it did was it took a look at 7,600 households.
Farnoosh TorabiHOST
We don't need another thing making our money more complicated.
Farnoosh TorabiHOST
A new analysis from the Financial Health Network found that the share of households considered financially vulnerable rose.
Farnoosh TorabiHOST
to 17% from 15% a year ago.
Farnoosh TorabiHOST
Financially vulnerable in this context means households struggling with things like paying their bills, saving, managing their debt, and planning for future needs.
Aaron KleinGUEST
There's a great book by Rachel Schneider, The Financial Diaries that really drives that home.
Aaron KleinGUEST
And that book was supported by the Financial Health Network, which runs a fantastic workshop called FinEx, which is part of their Emerge conference, which I strongly recommend anybody listening to this podcast who's never had these experiences sign up for.
Aaron KleinGUEST
They give you a lot.
Aaron KleinGUEST
They give you like, this is what you need to do today.