Protecting Your Assets with Steve Shyman
Jun 6, 2026 · 51 min · 17 segments
In this episode, Steve Shyman discusses the current economic climate, retirement planning strategies, the impact of inflation, and the role of AI in finance. Listeners will learn how to adapt their…
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Inflation has cooled, Steve, from the worst of the spike, but that does not mean that retirees are out of the woods.

Higher rates, uh, energy prices, uncertainty overseas can all show up in a retirement plan.

Uh, he joined Mornings With Maria, and with a warning about why rates may stay higher for longer.
I, I think the most important thing is that the global economy and markets are recalibrating to higher for longer inflation, interest rates, and supply disruptions.
Having said that, I think we're gonna see massive divergence between countries.
So if he's talking about Europe, which he's not, but if he's talking about Europe, if he, he's talking about Japan, if he's talking about the Bank of England, I agree.
Central banks will hike rates.
If he's talking about the Fed, I think the most likely thing is no change, no cut and no hike.

I mean, rates higher for longer? Everybody's sitting here on the fence hoping, um, rates come down, hoping costs come down, hoping the war ends.

I mean, there is so much uncertainty left and right, and Mohamed El-Erian, he's, you know, a famous economist.

He's the chief economist for Allianz Life, and he's giving this worldwide perspective of this uncertainty and this reorganization of the world we live in.

And let's face it, when the world gets reorganized, nobody knows what's going on.

So, you know, you asked, uh, what should people be talking, thinking about, um, y- they, they talk about inflation cooling, but that doesn't mean that the price of our groceries are coming down.

Inflation has cooled, Steve, from the worst of the spike, but that does not mean that retirees are out of the woods.

Higher rates, uh, energy prices, uncertainty overseas can all show up in a retirement plan.

Uh, he joined Mornings With Maria, and with a warning about why rates may stay higher for longer.
I, I think the most important thing is that the global economy and markets are recalibrating to higher for longer inflation, interest rates, and supply disruptions.
Having said that, I think we're gonna see massive divergence between countries.
So if he's talking about Europe, which he's not, but if he's talking about Europe, if he, he's talking about Japan, if he's talking about the Bank of England, I agree.
Central banks will hike rates.
If he's talking about the Fed, I think the most likely thing is no change, no cut and no hike.

I mean, rates higher for longer? Everybody's sitting here on the fence hoping, um, rates come down, hoping costs come down, hoping the war ends.

I mean, there is so much uncertainty left and right, and Mohamed El-Erian, he's, you know, a famous economist.

He's the chief economist for Allianz Life, and he's giving this worldwide perspective of this uncertainty and this reorganization of the world we live in.

And let's face it, when the world gets reorganized, nobody knows what's going on.

So, you know, you asked, uh, what should people be talking, thinking about, um, y- they, they talk about inflation cooling, but that doesn't mean that the price of our groceries are coming down.
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