10/12/2026 Retire Right Radio with John Burdette

So John and I always talk about sort of the week that was when it comes to the market and finances and things that you need to be aware of.

This is kind of... broadly aware of when it comes to dealing with your retirement and so forth.

So how are things looking right now, John? It's been – wait, 2026 has been an odd year, hasn't it?

Well, it has been an odd year, but the market is

up.

Up, up, up.

Up, up, and away, really.

Even last week, there was a lot of volatility with the oil spike, but we were still up for the week, you know.

It comes right back to earnings.

That is what everything is based off of.

And the market now that we're, what, six months into whatever you want to call what's happening in the Gulf.

The non-war war.

Right, right.

Orway.

We're six months into that now.

I think the market is kind of used to it, shrugged it off and is focusing back on ultimately what really matters.

Are companies making money? Are their earnings growing? And they are.

Earnings are up – going to be up about 30 percent this year across the board on average.

That is – that's pretty huge.

I see the sentiment that – and I think that – I don't know if it's people that are pessimists or if they have some other agenda to grind or something like that, that they'll say, well, the markets just haven't realized what's happening yet.

And when they do, it's going to – the bottom is going to fall out over things.

But it seems, I mean, we have precedence to this kind of wild handle.

I mean, sure, every week brings something new, but it's been wild for a while now.

And I think sort of like the boy that cried wolf a little bit, that the market's like, hey, we're just going to keep on doing our thing.

Tell us when the wolves are actually at the door.

So John and I always talk about sort of the week that was when it comes to the market and finances and things that you need to be aware of.

This is kind of... broadly aware of when it comes to dealing with your retirement and so forth.

So how are things looking right now, John? It's been – wait, 2026 has been an odd year, hasn't it?

Well, it has been an odd year, but the market is

up.

Up, up, up.

Up, up, and away, really.

Even last week, there was a lot of volatility with the oil spike, but we were still up for the week, you know.

It comes right back to earnings.

That is what everything is based off of.

And the market now that we're, what, six months into whatever you want to call what's happening in the Gulf.

The non-war war.

Right, right.

Orway.

We're six months into that now.

I think the market is kind of used to it, shrugged it off and is focusing back on ultimately what really matters.

Are companies making money? Are their earnings growing? And they are.

Earnings are up – going to be up about 30 percent this year across the board on average.

That is – that's pretty huge.

I see the sentiment that – and I think that – I don't know if it's people that are pessimists or if they have some other agenda to grind or something like that, that they'll say, well, the markets just haven't realized what's happening yet.

And when they do, it's going to – the bottom is going to fall out over things.

But it seems, I mean, we have precedence to this kind of wild handle.

I mean, sure, every week brings something new, but it's been wild for a while now.

And I think sort of like the boy that cried wolf a little bit, that the market's like, hey, we're just going to keep on doing our thing.

Tell us when the wolves are actually at the door.