March was a rough month for markets — and it came with a lot of noise. Tariffs, geopolitical tension, and a sharp sell-off in tech had a lot of investors watching their portfolios and wondering what to do.

In this episode, Wheeler and Colin walk through exactly what happened in March 2026: where markets landed, which sectors got hit hardest, and why the headlines you were reading probably weren't the real story. They dig into the relationship between AI infrastructure spending and the tech correction, what historical parallels actually tell us about moments like this, and why permanent loss of capital looks nothing like a market drawdown.

They also make the case for something that's harder than it sounds: not logging in.

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Created By: Wheeler Crowley and Colin Walker
Production, Editing and Post-Production: Tori Rothwell

Most people want to talk about investing. Stock picks, portfolio allocation, whether they're positioned right. Those are real questions — but they're the wrong starting point if the foundation underneath isn't solid.

In this episode, Wheeler and Colin go back to basics: knowing what you actually spend, building reserves that can absorb the unexpected, and protecting your income against the things you're least likely to plan for. The conversation is anchored around three questions every household should be able to answer — what happens if you lose your job, what happens if you lose your health, and what happens if you lose your life. Most people can't answer even one of them.

They cover why thinking in categories misleads you when it comes to spending, why the emergency reserve math changes in an AI economy where high-earning white-collar jobs are increasingly at risk, and why disability insurance is the most underused protection in personal finance. The stats are sobering: a 24% chance of becoming disabled before retirement age versus a 13% chance of dying early. Two real client stories show what happens when the coverage is in place — and what it makes possible.

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The economy looks fine on paper. But if you're young and trying to build a life in America right now, it doesn't feel that way. Bryce Gill, economist at First Trust, joins Wheeler and Colin to explain why both things are true at the same time.

Bryce breaks down the structural forces quietly reshaping who gets ahead in this economy and who gets left behind. The conversation covers the widening gap between asset owners and everyone else, why the wealth divide is less about capital versus labor and more about age, how AI is actually changing the labor market versus how it's being talked about, and why the economy has become more dependent on the psychology of financial markets than most people realize.

They also get into what's really happening in private credit, why the median age of a first-time homebuyer is now 40, and what the federal budget actually tells us about where resources are flowing in this country. Bryce closes with something most economists won't say out loud: the biggest threat to the United States isn't geopolitical. It's internal division.

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Credits:
Created By: Wheeler Crowley and Colin Walker
Production, Editing and Post-Production: Tori Rothwell