Earn Your Leisure

In this Market Mondays clip, hosts Troy Millings, Ian Dunlap, and Rashad Bilal break down what really drives the stock market and what’s just background noise. With stock futures drifting higher ahead of a high-profile meeting, the team explores whether political events and global tensions have any lasting impact on your portfolio.Ian Dunlap dives into why the much-talked-about meeting is likely more “noise” than a true catalyst for the market, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between real market movers and distractions. The discussion turns to the futures market, commodity shifts (especially in wheat from Ukraine), and how geopolitical events rarely cause significant market upticks.The conversation heats up in anticipation of a big market-moving moment: Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming speech. Troy and Ian agree that Powell’s comments on interest rates have way more power to shake up Wall Street than any international meeting. Will Powell bow to presidential pressure for a rate cut, or will he