$4 Trillion In Debt And It’ll Probably Get Worse

Reading the writing that was and still is on the wall [View in browser]( [The Juice Logo] BROUGHT TO YOU BY: [Logo]( Proprietary Data Insights Top Bank Stock Searches This Month Rank Name Searches #1 JPMorgan Chase & Company 97,797 #2 Bank of America 63,875 #3 Citigroup 26,552 #4 Wells Fargo 17,684 #5 Toronto Dominion Bank 7,111 #ad [It's time you learn about Alternative Investments!]( Brought to you by [Tradesmith]( [New A.I. algorithm predicts stock prices with astonishing accuracy]( [Tradesmith - New A.I. algorithm predicts stock prices with astonishing accuracy]( One of the world’s top financial tech companies recently launched a breakthrough, new A.I. stock predictive system called An-E (pronounced Annie, short for Analytical Engine). They tested it by tasking it with many thousands of stock predictions… and comparing its forecasts with what actually happened. And many of those predictions ended up being incredibly accurate, often times either spot on or only a percentage or two off. That was one of the main reasons TradeSmith knew they could bring An-E to the market, and show its capabilities to the public… Which they did recently by putting on a special presentation. During that event, TradeSmith had An-E “take aim” at some of the biggest, most popular stocks on the market… Tesla (TSLA), Nvidia (NVDA), and Apple (AAPL)… And it predicted their stock prices one month into the future. Well, where did An-E think they would end up? The answer was pretty shocking. [You can find out for FREE, here](. $4 Trillion In Debt And It’ll Probably Get Worse It’s striking. To listen to a big bank’s earnings conference call and compare their view of the consumer debt landscape to reality. To the actual, broad data the government regularly reports. Last week, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) reported earnings. Of course, the bank crushed it. - Profits were up 67.5% year-over-over at $14.5 billion. - Revenue for the quarter came in at $41 billion, up 34% annually. And, of course, throughout the company’s earnings conference call, executives had nothing but positive things to say about “the consumer.” Here are some verbal specimens, direct from the call: Both U.S. consumers and small businesses remain resilient… Yeah. I mean, to us, I think we still see this (this, being a slight slowdown in spending) as a normalization, not a deterioration story when we talk about consumer credit… ..the consumer continues to surprise on the upside here.. The consumer is in good shape. Any warnings on the future - understated, at best. This rosy outlook has to have something to do with JPMorgan Chase having a base of customers in much stronger financial positions than the typical American. Because you know the data. The Juice constantly puts [the outrageous numbers on debt]( in front of you. And they don’t match the consumer is in good shape narrative. Maybe we’re really living in this haves and have nots economy we keep talking about, where JPMorgan’s illustration of the consumer (managing credit well and in a strong position on housing) is killing it and this other subset of Americans are struggling to get by. The Writing Has Been On The Wall For A While Earlier this month, we updated [Generation X’s somewhat terrifying retirement crisis](. Of course, Gen X isn’t alone. The American dream of [home ownership]( and a comfy retirement has long been dying across generations. And not only in the U.S., [they’re experiencing the same troubles in Canada](. So the story on that aspect of the equation - housing and retirement - has been percolating for some time. If you follow this stuff - and have been for years - none of this surprises you. But it’s sort of enlightening to look back at the stories and data on debt and see how literally nothing other than the numbers (which keep moving higher) has changed. It feels as if we’re building another house of cards. Consider millennials. Here’s an excerpt from a March 2019 story on that generation’s debt situation: In the recently released report, the Fed claimed millennials are now over $1 trillion in debt, a 22 percent increase from just five years ago. The story goes on to lament how economic crisis after economic crisis has, apparently, uniquely affected millennials. Fast forward to today - 2023 - and here’s an excerpt from a story reporting on millennial debt loads: The demographic accumulated nearly $4 trillion in debt during the fourth quarter of 2022, reflecting a substantial $140 billion rise from the preceding quarter. The surge represents a 27% increase since late 2019, constituting the most significant upswing in debt accumulation since the 2008 financial crisis. The source of these stories doesn’t really matter. They’re interchangeable. A simple Google search - filtered to any year in recent memory - generates the exact same or similar coverage. This raises the question, specific to millennials yes, but also across generations - what’s the problem? The increased cost of seemingly everything, an attachment to the American dream or a sense of entitlement that makes people consider $50-to-$100 brunches one of life’s necessities? Probably a mix of all three things, depending on the person or household. If the American dream is indeed dying or dead, not everybody’s accepting it. It’s still considered righteous to chase this dream, even if it’s - ironically - putting you in financial trouble. Let’s face it - it’s not easy to service a mortgage, [keep a nice car in the driveway]( and save enough each month so you’ll have a $1 million-plus nest egg come age 65 (or thereabouts). But some people who have no business - as in the financial wherewithal - juggling all of these things still are. They’re making the attempt, sometimes at the expense of their time, health and sanity. Because, again, nobody will criticize you for aiming high, especially if you have a good job and work lots of hours. One thing we often forget - older generations lived through periods where they had to sacrifice and/or things were tight (from the Great Depression to major wars to the oil shock and outsized periods of inflation in the 1970s and 80s). Austerity was a necessity for people during these difficult times. Even if we go kicking and screaming, large swaths of the debt-ridden population might be forced to learn the meaning of that word pretty quickly. 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Is it a highrise apartment with an extra bedroom for an office or a modest studio in a second tier part of town? As usual when it involves your money, it comes down to choices. And a realization and acceptance that, for some of us, the old American dream should no longer be the standard. Because if we keep holding ourselves to it, we might be setting one another up to fail. 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