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Daily Market Coverage – June 22, 2026 9AM-11AM (ET)

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The stock market keeps hitting all time highs. But investors have been told that we we’re supposed to be having oil shocks caused by the War in Iran. What’s going on? Is the stock market just one giant casino now? If the stock market is healthy, does that mean the economy is healthy as well? If we’re investing in a turbulent economy, we need to understand these things.

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In this video we’ll break down what’s really going on with the stock market hitting all-time highs. And we’ll explain why it’s not actually linked to the health of the economy. It’s mainly just a metric to show how the likes of NVidia, Microsoft, Tesla, SpaceX, Apple, Amazon, and other big companies are doing. Smart investors might be doing well… but meanwhile, wealth inequality keeps on growing. If you want to understand the stock market, and understand the world of investing, you need to understand what’s actually causing these stock market record highs.

00:00 – Introduction
00:29 – The Stock Market and the Health of the Economy
00:57 – What the Stock Market Represents
01:48 – The Biggest Companies on the Stock Market
02:51 – How the News Affects Markets
03:42 – Interest Rates
04:24 – 2008 Financial Crisis and the Pandemic
05:11 – Deficits and Crisis Spending
05:42 – How Wealth Accumulates at the Top
06:55 – Money Printing, Inflation and National Debt
07:42 – Trading Algorithms
08:08 – Options Dealers
08:40 – Where Does This Lead?

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