Episode #119
E119 - The Biggest Monetary Shift of Our Lifetime Is Happening Right Now…
Book a call: https://remnantfinance.com/calendar Email us at info@remnantfinance.com or visit https://remnantfinance.com for more information FOLLOW REMNANT FINANCE Youtube: @RemnantFinance (https://www.youtube.com/@RemnantFinance) Facebook: @remnantfinance (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61560694316588) Twitter: @remnantfinance (https://x.com/remnantfinance) TikTok: @RemnantFinance Don't forget to hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE Hans and Brian are back on their regular schedule with a macro roundup to close out fiscal year 2026. They start with the Fed's hike to 4%, a weak Treasury auction where foreign buyers didn't show up, and a 10-year yield above 5% for the first time since 2007. Then they get into why none of it seems to matter to the stock market. With the Mag 7 holding up the S&P while roughly 40% of the index is red on the year, Hans makes the case that the AI build-out is a generational sector rotation, not a bubble. He also explains why the dollar is likely to get stronger from here, not collapse. From there, the conversation turns to what AI actually changes: the $100-a-month employee, AI agents running 24/7 like a digital assembly line, self-driving trucks, single-pilot cockpits, and payment rails rebuilt on stablecoins and blockchain. Hans explains why rate-dependent assets like real estate may struggle and why other forms of borrowing will get easier but still won't match a whole life policy loan. Chapters 00:00 – Opening segment 05:55 – Why Republicans deserve to lose 07:40 – What have conservatives actually conserved? 08:30 – The Iran war and the midterm math 10:10 – Is your vote worth casting? 14:15 – How younger generations are shifting 16:00 – Setting up the macro roundup 17:05 – The Fed's rate hike 17:45 – How the Fed really steers short-term rates 18:50 – Bills, notes, and bonds refresher 19:30 – How Treasury auctions work and last week's weak auction 20:45 – The 10-year at 5.18% and what it means for mortgages 22:00 – Corporate AI debt competing with Treasuries 25:20 – Why the US economy and the dollar aren't collapsing 26:00 – The Mag 7 and betting against the government's favorites 27:40 – Anthropic's IPO and a $2 trillion valuation 29:00 – How much of the S&P is actually down 30:15 – Why AI isn't the dot-com bubble 32:30 – Claude Code and the $100-a-month employee 35:20 – AI agents as a modern assembly line 37:20 – Situational Awareness and the parabolic pace of AI 40:00 – AI as both an inflationary and deflationary force 41:20 – Why rate-dependent assets like real estate will struggle 43:00 – AI agents, crypto, and new payment rails 47:30 – Why stablecoins could strengthen the dollar 48:55 – Tokenization and access to capital 49:30 – No industry is immune, including financial planning 50:00 – Self-driving trucks and the future of pilots 54:10 – Growing up in an automated world 56:00 – Personal connection as the currency of the future 58:00 – What most IBC policyholders don't know about their policies 59:00 – Why the policy loan remains the ultimate collateral 01:01:00 – How AI will make HELOCs and portfolio lending easier 01:03:30 – Why being capitalized matters more than ever 01:09:20 – Closing segment Key Takeaways The usual playbook isn't working. Rate hikes and higher long-term yields should pull stocks down, but the scale of corporate spending on AI infrastructure has made the largest companies largely indifferent to the Fed. The index is hiding a bear market. The S&P 500 is up for the year, but about 182 of its 500 companies are negative. The Mag 7 are carrying the index, and because they move together, owning all seven is closer to one position than a diversified portfolio. AI is compressing the cost of doing business. Tools that work around the clock for a monthly subscription raise revenue and cut expenses at the same time.
