The FarrCast : Wealth Strategies

By Michael Farr

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Welcome to the FarrCast, hosted by Michael Farr, Chief Market Strategist of Hightower Advisors and President and CEO of Washington DC wealth management firm, Farr, Miller & Washington. Each week Michael will have guests with insights into economics, policy, finance, and the intersections between them all. Listen in not just for analysis of what has happened, but for the forecast of where the markets are going. Hightower Advisors, LLC is an SEC registered investment adviser. Securities are offered through Hightower Securities, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC.

Episode Date
If Indeed an Economist Can Feel at All
May 03, 2024
Coming Back From the Moon
Apr 26, 2024
Put Your Behind in the Past
Apr 26, 2024
If You Throw a Tantrum, You Don't Get a Cookie
Apr 12, 2024
Very Interesting & Oftimes Correct
Apr 05, 2024
Podiatry Jokes from Here on Out
Mar 29, 2024
Try Not to Fixate on the Pint
Mar 22, 2024
When I'm in an Airplane, I Root for the Pilot
Mar 15, 2024
Your Wariness Wears Down
Mar 08, 2024
An American Solution
Feb 27, 2024
Any Tingle Will Do
Feb 16, 2024
Democracy Is a Bus
Feb 09, 2024
Might As Well Do the Right Thing
Feb 02, 2024
The AI Is Buying AI
Jan 26, 2024
Stopgap Just Sounds Nicer
Jan 22, 2024
Microwave Market in a Slow-Cooker Economy
Jan 12, 2024
New Year -- New Episode!
Jan 05, 2024
FarrCast Top Ten for 2024!
Dec 29, 2023
I'm Frustrated With My Age Too!
Dec 22, 2023
Sleeping Easy Is Important
Dec 15, 2023
Bonus Edition! Complete Bryson Conversation
Dec 08, 2023
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True . . .
Dec 08, 2023
Half Empty or Half Full?
Dec 01, 2023
Michael's Thanksgiving Message
Nov 24, 2023
Where Is Your Treasure?
Nov 24, 2023
The Chaaaaht
Nov 17, 2023
And Then What?
Nov 09, 2023
Numbers Too Big to Comprehend (And Real Enough to Terrify!)
Nov 03, 2023
FarrCast Special: Dr. Jeffrey Lacker
Nov 02, 2023
Speaker Who?
Oct 27, 2023
Don't Say Done
Oct 20, 2023
Careful When Everybody Is on the Same Side of the Boat
Oct 12, 2023
Keep Your Seat Belt Buckled
Oct 06, 2023
How to Come in for a Landing (Special Segment!)
Oct 04, 2023
Speaking of Dirty Bathwater
Sep 29, 2023
Get the Button Ready
Sep 21, 2023
The Return of the Axis of Expletive Deleted
Sep 15, 2023
On the Simmer
Sep 11, 2023
No Uh-Ah
Sep 01, 2023
No Victory Lap Yet
Aug 25, 2023
Everything Is Less Bad
Aug 18, 2023
They're Just Not That Into You Anymore
Aug 14, 2023
Bodies on the Thorny Branches
Aug 04, 2023
It's Hot Now, But That Doesn't Mean Winter Is Cancelled
Jul 28, 2023
A Full Body Sweat
Jul 21, 2023
The Return of the Row of No
Jul 14, 2023
The New Coke
Jul 14, 2023
The Art of the Possible
Jun 30, 2023
How Upset Do You Want to Get?
Jun 15, 2023
Inflation at 4%?
Jun 09, 2023
Lemme At 'Em! Hold Me Back!
Jun 01, 2023
Finding the Hidden Gems
May 26, 2023
The Most Hated Kid in Class
May 23, 2023
The Apotheosis of Debt Ceiling Webinars
May 11, 2023
Deserve's Got Nothing to Do With It
May 05, 2023
The Mouse Has Pretty Good Lawyers
Apr 28, 2023
Milling About in Act II
Apr 21, 2023
Un Pied dans la Bouche
Apr 14, 2023
Flaming Timbers Falling from the Ceiling!
Apr 07, 2023
A Few Missing Toes
Mar 30, 2023
In Chaos There Is Opportunity
Mar 23, 2023
Well It Wasn't Boring
Mar 16, 2023
You Don't Think Halfway Down the Hill
Mar 09, 2023
Bearish -- But Not the End of the World
Mar 02, 2023
Buckle Up! (The Jeff Lacker segment)
Feb 27, 2023
FED FUNDS 7% !?!? (I'd Say Buckle Up)
Feb 24, 2023
Break Glass in Case of Emergency
Feb 20, 2023
Mud and Other Material
Feb 10, 2023
Bark But No Bite
Feb 03, 2023
Remember Aisle Seven
Jan 27, 2023
A Willingness to Shoot the Hostage
Jan 20, 2023
A Quick Programming Note -- Listen Today!
Jan 18, 2023
The Row of No
Jan 13, 2023
New Year, Old Problems
Jan 06, 2023
Top Ten for 2023!
Dec 28, 2022
The Lights Sparkling in My Heart
Dec 22, 2022
Quite Simply, "Hah!"
Dec 16, 2022
Rub a Lamp
Dec 08, 2022
I Love It When You Say Tautalogically
Nov 25, 2022
Can't Spend What They Ain't Got
Nov 18, 2022
It's a Repudiation, Not an Endorsement
Nov 11, 2022
They Went Down-Er
Nov 04, 2022
Screw It Up in a Mild Way
Oct 27, 2022
I've Got the Hair
Oct 22, 2022
Matter at the Margins
Oct 14, 2022
Inside Baseball
Oct 07, 2022
Season Six -- Will We Have Anything Left to Talk About?
Sep 29, 2022
The Season Ending Russia Extravaganza!
Sep 23, 2022
Presumptions of Competency
Sep 19, 2022
Axis of (Obscenity Deleted)
Sep 09, 2022
The Visible Hand of the Fed
Sep 02, 2022
Research Is Like an Enormous Lego Set
Aug 27, 2022
Backbench Bombthrowers
Aug 19, 2022
Still a Long Way to Go
Aug 11, 2022
Before I Dig in My Heels
Aug 05, 2022
Thingamajig -- It's a Technical Term, Folks
Jul 28, 2022
Not a Terrible Political Athlete
Jul 21, 2022
A Lot of the Unknowns Becoming Known
Jul 15, 2022
Fred Was the Answer
Jul 07, 2022
We Will Keep Our Powder Dry
Jun 23, 2022
I've Been Punched in the Face Before
Jun 17, 2022
Managing Escalation
Jun 09, 2022
Kissing the Bear
Jun 03, 2022
The Right Mistake to Make
May 26, 2022
A Lot of Concern -- But No Panic
May 20, 2022
Immaculate Disinflation
May 13, 2022
On Inflation and Burgers
May 03, 2022
Something Always Breaks
Apr 26, 2022
When Spinning Your Tires (You Sink)
Apr 14, 2022
Dragons in the Closet
Apr 08, 2022
Listen to Sister Irene
Apr 01, 2022
Never Be Certain of the Conclusion
Mar 24, 2022
No One Runs on the Eat Your Vegetables Platform
Mar 17, 2022
A Banana Taped to the Wall
Mar 10, 2022
FarrCast Special -- SOTU & Ukraine (Otis Agrees)
Mar 02, 2022
When There's a Sale at Bloomie's
Feb 24, 2022
Every Last Creature on the Ark
Feb 17, 2022
We Hope Lucy Holds the Football This Time
Feb 10, 2022
Information Reservoir
Feb 04, 2022
The Bigger Picture
Jan 28, 2022
Totem Moves
Jan 20, 2022
Never Confuse Brains With A Bull Market
Jan 13, 2022
Masterful Inactivity
Jan 06, 2022
Top Ten for 2022!
Dec 28, 2021
Embracing Uncertainty
Dec 23, 2021
It's a Lump of Coal (so blame WV?)
Dec 21, 2021
Actually Making Progress! (Not Something You Often Hear in DC . . .)
Dec 09, 2021
Bonus Edition! -- The Complete Real Estate Segment
Dec 09, 2021
Line in the Sand
Dec 03, 2021
Here's the Future!
Nov 19, 2021
And Another Thing!
Nov 11, 2021
Riot in the Happiest Place on Earth
Nov 05, 2021
More of a Bleep Than a Blip
Oct 28, 2021
The Cal Ripken Jr. Approach to Politics
Oct 21, 2021
Tiny Bubbles
Oct 14, 2021
Devil Is in the Details
Oct 07, 2021
Kabuki Theater of Crisis
Sep 30, 2021
Ever-not-so-Grande
Sep 23, 2021
The Pendulum Swings Back
Sep 09, 2021
I Never Stop Hand Wringing
Sep 02, 2021
It's Xi-way or the Highway
Aug 26, 2021
What Is the Stop Digging Plan?
Aug 19, 2021
You Must Be Present to Win
Jul 29, 2021
Be the Dog Walker, Not the Dog
Jul 22, 2021
Bonus Segment! With Tony Fratto
Jul 19, 2021
Managing the Chorus
Jul 15, 2021
Re-flation Re-happens
Jul 08, 2021
What You're Saying Makes Sense, But . . .
Jun 30, 2021
What Were You Thinking?
Jun 24, 2021
Bricks in the Wall of Worry
Jun 17, 2021
There's Always Something to Buy
Jun 10, 2021
Still Bullish-ish
Jun 03, 2021
Don't Lead with the Opinion
May 27, 2021
Sending Cryptic Messages
May 20, 2021
Potential to Spook the Herd
May 13, 2021
The Price of a Dalliance on Wall Street
May 06, 2021
You Don't Get a Hangover While You're Still Drinking
Apr 29, 2021
Blue Meat for the Base
Apr 22, 2021
The Usual Uncertainties
Apr 15, 2021
Moments for Miscalculation
Apr 09, 2021
Bottoms Are Events -- Tops Are Processes
Apr 01, 2021
The Most Difficult Thing Is to Make the Turn
Mar 26, 2021
Maybe We're Going to Overdo It
Mar 18, 2021
Ride the Wave
Mar 11, 2021
Sailing Closer to the Falls
Mar 08, 2021
Exceeding Expectations
Feb 25, 2021
Former Fed Pres Sees 2-3% Ten Year On the Horizon
Feb 18, 2021
Keep Your Hands On the Wheel
Feb 11, 2021
There's Going to Be a Lot of Asterisks
Feb 04, 2021
Sell It For More Than You Paid For It
Jan 28, 2021
Can We Vote for Amanda Gorman Now?
Jan 21, 2021
Bubbly Wall St & Washington Boiling Over
Jan 14, 2021
There's Still Some 2020 Stuck to My Shoe
Jan 07, 2021
The Top Ten For 2021!
Dec 29, 2020
When Everyone Expects Something
Dec 17, 2020
The Drunken Sailor's Path to Recovery
Dec 10, 2020
Leadership Changes
Dec 04, 2020
Dow 30,000!
Nov 24, 2020
No Stimulus, No Problem?
Nov 19, 2020
The Election Reveals -- A Rising Bull Market
Nov 12, 2020
The Election Limbo Edition
Nov 04, 2020
TRUMP WINS!!! (Experts Weigh in: It Could Happen)
Oct 29, 2020
A Level of Humility Is Required
Oct 22, 2020
Blue Waves, Choppy Seas & More
Oct 16, 2020
Off Again, On Again Stimulus
Oct 07, 2020
Farr Flash: Special Edition
Oct 02, 2020
Don't Run For the Hills Just Yet
Oct 01, 2020
Angst, Anxiety, and Opportunity
Sep 25, 2020
A K-shaped Recovery?
Sep 17, 2020
In Volatile Times, Make Sure There's a There, There.
Sep 10, 2020
Optimism Is a Matter of Timing
Sep 03, 2020
A Bumpy Ride (An Economy on the Brink & Market Nearing a Bubble)
Aug 28, 2020
Stimulus Dead? Election Chaos? Market Rotation? It's a Lot of Sausage Making
Aug 13, 2020
Bonus Edition: What Will It Take to Get Back to Normal?
Aug 06, 2020
Did the Fed Do Too Much or Too Little? (Maybe Yes & Yes)
Aug 05, 2020
A Red Wave? (Not the Chinese Kind): America Will Adapt
Jul 29, 2020
Which Part of the Handbasket?
Jul 22, 2020
I Think It Adds Clarity & Maturity
Jul 15, 2020
You Have to Respect Both Sides of the Equation
Jul 09, 2020
I Just Don't Come Out of My Basement
Jul 01, 2020
Nothing Is More Real Than Nothing
Jun 24, 2020
Bonus Segment: Is There a Day of Reckoning?
Jun 17, 2020
There's No Playbook
Jun 17, 2020
Don't Go Dumpster Diving
Jun 10, 2020
They Never Know When to Leave the Party
Jun 02, 2020
How Long to Cross This Valley?
May 27, 2020
Bonus Edition: "We're Not Going to Find Out Until We Get There"
May 21, 2020
A Collision Course
May 20, 2020
Don't Let Logic Fool You About the Outcome
May 13, 2020
I'm Just Grateful to Have the Glass
May 06, 2020
Schroedinger's Congress
Apr 29, 2020
Did I Miss a Few Trillion in There?
Apr 22, 2020
I Never Thought My Introversion Would Save Lives
Apr 15, 2020
We Have to Be Firm
Apr 08, 2020
Not a Grain, But a Great Wall of Salt
Apr 01, 2020
Don't Bet Against America
Mar 25, 2020
Not Without Consequences
Mar 18, 2020
Wrap Yourself in Chaos & Wait for the Fog to Clear
Mar 12, 2020
Air Cover for Normalcy
Mar 04, 2020
This Is Not a Time to Be a Hero
Feb 26, 2020
Leopards Don't Have Stripes
Feb 12, 2020
Are Markets Scared of Nothing?
Feb 05, 2020
A Three Airplane Week Isn't Too Bad
Jan 29, 2020
I'm Accustomed to Turmoil
Jan 23, 2020
The Ides of January Are Upon Us
Jan 15, 2020
Iran Threat; Suleimani's Death Explained
Jan 06, 2020
The Year End All-Star Review!
Dec 26, 2019
Michael Farr's Top Ten for 2020!
Dec 21, 2019
The Virtues of Slow & Steady -- Martin Barnes of BCA Research
Dec 13, 2019
As We Get Older, It Gets Harder to Run Fast
Dec 12, 2019
It's What's Called a 'Win-Win' (Not Something We Hear Much About in this Town Anymore . . .)
Dec 05, 2019
Is It Lucy and the Football Again?
Nov 20, 2019
Well, It's Good Theater Anyway
Nov 13, 2019
Easy Money Makes a Comeback! Bouroudjian Sees Explosive Growth Beyond the Current Highs
Nov 06, 2019
FarrCast Update -- Uncle Jay Says This Is the LAST Piece of Candy
Oct 31, 2019
A Bi-Partisan Marshmallow Failure
Oct 30, 2019
Is It Brexit Yet?
Oct 23, 2019
Getting All Dolled Up
Oct 15, 2019
Be Careful for Landsharks
Oct 08, 2019
Where Did I Leave My Pitchfork?
Oct 01, 2019
Was There Anything in the News This Week?
Sep 25, 2019
Looking Behind When They Should Be Looking Ahead
Sep 17, 2019
Are We There Yet?
Sep 10, 2019
Markets in Turmoil -- Investors Shouldn't Be
Aug 07, 2019
FarrFlash -- Your Summer Update from The FarrCast
Jul 19, 2019
This Isn’t Going to Turn into Groundhog Day Is It?
Jul 02, 2019
Stephanie Link/TIAA: No Recession in Sight; Ned Davis: Don't Make the BIG Mistake
Jun 26, 2019
The Fed’s Wrong, No China Deal, and Stupid Healthcare Expenses
Jun 19, 2019
Powell Is Playing for the Record Books Now
Jun 12, 2019
It’s Like Caddyshack for the Markets
Jun 05, 2019
Maximum Impact, Minimum Ouch
May 29, 2019
I Think I'd Be Crying Before the First Daily Double
May 22, 2019
Art of the Deal Translated into Mandarin
May 15, 2019
Wow We Got a Lot of Metaphors This Week
May 08, 2019
Plagiarism Now Seems Kind of Quaint
May 01, 2019
Trees Don’t Always Grow to the Sky
Apr 24, 2019
I'm Worried That I'm Not Worried
Apr 17, 2019
Special: Innovation in China (and Coffee and Joy!)
Apr 10, 2019
Ten Year Money Sometimes Forgets It’s Ten Year Money
Apr 10, 2019
You Don't Learn Much from the Second Kick of the Mule
Apr 03, 2019
The President Might Not Drink But He’s Enjoying Mueller Time
Mar 27, 2019
It's Easy to Yell at a Panda
Mar 21, 2019
Calling It Dog's Breakfast Is an Insult to What I Feed My Dog
Mar 13, 2019
Are We Just a Ball of Yarn and They're a Large Cat?
Mar 06, 2019
Making His Own Headwinds
Feb 28, 2019
Here’s My LeBron Moment
Feb 20, 2019
We've Had a Pretty Good Year in the Last Month
Feb 13, 2019
The State of the State of the Union
Feb 07, 2019
Well It Feels Like a Millennia
Jan 23, 2019
Peering into the Corner of the Attic
Jan 16, 2019
Pulling Down the Wallpaper
Jan 11, 2019
It's a special Year End FarrCast!
Dec 31, 2018
Dovish Bubble Wrap
Dec 18, 2018
Shutdown Light
Dec 12, 2018
Will Xi or Won't Xi?
Dec 05, 2018
East German Swimmers & The Fed
Nov 28, 2018
We're Followed By All of the Finest Treasury Secretaries
Nov 21, 2018
What We Learned from TV Re-Runs
Nov 14, 2018
TINA Is in the ICU
Nov 09, 2018
The Market Soared! (But Hold On)
Oct 31, 2018
A Fortnight Is About Two Weeks
Oct 22, 2018
Ganges, Potomac, and L'Etat C'est Moi (Oh My)
Oct 16, 2018
Running To, and Running Away . . .
Oct 10, 2018
Markets Underestimate the Fed, Kavanaugh Goes, Rosenstein Stays
Sep 25, 2018
So You're Saying It's Coercion
Sep 18, 2018
Pulling a Circus Tent Over the Swamp
Sep 12, 2018
Playing Chess on Three Boards
Aug 29, 2018
Pleas, Convictions, and new Market Highs!
Aug 21, 2018
Republicans Hate Us... Democrats Hate Us... We Must Be Doing Something Right!
Jul 24, 2018
I'm Getting T-Shirts Made
Jul 17, 2018
You Can Lose a Finger
Jul 11, 2018
My Mom Would Be Really Excited
Jul 03, 2018
Freshman says the House will shift in November
Jun 25, 2018
From Bombast to Photo Ops - Jaw Jaw is better than War War
Jun 19, 2018
A Special Place in Hell (And Kenny Gets Bleeped)
Jun 13, 2018
He Was Just Trying to Get Concert Tickets
Jun 05, 2018
Things Went a Little Pear Shaped
May 29, 2018
This Sounds Like a Third Grade Spat
May 22, 2018
I Was Told There Would Be No Math
May 16, 2018
Much Older Than I Am of Course
May 09, 2018
The devil's in the details
May 01, 2018
It's a rollercoaster ride (The Birthday Show)
Apr 24, 2018
Love, Tom
Apr 17, 2018
Saturday Night Massacre??
Apr 10, 2018
Stormy Weather (and then some Sunshine)
Mar 26, 2018
The Legal Side of Washington
Mar 20, 2018
Episode 22
Mar 14, 2018
Episode 21
Mar 07, 2018
Episode 20
Feb 28, 2018
Episode 19
Feb 21, 2018
Episode 18
Feb 14, 2018
Episode 17
Feb 08, 2018
Episode 16
Feb 03, 2018
Episode 15
Jan 31, 2018
Episode 14
Jan 24, 2018
FarrCast Episode 13
Jan 19, 2018
FarrCast Episode 12
Jan 11, 2018
FarrCast Episode 11
Jan 04, 2018
FarrCast Episode 10
Dec 26, 2017
FarrCast Episode 9
Dec 20, 2017
FarrCast Episode 8
Dec 13, 2017
FarrCast Episode 7
Dec 06, 2017
FarrCast Episode 6
Nov 15, 2017
Episode 5
Nov 10, 2017
FarrCast Episode 4
Nov 01, 2017
FarrCast Episode 3
Oct 25, 2017
FarrCast Episode 2
Oct 10, 2017
The FarrCast Episode 1
Oct 05, 2017