Chris Galipeau: Two Variables Drive the Stock Market. Everything Else is Noise

Guest: Chris Galipeau, Head Market Strategist at the Franklin Templeton Institute, where he serves as one of the firm's foremost voices on global capital markets, economic trends, and investment strategy.

In a nutshell: Advisor and investor alike have access to more data, research, and real-time news than at any other point in history.

Which is a big reason why navigating the financial markets and maintaining client relationships have never been more difficult.

The speed of information, combined with the 24/7 media cycle, make it incredibly challenging for everyday investors to maintain perspective on their long-term interests.

Meanwhile, advisors have to battle for bandwidth against "news" and noise that are optimized for attention, not ROI.

But as AI and other technologies accelerate the info churn, your ability to help folks interpret the data that truly matters and maintain focus on their long-term goals could become a premium service.

On today's episode, Chris Galipeau shares his philosophy for separating critical market signals from the deafening noise of the modern media landscape.