U.S. Debt, Estate Planning, and Small Caps’ Strong First Half of 2026

Should we be concerned about the United States rising debt? What are your estate planning questions?

And let’s talk about the stock market downturns and small caps’ strong first half of 2026!

Those are some of the topics covered in this week’s Market Moment with Matt, Isaac and Eli. Eli is a special host on the podcast because he spends a lot of time working on our show, Data Brief. In this episode, Eli introduces Matt and Isaac to some new research from Morningstar surrounding the 4% distribution theories and retirement planning information. He will break this study down even further in his upcoming Data Brief - new episodes every other Friday!

01:41 Record U.S. Debt but the interest payments are in the historical average

04:32 Small caps had a strong first half of 2026, are they finally coming back?

07:50 Federal Estate Tax Exemption, could this be reduced in the future?

15:07 Stock market downturns are healthy and normal

17:36 Morningstar’s study on distributions and retirement planning strategies

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