BlackRock's Rick Rieder: Warning Signs Are Flashing

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Today’s guest is Rick Rieder. Rick oversees more than $2 trillion in assets as the Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income at BlackRock. He also heads the Fundamental Fixed Income business and the Global Allocation Investment Team. In today’s episode, Rick discusses the current state of the markets, focusing on year-end dynamics, free cash flow at big-tech companies, and the evolving economic landscape since Liberation Day. He explains both what he expects the Fed to do and what he thinks they should do, and how that relates to portfolio construction. The discussion also explores the differences between gambling and investing, lessons from tennis that apply to investing, and much more. To see links or read the transcript of the episode, visit us at: https://www.themebfabershow.com/episodes/M83QGUReWUX (0:00) Starts (1:31) Rick Rieder's market thoughts (4:23) Market sentiment and cash flow impacts (7:18) Small caps, M&A potential, and broad economic concerns (17:12) Interest rate forecasts (21:13) BINC ETF and fixed income outlook (24:28) Gambling vs. investing (31:36) Perspectives on precious metals and technological investment implications (35:27) Investing advice for young people and 2026 outlook ---- Sponsor: AcreTrader is an investment platform that makes it simple to own shares of farmland and earn passive income, and you can start investing in just minutes online. For more information, please visit www.acretrader.com/meb. Listen and subscribe on the platform of your choice: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-meb-faber-show/id1128955736 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gEEIpE2eu1yndaFra4Cgb Follow Meb: X: https://x.com/MebFaber LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mebanefaber/ Website: http://mebfaber.com/ To learn more about our products and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list: https://theideafarm.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=6750faf5c6091bc898da154ff&id=7249739cdb Follow The Idea Farm: Subscribe (FREE!): www.theideafarm.com X: https://x.com/TheIdeaFarm LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theideafarm-co TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mebfabershow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mebfabershow/reels/ Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com).