Wall Street Is Now Dumping It's Junk On The Regular Investor | Lance Roberts

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Wall Street exists to sell us its products.

And right now, retail investors are so greedy that they're buying whatever they can get their hands on.

So this is a "bonanza" time for Wall Street, says portfolio manager Lance Roberts, which is happily selling us all of the junk it ever wanted to unload.

Prices may continue for a good while longer, but be warned, says Lance: history is clear that periods of indiscriminate buying like this always end in tears.

For everything that mattered to markets this week, watch this weekly Market Recap.

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0:00 - Markets near all-time highs, ignoring economic slowdown
1:56 - High speculation reminiscent of 1999 and 2021
3:22 - Concerns about young investors taking excessive risks
6:26 - High valuations and narrow moats in new IPOs like FIG
11:32 - Brent Johnson echoes correction risk by September
18:44 - Earnings growth concentrated in tech and major banks
21:26 - Tech earnings driven by capex, potential for crest
28:23 - Record insider selling and $1.1T share buybacks in 2025
35:05 - Rotation into healthcare, Buffett’s United Healthcare stake
48:14 - Simplevisor platform for DIY investors and managed portfolios
58:44 - Retail sales data shows economic slowdown
1:03:05 - Fed likely to cut rates in September, market expects three cuts
1:16:22 - Life was hard historically, affluenza saps younger generations
1:24:26 - Parents enabling affluenza, need to foster resilience
1:37:34 - Risk of home price decline if supply glut hits market
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