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The Business, Management, and Legal Programs Department at UCLA Extension offers more than 350 courses, conference, and seminars annually and is home to more than 50 professional certificates designed for working professionals and recent college grads who are seeking professional development in the dynamic world of business. Our courses are offered online or in the classroom, making it a flexible option for everyone.

  1. Ep. 140 - Best Economic Scenario - Many Global and U.S. Economic Issues for Balance of 2025 and into 2026

    06/16/2025

    Ep. 140 - Best Economic Scenario - Many Global and U.S. Economic Issues for Balance of 2025 and into 2026

    Many negative expectations over the past year, unfortunately, becoming reality including: severe recession or worse, continuation of inflation, increasing unemployment, worsening commercial and residential real estate issues, likelihood of lower and lower dollar, job creation issues including future robotics, and complicated by global military threats and U.S. instability. This is not a pretty picture and could actually become much worse than expected in this podcast as job growth is not only seriously threatened but so is price stability. Considerations for personal/family financial protection are discussed.

    33 min
  2. Ep. 139 - Enduring Global Trends: Inflation, Unemployment, and a Divided World

    05/29/2025

    Ep. 139 - Enduring Global Trends: Inflation, Unemployment, and a Divided World

    The major trends which will not change this year or next regardless of new trade deals and Congressional programs: lower dollar, higher inflation, higher unemployment, higher gold prices and, importantly, a U.S. vs. BRICS+ divided world. The most recent data continues to demonstrate a weakening employment picture in the context of another round of high inflation and deteriorating real estate prices for both commercial and residential. All in all, the blend of many more home foreclosures hitting the market, little or no new full time job creation, higher consumer prices, and the continuing need to finance new and rollover government debt will keep the overall economy from growing. Add to this the serious economic downturns in China, Japan, and Western Europe we have a most volatile year or more ahead with little to start any new recovery. Regardless of individual listener political leanings, the good news is that the present administration seems to be making headway in improving relationships with the countries that hold vast amounts of dollars as well as needed natural resources. I'll take whatever we can get during this historically unsettled global economic period.

    25 min
  3. Ep. 138 - Heading Into a Severe Economic Recession: How, Why, and What To Do About It!

    05/07/2025

    Ep. 138 - Heading Into a Severe Economic Recession: How, Why, and What To Do About It!

    It now seems too late to avoid a severe recession or worse given recent data and global political events. The U.S. will likely suffer less than Europe or China but, nevertheless, suffer mightily. What to consider to mitigate pain is summarized after the global situation is parsed in this podcast. Please do take advantage of this 8-minute video by Bravos Research which well summarizes issues impacting the U.S. dollar, U.S. debt refinancing, and economic stability: https://bravosresearch.com/youtube/why-the-us-treasury-market-is-on-the-brink-of-total-collapse/

    28 min
  4. Ep. 137 - Prior Concerns Coming True... For Better or Worse

    04/22/2025

    Ep. 137 - Prior Concerns Coming True... For Better or Worse

    The global economy as well as the U.S. is heading for more volatility with 2024's issues becoming more severe in 2025 as expected. The U.S. stock market is likely in an official "bear market" with more foreign selling ahead. The same expectation applies to the U.S. government debt marketplace with more selling of U.S. securities and higher interest rates continuing. The Federal Reserve’s buying of U.S. debt expected to once again prop up the debt markets but higher inflation expectations likely to continue to force U.S. interest rates higher. 2025, as expected, is shaping up to be a challenging year for both the employment and financial markets.

    17 min
  5. Episode 136: All Markets in Danger of "Unraveling"

    04/03/2025

    Episode 136: All Markets in Danger of "Unraveling"

    The EU is experiencing cracks in their foundation that could even threaten their existence over the next several years. China moving to super-money creation to avoid a depression while building aggressively their military and taking a direct move against the U.S. It seems the BRICS+ countries in the near term continue to move counter to U.S. positions while the U.S. shores up its own military while continuing to issue record amounts of new and refinanced debt. This year is shaping up as a year of substantial change for pretty much everyone on the globe involved in market defined economies and world trade. Investment risks continue to grow!

    23 min
  6. Ep. 135 - U.S. Entering Severe Housing and Economic Crisis, Again!

    03/20/2025

    Ep. 135 - U.S. Entering Severe Housing and Economic Crisis, Again!

    U.S. Government propped-up housing market, pricewise, starting its fall off a cliff. Good news coming for future first-time home buyers but not so good for us existing homeowners. Covid emergency bailouts artificially kept prices high and false signaled a healthy economy...now coming to an end. Many trends converging to create a significantly negative financial environment but certain investment categories should benefit.

    21 min
  7. Ep. 134 - Planning for a Year of Massive Change

    03/07/2025

    Ep. 134 - Planning for a Year of Massive Change

    Serious stresses in the ECB and the EU, recent and revised data show a serious U.S. recession in place, new political leadership to favor a recession earlier than later, increasing interest rates and serious banking issues to emerge, increasing layoffs and contraction of U.S. work force in process, preparations for war, some positive long term forces but many negative short term ones, and increasing bi-polarization of the global economies. Many threats we warned about last year are coming to a head now! Be prepared!!

    26 min
  8. Ep. 133 - The Emerging Global Recession, Currency Crisis, and War Risks

    02/24/2025

    Ep. 133 - The Emerging Global Recession, Currency Crisis, and War Risks

    This year promises to be the most challenging and risky since the Global Financial Crisis! Europe is becoming more unstable politically at a time when vast amounts of government debts have to be financed/refinanced. The following negative trends are reasserting themselves: return to high inflation in the U.S., growing distance between Western World and BRICS+ countries as well as emerging conflicts between U.S. and European leadership. Like the 1970's gold and many commodities on price uptrends indicating increasing global instability and shortages. In particular, the U.S. is seriously challenged to find new rare earth materials to support the aviation, defense, battery, and IT industries as China controls 90%+ of these materials globally while restricting or disallowing their shipments to the U.S.

    25 min
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The Business, Management, and Legal Programs Department at UCLA Extension offers more than 350 courses, conference, and seminars annually and is home to more than 50 professional certificates designed for working professionals and recent college grads who are seeking professional development in the dynamic world of business. Our courses are offered online or in the classroom, making it a flexible option for everyone.

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