Friday Flight - Frustrating Funflation, Money Morons, & Home Haters #1176

Friday Flight - Frustrating Funflation, Money Morons, & Home Haters #1176

Author: iHeartPodcasts August 7, 2026 Duration: 53:32

Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s best financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like:

 

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