charles: it s been a volatile first half of the year for your money so far. in two weeks, the federal le serve will be at it with another possible rate hike to deal with inflation. what would that mean for the stocks in your portfolio and your money in general? i want to bring in the money panel, rebecca wallser and david botson. reb rebecca, it changes daily but the tide is turning. if you thought the fed was done, maybe they re not. absolutely. i said that so long ago. i said hey, if you think we re going to get a pause and a pivot everybody was talking about pivot. the market was pricing it in and having to go in on a tear. it wasn t going to happen. the labor market for the small and medium size businesses was too tight and it will give the fed too much trouble on tight labor conditions. obviously we have tight labor conditions, wages go up, have gone up. there s a lot of openings and
sandra: is the market heading for a 2008 style crash. many are asking the question. americans saw the housing market value drop trillions in this country. brand-new numbers showing sales may by ticking up. what do you need to know about probably your biggest asset you will ever know? our big money panel is here to take that on next. john: and waiting to hear from the lab leak theory. u.s. department of energy has said it s the best bet where it came from. why was the mainstream media so quick to shoot it down and why did big tech censor people who suggested that? jonathan turley is coming up. the lab leak as it were, it s a chinese lab, the lab is in china, it s clear now that the chinese regime should be held accountable for the leak itself. the lapse in bio security and
sandra: good stuff, you need to understand what is the a stake, it s a massive amount of money. edward lawrence, thank you. trace. trace: struggling americans watching every penny. the white house is trying to paints a rosy picture. how much more the average family is spending now compared to just a year ago. our money panel breaks it all down. sandra: we will have a fascinating look at that. meanwhile, some of biden s fellow democrats going after him now over the classified documents and the growing scandal. could the investigation throw a wrench in biden s big plans, perhaps, for 2024? we ll ask byron york when he joins us live next. i d like to thank our sponsor liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need.
done. john: early christmas greeting from wall street. our money panel, steve moore and robert wolf will explain where all of this is headed coming up next.