Million Dollar Problems: Episode 2, LFG Daily - July 30th, 2026

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Million Dollar Problems: A New Podcast About Building Wealth Without Losing Your Mind

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Million Dollar Problems

Million Dollar Problems is the podcast for entrepreneurs, investors, business owners, and ambitious professionals who know that success creates a whole new set of challenges.

Hosted by financial advisor Luke Lloyd and venture capitalist Chris Hjelm, each episode explores the biggest questions surrounding wealth creation, investing, entrepreneurship, technology, artificial intelligence, the economy, and the decisions that shape financial success.

From navigating volatile markets and building businesses to understanding emerging technologies and avoiding costly financial mistakes, Luke and Chris bring real-world experience, thoughtful conversations, and practical insights—without the hype.

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Because making your first million is hard. Managing it—and everything that comes with it—is a whole different problem.

Colin Symons, CIO Lloyd Financial Group

The Fed held rates steady, as largely expected, though with three dissents. The long end of bonds didn’t like perceived tough talk from Warsh, though, and went down on his presser. Effectively, the market is hiking rates for Warsh, which is probably fine with him. In the end, that was the worst Fed day since 2024.

Yesterday was the worst day all year for both SPY and QQQ. QQQ finally closed into correction territory, down -11%.

The 30Y T yield hit 5.23%, the highest since 2007.

US lawmakers sent a letter to AAPL warning them not to buy Chinese memory.

Overnight, Samsung reported somewhat light revenue but strong earnings and said they expect strong memory demand in the second half of the year. That really got semis moving, though Samsung itself was down slightly along with the rest of the Kospi index.

MSFT beat by a large margin, plus massive guidance centered on Azure sent the stock up 9%.

META missed earnings and upped the lower range of capex estimates, sending shares -9%

Q2 GDP, spending data, and jobless claims today, then AAPL and AMZN after the close.

Bottom line: Long bonds are effectively hiking rates for the Fed, but stocks are bouncing, this morning

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