This week’s episode breaks down a short but loaded market week: the August jobs report, the Producer Price Index, pipeline inflation, dividend income updates, and the latest portfolio moves.

We cover:

• Why the August jobs report looked strong on paper
• Why labor data revisions still deserve skepticism
• How wage growth compares to inflation
• Why PPI is a bigger problem than the headline suggests
• How diesel and freight costs move through the entire economy
• Why pipeline inflation matters before prices hit store shelves
• What this means for the Fed’s rate-cut fantasy
• This week’s Top 5 IINvestments going ex-dividend (plus a bonus ticker)
• August dividend updates across the retirement, main, and income portfolios
• Portfolio moves and ongoing income-portfolio risk cleanup ...