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Podcast: The Clark Howard Podcast
Episode: 01.27.26 Ask An Advisor With Wes Moss
Description: Is the Middle Class Shrinking? & the Quiet Power of Dividend Growth
The middle class is shrinking — but perhaps not for the reason you’ve been told. While headlines often paint a bleak picture of economic decline, the underlying data reveals a much more complex and surprising transformation. Wes Moss dives into the "missing" middle class, using recent data to uncover where those families have actually gone since 1979. Also, Wes pulls back the curtain on a hidden force in the stock market: the math of dividend durability. While many investors are distracted by flashy price targets, they are over...