Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Provides Strategies for Navigating Market Bubbles, Climate Change Investing and Revising Retirement Financial Plans in New Season

Season 18 premieres nationwide on public television beginning July 2 with investment legend Jeremy Grantham who warns we are in a market bubble of "epic proportions."

Watch full episodes, exclusive interviews and more at wealthtrack.com

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Jun 29, 2021, 10:00 ET

NEW YORK, June 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the economy reopens investors and retirees face new challenges to their savings and investments. Market bubbles, climate change, a resurgence of inflation and record home prices are just a few of the game changers requiring rethinking and revising investment and saving strategies. Weekly investment and personal finance series Consuelo Mack WealthTrack tackles these subjects in Season 18, premiering nationwide on public television beginning Friday, July 2 at 7:30 p.m. ET (check local listings).

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack Anchor and Executive Producer Consuelo Mack on the WealthTrack set. Credit: Courtesy of MackTrack, Inc.

The new season opens with the first of WealthTrack's rare, two-part interview with Jeremy Grantham, who is known for identifying major market turns and is calling today's bull market a bubble of "epic proportions," rivalling the market tops in 1929, 2000 and 2008. Part two, Friday, July 9 at 7:30 p.m. (check local listings), will address Grantham's early advocacy of climate change investing: how to make money while actively helping the environment. Future episodes include an extended interview with renowned financial historian Niall Ferguson on how the lessons of history can make you a better investor.

"As the economy reopens individuals are faced with financial decisions they haven't had to make in over a decade," says Mack. "How do we cope with record high prices and rampant speculation in the financial markets, a resurgence in inflation, higher interest rates, labor and supply shortages? These are all new challenges with lasting ramifications for achieving financial security in retirement. Our mission on WealthTrack is to help people navigate these dramatic changes and build financial security to last a lifetime with advice from 'Financial Thought Leaders' and 'Great Investors.'"

WealthTrack's 18th season will continue to provide trustworthy, understandable advice from the best minds in the business world on how to build long-term financial security during these changing conditions. Major themes will cover financial market extremes, the effects of unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus, socially responsible investing and retirement planning risks.

Launched in 2005, Consuelo Mack WealthTrack remains one of the only programs on television devoted to long-term diversified investing. An award-winning business journalist, Mack handpicks each guest based on their long-term track records, professional reputation and integrity to provide the best information about investing, personal finance and retirement planning amidst economic, market and political changes. USA Today praised Mack's interview style as "quietly intelligent, thoughtful and aimed at a well-informed audience."

New episodes of Consuelo Mack WealthTrack air every week nationwide on public television (check local listings):

New York metro area:
Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on WLIW21
Saturdays at 8 a.m. on THIRTEEN
Sundays at 9 a.m. on NJ PBS
Los Angeles area:
Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m. on PBS SoCal 2
Saturdays at 8 a.m. on PBS SoCal WORLD
Tuesdays at 11:30 p.m. on KVCR Desert Cities 24.3
Other markets: http://aptonline.org
Online: stream at wealthtrack.com beginning Fridays at 8 p.m. ET

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack is also seen on the WORLD channel, public television's premier news, science and documentary channel.

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack's website (http://wealthtrack.com) features full episode streams, exclusive video interviews and episode outtakes featuring special topics and analyses of guests' investments. The site also features podcasts with next generation "Financial Thought Leaders" and "Great Investors," special research reports on economics, markets and strategy, Mack's "Action Point," guests' "One Investment" picks, transcripts and more.

Consuelo Mack WealthTrack is a production of MackTrack Inc. and a presentation of The WNET Group. The series is distributed nationally by American Public Television. Consuelo Mack is executive producer and managing editor. For The WNET Group: Diane Masciale is general manager, WLIW.

Funding is provided by ClearBridge Investments, Morgan Le Fay Dreams Foundation, First Eagle Investment Management, Royce Investment Partners, Matthews Asia, and Strategas Asset Management.

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