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Maximizing your investments as rate cuts kick off: Wealth!

After the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in four years, Wealth! host Brad Smith sits down with experts to discuss optimizing your personal finance strategy in the changing macroeconomic environment. Northwestern Mutual wealth management chief portfolio manager Matt Stucky joins to explain why the rate-cutting cycle presents the perfect time to revisit your portfolio allocations. As rate cuts are poised to affect mortgage rates, Chase Home Lending head of refinance and home equity Nina Gidwaney outlines when to refinance your mortgage. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra outlines how the rate cut affects some consumers and the agency’s work. Amid macroeconomic uncertainty and as the labor market comes into focus, Indeed Hiring Lab Research Director Nick Bunker explains how artificial intelligence (AI) can help you advance your job search. Tiffany Aliche, the host of Yahoo Finance’s Money Glow Up, joins to explain how to bulletproof your budget as part of this week's Investing 101: 5 Rules to Build Wealth special Morningstar vice president of research John Rekenthaler unpacks the benefits of backloading your 401(k) investments. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.