
Down the Middle
Hosted by Peter and Jeff and Jonathan · Peter Mallouk and Jeff Stolper
4.9from 183 ratings
- 91
- Episodes
- 32
- Transcribed
- 183
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About Down the Middle
Hosted by Creative Planning’s Director of Financial Planning, Jeff Stolper, and President, Peter Mallouk, this podcast takes a closer look into topics that affect investors. Included are in-depth discussions on financial planning issues, the economy and the markets. Plus, you won’t want to miss each of their monthly tips!
- Publisher
- Peter Mallouk and Jeff Stolper
- Category
- business · business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 15 Feb 2019
- Latest episode
- 30 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
32 of 91 episodes have a transcript.

30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Private Investments in 401(k)s and the Consumer Confidence Disconnect

31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
$40 Trillion and Counting

31 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Breakthrough or Bubble?
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Private Investments in 401(k)s and the Consumer Confidence Disconnect
Published 30 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You lend money to the federal government. It's a treasury bond. You lend money to, say, a county. It's a municipal. You lend money to a corporation. It's a corporate bond and so on. The private version of that are the private markets. So just like there's publicly traded stocks, there's private equity where a group of people get together, form a fund, and run around and buy part or all of private businesses. Private businesses are a huge part of the economy. If you look at 50 years ago, 30 years ago even, there were maybe 8,000 publicly traded companies. Today, it's almost cut in half. The world has gone private. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 143 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 40 ratings
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- 14
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 95
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Peter and Jeff and Jonathan host the show. Published by Peter Mallouk and Jeff Stolper.
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