Wintrust Business Lunch 6/20/25: Housing slump, China EVs, Just Rite IT

Wintrust Business Lunch

Segment 1: Phillip Shaw, CFP, Senior Advisor, Goldstone Financial Group, joins John to talk about the market performance this week, how the conflict between Israel and Iran is impacting the economy, what tariffs might do to the market, how much inflation has come down, if the Fed will cut rates in July, the economy being healthy overall, and what would happen to the housing market if the Fed was more aggressive in cutting rates.

Segment 2: Tom Appel, Publisher, Consumer Guide Automotive, and host of the Consumer Guide Car Stuff podcast, joins John Williams to talk about how a rare earth shortage is impacting the auto industry, the cost of EVs in China, and why today is a good time to buy a car.

Segment 3: Wendy Reed and Adam Johnson, Partners, Just Rite IT, join John to talk about what Just Rite IT does, the various services they provide, the typical client that they work with, how company growth has helped their client flexibility, and the value of the services they provide.

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