MONEY & MARKETS • PURCHASING POWER
The CPI number got the headlines this week. 4.2%. Three-year high. But the wholesale version came out one day later… and it ran hotter. 6.5%. That’s what manufacturers, distributors, and your local grocer are paying for what they sell to you. The last time wholesale prices climbed this fast was November 2022. Businesses absorb part of it. They pass the rest. Look at the gap — wholesale up 6.5%, retail up 4.2%. That 2.3-point spread isn’t where it stays. It’s where it starts.
Five years from now, there are going to be two types of retirees in America.
One is greeting strangers at Walmart in a blue vest. Not because they want to. Because the war in Iran was the first domino that knocked their retirement sideways and they never saw it coming.
The other is sitting on a beach with a margarita. Not because they got lucky. Because they understood what the Iran war was really about and made one simple move.
Here's what most people are missing.
The war in Iran isn't about nukes. It's about oil being sold in yuan instead of dollars.
Every barrel that leaves the dollar system makes your savings worth less. And 40 countries are following Iran's lead.
The retiree at Walmart kept everything in the same 401(k) their advisor set up ten years ago. They watched the dollar weaken. They watched inflation eat their savings. They hoped somebody in Washington would fix it. Nobody did.
The retiree on the beach moved a portion of their retirement into the one asset that goes up when the dollar goes down. Took 15 minutes. No taxes. No penalties. And they slept fine while everyone else panicked.
Same starting point. Same savings. One decision made the difference.
A free report called "The Great Gold Reset" shows you exactly what the Iran war means for your dollars, why it's accelerating a shift that was already underway, and the simple move that separates the Walmart greeters from the beach retirees.
That 6.5% is what businesses paid in May — the bill that lands on your receipt in July, August, September.

