<p><strong></strong><a href="https://youtu.be/CuhWHmAZN20?si=pqErB5ezK4hQyBvn" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>🌟 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE 🌟</strong></a><strong></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Silver had been quietly minding its business… and then suddenly decided to go absolutely bananas…</p><p><br></p><p>This week on The Curve Weekly, Soph’s joined by a very special guest filling in for Vic: chartered accountant + finance creator  Abi Foster (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/abigailrosefoster/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/abigailrosefoster/</a>) (aka <em>that</em> finance girl with the hair), and together they’re breaking down what’s actually driving silver’s surge, why geopolitical chaos tends to send people stampeding toward “safe” assets, and how rising silver prices could make everyday things like AI tech and solar panels more expensive. Plus: Netflix is having a wobble (down ~40% 👀), but is it truly flopping, or just behaving like the world’s biggest startup while it tries to keep up with YouTube and the chaos of modern attention spans? And then, as all good finance chats do, we take a slightly-too-relatable detour into the loneliness epidemic (apparently costing US businesses $154 BILLION a year??), with a side of <em>that</em> Diary of a CEO episode discourse, friendship-as-therapy, and tiny habits that make life feel less like an emotional buffering screen.</p><p><br></p><p><u><strong>Abi&#39;s links:</strong></u></p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/468579/the-money-manual-by-foster-abigail/9781529147032"><u>The Money Manual Book</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/abigailrosefoster/%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0"><u>Instagram</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@abigailrosefoster"><u>TikTok</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AbigailRoseFoster/videos"><u>YouTube</u></a><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>WTF does that mean? A guide to all the jargony bits:</strong></p><p><strong>Commodities</strong> – Tradeable raw materials (gold, silver, oil).</p><p><strong>Safe Haven</strong> – Where money hides when the world feels chaotic.</p><p><strong>Bubble</strong> – Price goes way too high… then pops.</p><p><strong>Shares</strong> – Tiny slices of a company you can buy.</p><p><strong>Share Price</strong> – What one slice costs right now.</p><p><strong>Acquisition</strong> – When one company buys another.</p><p><strong>Ad Revenue</strong> – Money made from ads interrupting your show.</p><p><strong>TAM (Total Addressable Market)</strong> – The biggest possible audience a company could reach.</p><p><strong>Fiscal Drag</strong> – You pay more tax over time without feeling richer. Rude.</p><p><strong>Tax Threshold</strong> – The point where a higher tax rate kicks in.</p><p><br><strong>Credits:</strong></p><p><strong>Hosts:</strong> Victoria Harris &amp; Sophie Hallwright</p><p><strong>Producer &amp; Editor:</strong> Emily Rigby</p><p><strong>Social &amp; Digital Manager:</strong> Lucy Munro</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://thecurveplatform.com/pages/the-curve-hotline" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Leave us a message on The Curve Hotline 💌☎️⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>For more from The Curve:</strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecurveplatform/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://thecurveplatform.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Website⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecurveplatform/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</a><a href="https://youtube.com/@thecurveplatform?si=nlCWqqqySWOzYlj3" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/@thecurveplatform?si=nlCWqqqySWOzYlj3" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠YouTube⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecurveplatform" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thecurveplatform" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠TikTok⁠⁠</a><a href="https://thecurve.co.nz/pages/sign-up-to-the-curve-weekly" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://thecurve.co.nz/pages/sign-up-to-the-curve-weekly" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Newsletter⁠⁠</a></p><p><br></p><p>(00:00:00) Coming up in this episode…(00:01:30) Guest alert: Abi Foster joins the pod!(00:05:29) Silver’s surging: what’s driving the hype?(00:16:36) Netflix is down…(00:29:21) The $154B loneliness problem (and why it matters)(00:47:54) Final thoughts(00:50:51) Thanks for listening (see you next week!)(00:51:30) Thank you for listening!</p><p><br></p><p><em>Disclaimer: Raising The Curve has been prepared solely for informational and educational purposes. 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