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Uncertainties continue for investors in 2026

By Mike Switzer

Published January 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM EST

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Doug English, certified financial planner with ACT Advisors in Charleston, S.C.

2026 is just rolling right along and we’re hearing that investors are once again beset by uncertainties such as inflation, interest rates, AI, and let’s not forget geopolitics. So we’ve invited one of our regular market prognosticators back on the show to give us his thoughts. Mike Switzer interviews Doug English, a certified financial planner with ACT Advisors in Charleston, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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