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Should You Invest in Frontier Markets?

Should You Invest in Frontier Markets?

What are the risks and opportunities of investing in frontier equity markets?Topics covered include:What are the criteria used to determine whether a…

Should You Buy an Electric Car or Truck?
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Should You Buy an Electric Car or Truck?

What are the pros and cons of owning an electric vehicle (EV) compared with an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle. Are electric vehicles worth …

Investing In Water

Investing In Water

What are ways to invest in water and is it an attractive investment?Topics covered include:How water rights work and how they have been overallocated…

Why Should You Care About Shadow Banking?

Why Should You Care About Shadow Banking?

Half of the global financial system is made up of shadow banks. You have probably already used one. What are shadow banks and what to be wary of when…

Why The Productivity Slowdown Could Lead to Lower Living Standards

Why The Productivity Slowdown Could Lead to Lower Living Standards

Why productivity growth is key to creating wealth. Why U.S. productivity growth is slowing, and what we can do to increase business and personal prod…

Is Another Great Inflation Coming? Best Inflation Hedges

Is Another Great Inflation Coming? Best Inflation Hedges

How today's inflationary environment is similar and different from the great inflation of the 1970s. What are the best assets to protect your portfol…

How To Overcome Investing Fears

How To Overcome Investing Fears

Seven ways to manage fear in order to improve your investing. How fear can be beneficial.Topics covered include:Why fear can be both helpful and harm…

Climate Change, ESG, and What Should Investors Do?

Climate Change, ESG, and What Should Investors Do?

How businesses, households, governments, asset managers, and investors interact in unpredictable ways to address the risks and opportunities related …

How to Make Money With Dai, BlockFi and the Evolving DeFi Ecosystem

How to Make Money With Dai, BlockFi and the Evolving DeFi Ecosystem

What is decentralized finance and how it is seeking to solve the shortcomings of centralized finance. How BlockFi and MakerDAO, early entrants in the…

Inflation, the National Debt and the U.S. Dollar - What Could Go Wrong?

Inflation, the National Debt and the U.S. Dollar - What Could Go Wrong?

With a ballooning U.S. federal budget deficit, a growing national debt, and double digit increases in the money supply, is it time to bet against the…

Why in the World Do You Own Bonds?

Why in the World Do You Own Bonds?

With interest rates rising does it still make sense to own bonds? Yes. This episode explores the role of bonds including why they are more effective …

Own What Is Real

Own What Is Real

There has never been this much money in the world. Now is the time to own real property.Topics covered include:How to buy something with BitcoinHow c…

Are Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) Good Investments?

Are Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) Good Investments?

How do non-fungible tokens work, what are the risks, and how do NFTs fit within the landscape of investments.Topics covered include:Investing in phys…

Should You Invest in Farmland?

Should You Invest in Farmland?

How much can you earn investing in farmland and what are the risks? What are the ways to invest in farmland?Topics covered include:What determines fa…

How The Covid Shock Nearly Destroyed The Financial System

How The Covid Shock Nearly Destroyed The Financial System

Why the Federal Reserve had to step in again to sop runs on money market mutual funds and keep the financial system from imploding.Topics covered inc…

What Is Tail Risk and Are You Taking Too Much Of It?

What Is Tail Risk and Are You Taking Too Much Of It?

When should you protect against rare, but extreme events? When should you self-insure? Under what circumstance should you sell tail risk protection t…

Why Do We Work So Much?

Why Do We Work So Much?

How to structure employment so workers are more creative, productive, and happier.Topics include:What percentage of employees work at home due to the…

Is Silver the Next GameStop? How to Invest in Silver

Is Silver the Next GameStop? How to Invest in Silver

Why has silver jumped to its highest price in eight years. What you need to know to invest in silver.Topics covered include:What drove the huge spike…

Meme Stocks, GameStop, Short Squeezes, and Bubbles

Meme Stocks, GameStop, Short Squeezes, and Bubbles

How coordinated buying by retail investors has turned the table on Wall Street. Are there signs of a market bubble?Topic covered include:What are mem…

Are You Underweight Chinese Stocks? Pros and Cons of Investing in China

Are You Underweight Chinese Stocks? Pros and Cons of Investing in China

Most global stock ETFs, funds and indices have only about 5% invested in China even though China has the second-largest economy in the world. What ar…