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Is Student Loan Forgiveness A Good Idea?
Should the U.S. cancel $10,000 or more of student loan debt per borrower? What would be the economic and financial impact? Why the student loan syste…
Money For the Rest of Us
01/13/2021
The New Math of Retirement Spending and Investing
How should individuals invest and spend in retirement with interest rates so low, stock valuations high, and inflation uncertain. Why retirement mana…
Money For the Rest of Us
01/06/2021
Convertible Bonds : The High Return Asset Class That Vanguard Abandoned
How convertible bonds work, why they gained 50% in 2020 and outperformed stocks over the past five years. Why Vanguard shut down their convertible bo…
Money For the Rest of Us
12/16/2020
2020 - The Year We Will Never Forget
A review of how the pandemic, financial markets, and government policy evolved in 2020 to make for an unforgettable year.Topics covered include:Why t…
Money For the Rest of Us
12/09/2020
The Economy Is Not a Machine
How the drive for efficiency leads to greater wealth concentration and threatens capitalism. What can be done about it.Topics covered include:Why inc…
Money For the Rest of Us
12/02/2020
Why Currency Exchange Rates Matter
How a nation's balance of payments impacts its currency exchange rate as evidenced by Turkey and other countries.Topics covered include:What is a nat…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/18/2020
How To Analyze Complex Investments
How to determine whether you should invest in a complex investment such as an actively managed ETF that uses option strategies.Topics covered include…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/11/2020
Somebody Won the Election. Now What?
As we await the U.S. presidential election results, we review the results of the Trump Administration's economic policies to see if Americans are bet…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/04/2020
Here Come Central Bank Digital Currencies
How central bank digital currencies would work, what is the motivation to create them and what are the risks.Topics covered include:What percentage o…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/28/2020
What Are SPACs and Should You Invest in Them?
How special purpose acquisition companies work, what their performance has been and what are the ways to invest.Topics covered include:How much money…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/21/2020
How to Buy in a Hot Housing Market
U.S. home prices are on fire and sales are skyrocketing. Here are 8 rules of thumb for buying a house in a hot housing market when there are multiple…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/14/2020
Vacation Special: A Discussion with David's Former Investment Firm
This episode is an interview that Fund Evaluation Group LLC held with David as part of their FEG Insight Bridge podcast series.Topics covered include…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/07/2020
Paper, Rocks or Digits: What Makes the Best Money?
What are the elements of a successful monetary system.Topics covered include:The stone currency of YapThe fiat currency of ancient ChinaWhy money req…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/30/2020
Are We Being Forced to Buy Stocks
How ultra-low interest rates support higher stock market valuations but also make the investment environment more challenging. Is there a stock marke…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/23/2020
How to Not Have a Lost Decade
What are four principles individuals can follow to achieve their financial and career goals this decade despite the rough start in 2020.Why we have t…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/16/2020
No One Is Entirely A Buy and Hold Investor
What are the numerous decisions individuals have to make in managing their investments portfolios.Topics covered include:Why individual investors in …
Money For the Rest of Us
09/09/2020
What the Federal Reserve's New Policies Mean For Your Finances
The Federal Reserve just updated its policy tools. What impact could that have on inflation, interest rates and your investments.Topics covered inclu…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/02/2020
Did ETFs Pass the 2020 Market Collapse Stress Test?
How did ETFs function during the 2020 market sell-off and did the indexing bubble burst? What ETF structures failed the stress test and which passed.…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/26/2020
Why the Stock Market and Economy Are Rebounding So Quickly
How the current global recession differs from the Great Financial Crisis and why the recession is probably over.Topics covered include:Why the curren…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/19/2020
Investments to Fight Financial Repression
What are some investments that can generate a cash yield greater than inflation in an era when central bank policies keep government bond yields lowe…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/12/2020