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Should You Invest in India?
Why respected investors and economists believe India will be the fastest growing economy and potentially best-performing stock market over the next t…
Money For the Rest of Us
04/17/2019
How to Avoid Investment Fraud
Here are precautions we can take to avoid ponzi schemes and not become victim to investment fraud. In this episode you’ll learn:What are sources to d…
Money For the Rest of Us
04/10/2019
More Indexes, ETFs and Manager Skill, but Less Alpha
How the increase in indexing is leading to the creation of more stock indexes, most of which are used by active managers. How more indexing makes it …
Money For the Rest of Us
04/03/2019
What Central Banks Don’t Know Should Concern You
Why an inverted yield curve is disconcerting given such low interest rates. Why those low rates could lead to radical central bank policies during th…
Money For the Rest of Us
03/27/2019
Is College Worth It?
#245 With more and more college degrees being granted and higher student loan balances, when does it make sense to go to a highly selective college o…
Money For the Rest of Us
03/20/2019
Are You Spending Too Much? (FIRE Edition)
#244 How we can use filters to better manage how much we spend and make sure our spending has a meaningful impact on ourselves and the world. Thanks …
Money For the Rest of Us
03/13/2019
Do You Have Enough to Retire? (FIRE Edition)
#243 What are the key metrics to determine if you have reached financial independence and can retire early. How major stock market losses can derail …
Money For the Rest of Us
03/06/2019
Should You Let Warren Buffett Manage Your Money?
#242. Does it make financial sense to buy Berkshire Hathaway stock and let Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger manage your money? We evaluate Berkshire…
Money For the Rest of Us
02/27/2019
Do Budget Deficits Matter? Modern Monetary Theory Explained
#241 Why modern monetary theory isn't worried about federal budget deficits, why budget deficits never go away and what are the risks if budget defic…
Money For the Rest of Us
02/20/2019
Three Financial Lessons from Thoreau
#240 What Henry David Thoreau can teach us about calculating costs, profits, benefits and living a life free of "quiet desperation." Thanks to B…
Money For the Rest of Us
02/13/2019
How to Be a Successful Trader
#239 Why successful trading of commodities futures, foreign currencies and options depends on exploiting novice traders. Thanks to Molekule and Sleep…
Money For the Rest of Us
02/06/2019
The U.S Is More Socialist Than Denmark with Home Mortgages
#238 How the U.S. mortgage market differs from the Danish mortgage market. Danish mortgage rates and defaults are lower than the U.S.. and unlike the…
Money For the Rest of Us
01/30/2019
Brexit Is A Mess—Lessons Learned
#237 What can we learn from the difficulties the UK is having in negotiating an exit from the European Union. What happens next? Why there is always …
Money For the Rest of Us
01/23/2019
How Investors Cope With Radical Uncertainty
#236 How heuristics, filters and reasonable stories help us cope with radical uncertainty and make investment decisions. Thanks to Netsuite and …
Money For the Rest of Us
01/16/2019
What If Home Prices Always Fell
#235 How to evaluate the purchase of a depreciating asset, such as buying a house in Japan where prices have declined 23 out of the past 29 years.&nb…
Money For the Rest of Us
01/09/2019
Index But Don't Herd
#234 How and when to use passive indexing strategies without following the crowd. Thanks to Masterworks and Sleep Number for sponsoring the episode.F…
Money For the Rest of Us
12/19/2018
Is An Emerging Markets Crisis Imminent?
#233 What is the cause of the economic crisis in Argentina and how likely is it that other developing nations will experience a similar financing cri…
Money For the Rest of Us
12/12/2018
Is It Time To Invest In Commodities?
#232 Why investing in commodities such as oil and gold is challenging. What you need to know before you invest. Thanks to New Retirement Planner for …
Money For the Rest of Us
12/05/2018
What Determines How Much You Make
#231 Why different occupations pay differently or even the same occupation in different countries. Why the same occupation can pay differently for di…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/28/2018
Use Caution With Real Estate Crowdfunding
#230 With RealtyShares and other crowdfunding platforms shutting down, should you invest on these platforms and if so how do you go about evaluating …
Money For the Rest of Us
11/14/2018