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Stop Maximizing Your Returns Using Modern Portfolio Theory
#229 Why modern portfolio theory is a defective way to build out an investment portfolio. This episode explains a better approach to asset allocation…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/07/2018
How Tokenization Will Radically Change Investing
#228 How distributed ledger technology and tokenized assets will increase liquidity, transparency and fractionalization, allowing investors to purcha…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/31/2018
How To Teach Children About Money
#227 Here are four most important things to teach children about money and why showing is better than telling when it comes to kids and money. Thanks…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/24/2018
How To Spot Asset Bubbles and What To Do About Them (The Case of Cannabis)
#226 What are the characteristics of an asset bubble and how to invest when one exists. Are cannabis stocks in a bubble? Thanks to Blinkist and Polic…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/17/2018
How To Invest In Bonds and Other Fixed Income Securities
#225 How to evaluate interest rate risk, credit risk and other factors when investing in bonds. Thanks to Sleep Number for sponsoring the episode.For…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/10/2018
Mastering the Market Cycle—New Book by Howard Marks
#224 How to position your investment portfolio based on market cycles. Investing principles from Howard Marks' new book Mastering the Market Cycle.&n…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/03/2018
How To Invest When You Have Little Money
#223 How commission free ETFs, mobile apps and zero fee index funds make it easier to invest if you have little money. What are some examples of comm…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/26/2018
Why We Overpay and How It Leads To Income Inequality
#222 How asymmetric information, price discrimination and the stories we tell ourselves contribute to artificial profits and income inequality. Thank…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/19/2018
Should You Prepare For The Next Financial Crisis?
#221 How the Great Financial Crisis changed how individuals and institutions invest, and why we shouldn't invest solely focused on the next crisis. T…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/12/2018
Where Should You Invest Your Cash Savings?
#220 How to evaluate cash savings options at banks, credit unions and brokerage firms. Why are yields on cash savings so much higher than a few years…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/05/2018
The Incredible Shrinking Stock Market
#219 How fewer publicly traded companies, less stock shares outstanding and more intangible assets have led to higher earnings growth for U.S. listed…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/29/2018
Is China or the U.S. More Vulnerable?
#218 What are the headwinds facing China that could slow economic growth, but still could lead to China growing faster than the U.S. Also, what is go…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/22/2018
Rebalancing, Overvaluation, Market Timing, and Stock Splits
#217 Which rebalancing strategy is best or should we even bother rebalancing? Should we just exit stocks completely, especially given how overvalued …
Money For the Rest of Us
08/15/2018
Avoid This Investment: P2P Lending
#216 Why peer-to-peer lending on platforms like Lending Club and Upstart is no place for individuals to invest given higher defaults, lower returns a…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/08/2018
Is A Dollar Collapse Coming?
#215 Will stagflation cause the dollar to crash and be a bottomless pit when the next recession hits? That is what Peter Schiff is predicting. We loo…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/01/2018
Should You Trade Currencies (Forex) Like Soros?
#214 How the foreign exchange market works and how George Soros made more than a $1 billion shorting the British pound in 1992. Why currency trading …
Money For the Rest of Us
07/25/2018
Why Health Insurance Is A Mess
#213 How health insurance isn't really protection against a catastrophic illness but prepayment of routine healthcare consumption, leading to overcon…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/18/2018
Trade Wars Increase Prices and Poverty
#212 How a complex global trade system has reduced poverty, raised incomes, increased productivity, and lowered prices while a trade war will reverse…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/11/2018
How To Navigate A Housing Bubble
#211 Why housing bubbles can last such a long time and what to do if you really want or need to buy a house in a frothy market. More information, inc…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/27/2018
Are There Always Winners and Losers When Trading?
#210 Why fair markets require uncertainty for both the buyer and the seller, and why sellers don't need to disclose everything they know to the buyer…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/20/2018