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The U.S Is More Socialist Than Denmark with Home Mortgages

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…

Brexit Is A Mess—Lessons Learned

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 …

How Investors Cope With Radical Uncertainty

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 …

What If Home Prices Always Fell

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…

Index But Don't Herd

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…

Is An Emerging Markets Crisis Imminent?

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…

Is It Time To Invest In Commodities?

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 …

What Determines How Much You Make

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…

Use Caution With Real Estate Crowdfunding

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 …

Stop Maximizing Your Returns Using Modern Portfolio Theory

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…

How Tokenization Will Radically Change Investing

How Tokenization Will Radically Change Investing

#228 How distributed ledger technology and tokenized assets will increase liquidity, transparency and fractionalization, allowing investors to purcha…

How To Teach Children About Money

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…

How To Spot Asset Bubbles and What To Do About Them (The Case of Cannabis)

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…

How To Invest In Bonds and Other Fixed Income Securities

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…

Mastering the Market Cycle—New Book by Howard Marks

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…

How To Invest When You Have Little Money

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…

Why We Overpay and How It Leads To Income Inequality

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…

Should You Prepare For The Next Financial Crisis?

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…

Where Should You Invest Your Cash Savings?

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…

The Incredible Shrinking Stock Market

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…