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Can You Outperform Harvard's Endowment?
#180 Why have college endowments underperformed a simple three fund Vanguard portfolio? Should you mirror a simple two or three fund portfolio or inv…
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11/08/2017
Free Markets and the Great Famine
#179 How a concern about interfering in markets and trade may have contributed to over one million deaths during the 19th century Great Famine in Ire…
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11/01/2017
Japan the Impact of a Shrinking Population
#178 How a country’s working age population growth impacts economic growth and stock returns. What Japan can do about its population decline.See Priv…
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10/25/2017
How Business Contributes To Income Inequality
#177 How high profits and low investment by business in R&D and workers lead to income inequality. Why the current situation is unsustainable and…
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10/18/2017
Are 60 Percent of Americans Insolvent?
#176 What percent of Americans are insolvent and what makes data trustworthy.See Privacy Policy at link and California Privacy N…
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10/11/2017
How To Conduct Investment Due Diligence
#175 What attributes should you look for in analyzing an investment advisory firm, financial planner, investment partnership, crowdfunding platform o…
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10/04/2017
Navigating Modern Life Like The Amish
#174 What the Amish can teach us about adopting new technology without being overwhelmed.See Privacy Policy at link and Californ…
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09/27/2017
Should You Invest Based On Economic Cycles?
#173 What are some of challenges of investing using long-term economic cycles.See Privacy Policy at link and California Privacy …
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09/20/2017
Equifax Aftermath—Should You Freeze Your Credit To Protect Against Identity Theft?
#172 Why your personal data will be compromised if it hasn't already been, and what to do to protect yourself from the consequences of identity theft…
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09/13/2017
The Extraordinary Impact of Cities
#171 Why cities are the primary driver of economic growth and why do they outlive companies.See Privacy Policy at link and Calif…
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09/06/2017
Are Financial Markets Efficient?
#170 Why investment markets can be both efficient and inefficient depending on the environment, and how that should impact your investing.See Privacy…
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08/30/2017
Eclipse Special: The Sound of the Totality From Idaho
A short episode on the August 2017 solar eclipse as it happened. See Privacy Policy at link and California Privacy Notice at ht…
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08/23/2017
The Debt Ceiling—What Happens If the U.S. Defaults
#169 What could happen if the U.S. Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling and defaults on U.S. financial obligations, and why does Congress wait unt…
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08/16/2017
Is Life More Difficult For Millennials?
#168 How being a millennial is both different and the same from young adults of earlier generations.See Privacy Policy at link a…
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08/09/2017
Is Bitcoin Better At Money Than The Dollar?
#167 Why bitcoin is a compelling speculative diversifier and how it has been a better store of value than both the U.S. dollar and gold.See Privacy P…
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08/02/2017
Do We Really Need Growth?
#166 Why enterprises, industries, and economies can't grow at all costs but need to enrich humanity and strive for permanence and sustainability thro…
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07/26/2017
Why Do We Invest? It's Not Just For Return
#165 How corporations evaluate and use investment capital provided by individuals. Why companies find it easier to buy back stock rather than invest …
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07/19/2017
Optionality—When To Keep Your Options Open and When To Commit
#164 How to use the asymmetric payoff of options, trial and error, and commitments to better yourself financially and in other areas of your life.See…
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07/12/2017
Vacation Special: A Conversation With Roger Whitney, The Retirement Answerman
A conversation with Roger Whitney about retirement investing, asset allocation, active versus passive management, luck versus skill, behavioral finan…
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07/05/2017
Is There An Indexing Bubble?
#163 How an indexing bubble is manifest, why most active managers underperform and how individuals can structure their own quasi index fund that outp…
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06/28/2017