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Are You Home Country Biased?

Are You Home Country Biased?

#85 Why you should invest outside of your home country. Show notes at link To sign up for the M…

Money Is Trust

Money Is Trust

#84 Why money requires trust and cooperation in order to function. What happens when trust disappears. Show notes at: link

Please Save More

Please Save More

#83 Why individuals need to save more for retirement and how to figure out how much more you should save. Show notes at: link

Asset Returns When The Fed Raises Rates

Asset Returns When The Fed Raises Rates

#82 How have various asset classes performed when the Federal Reserve begins tightening by raising short-term interest rates. Show notes at: link

When Booms Turn To Busts

When Booms Turn To Busts

#81 What are the early warning signs a boom has turned to a bubble or the boom / bubble is about to burst. Case study: Australia. Show notes at http:…

Investing Means Getting Lost

Investing Means Getting Lost

#80 Don’t be overwhelmed or play it too safe when it comes to investing and living. Show notes at link

Lump Sums and Life Insurance

Lump Sums and Life Insurance

#79 Is it better to dollar cost average or invest a lump sum? And what type and how much life insurance should you buy. link

What If The Economy Stopped Growing Permanently

What If The Economy Stopped Growing Permanently

#78 How a zero-growth economy would impact investing, employment and lifestyle. It depends on whether the economy is flat lining due to population sh…

Does Ethical Investing Outperform the Market?

Does Ethical Investing Outperform the Market?

#77 Why ethical investing will underperform the stock market unless consumer behavior changes. Show notes at link

Should You Lend To Your Peers?

Should You Lend To Your Peers?

#76 How peer-to-peer lending works and what annualized return should you expect. Show notes at link To s…

We Have To Invest Somewhere

We Have To Invest Somewhere

#75 The biggest challenge facing Money For the Rest of Us listeners is how to allocate their assets in order to be able to retire. Show notes at http…

Capital Flows Where It's Treated Best

Capital Flows Where It's Treated Best

#74 How investment capital seeks out the most attractive opportunities, and why that is causing China to dump some of its U.S. Treasury bonds. Show n…

Why You Shouldn't Trade

Why You Shouldn't Trade

#73 How trading differs from allocating and why human traders have lost their edge to trading bots. Show notes at link

Will A Robot Take Over Your Job?

Will A Robot Take Over Your Job?

#72 How robots and information technology are replacing humans at work and what we can do about it. Show notes at link

Please Don't Panic

Please Don't Panic

#71 When the stock market is falling, understanding market history and current conditions can help us make objective, less fear-driven investment dec…

Rule #1 and the Investor's Journey

Rule #1 and the Investor's Journey

#70 Should you invest like Warren Buffet? How your temperament, experiences, interests and skills influence how you invest. Plus why most passive ind…

Do You Feel Financially Trapped?

Do You Feel Financially Trapped?

#69 What to do when you feel financially hopeless. Show notes at link To sign up for th…

Why The Middle Class Is Stagnating

Why The Middle Class Is Stagnating

#68 How technology and too much free stuff is undermining the middle class. What can be done about it. Show notes at link

When Investments Lose Money

When Investments Lose Money

#67 I share with you what questions to answer to decide whether you should sell, hold or buy more of an underperforming investment. Show notes at htt…

Impermanence and Winning by Not Losing

Impermanence and Winning by Not Losing

#66 Why focusing too much on the future and too little on the present can be dangerous. Show notes at link