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Why Is the U.S. Dollar So Strong? Will It Continue?
What has caused the U.S. dollar's currency exchange rate to be the strongest in twenty years? How a strong dollar leads to slower global economic gro…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/28/2022
The Pandemic Might Be "Over," but Not the Repercussions
How risk perceptions and actions have changed over several years of the pandemic. How the pandemic's impacts continue to affect politics, the economy…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/21/2022
Why Student Debt Is So High and Why Forgiving It Doesn't Fix the Problem
What are the drivers that lead to higher student loan balances? Why a one-time student loan forgiveness program doesn't solve the problem of increasi…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/14/2022
Why Diversifying Your Portfolio Feels So Awful
Warren Buffet said, "Diversification makes very little sense for anyone that knows what they’re doing." He also said, "Diversification is a protectio…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/07/2022
What If High Inflation Doesn't End? How To Invest If High Inflation Stays
How economic wars, pandemics, and worker shortages could lead to years of high structural inflation. What needs to happen to avoid this dire inflatio…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/31/2022
Unintended Consequences Impact Everything
We explore examples of positive and negative unintended consequences, what causes them, and how to navigate a world where unanticipated things happen…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/24/2022
When Should You Hire An Investment Advisor? Two Case Studies
We analyze two listeners' portfolios. One who is close to retirement and considering hiring an outside money manager. The second is 45 and just sold …
Money For the Rest of Us
08/17/2022
How To Invest Based on Cycles
This episode edits and remasters two earlier episodes on investing based on cycles to focus on timeless investing principles.Topics covered include:W…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/10/2022
Forsage and Herbalife—How Multi-Level Marketing, Pyramid Schemes, and Ponzi Schemes Differ
Why it is challenging to distinguish a legitimate multi-level marketing company from a pyramid scheme as hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman found out…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/03/2022
How Population Trends Will Impact Growth, Inflation, Investing, and Well Being
How slowing population growth and an eventual population peak will lead to competition for foreign workers, potentially higher inflation, and ultimat…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/27/2022
How To Get Better At Risk Taking
Five ways we can better take and manage risk.Topics covered include:How likely is it that China will invade Taiwan and the stock market will fall 80%…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/20/2022
What Happens If Your Brokerage Firm Goes Bankrupt?
How protected are you if the brokerage firm where you hold your stocks, bonds, and crypto assets files for bankruptcy? Why you shouldn't store your c…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/13/2022
Part 2 - What Is Money and How To Think About It
David and his son Camden conclude their conversation about money.Topics covered include:A review of money principles discussed in Part 1How money is …
Money For the Rest of Us
07/06/2022
Part 1 - What Is Money and How To Think About It
David and his son Camden hold a conversation about money, its attributes, how it's created, and how money differs from investments.Topics covered inc…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/29/2022
How to Survive a Bear Market
Three things investors can do to survive this bear market and thrive in its aftermath.Topics discussed include:What are bear markets, how often do th…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/22/2022
Why David Isn't Podcasting This Week and Our New Closed-End Fund Course
This week on the show, David shares some investing lessons from fly fishing and introduces our new course on How To Invest in Closed-End Funds.Betwee…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/15/2022
Are BlackRock and Vanguard Too Big and Powerful?
How big index fund and ETF providers have increased their sway over publicly-traded companies while potentially discouraging competition. What can be…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/08/2022
Is Airbnb Intensifying the Housing Crisis?
We explore whether long-term and short-term single-family home rentals are contributing to higher rents, higher home prices, and a housing shortage. …
Money For the Rest of Us
06/01/2022
Will Quantitative Tightening Lead To Even Greater Financial Losses?
How financial markets and the economy performed last time the Federal Reserve took away the punch bowl by raising its policy rate and pursuing quanti…
Money For the Rest of Us
05/25/2022
Why Most Money Fails - Six Principles to Navigate the Unstable World of Money
How should you approach money given most of it either collapses or loses its purchasing power due to inflation.Get our free six-day email course on h…
Money For the Rest of Us
05/18/2022