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What Investment Strategies Do Best During High Inflation Periods?
How different asset classes and investment strategies have performed during periods of unexpectedly high inflation. While trend and momentum strategi…
Money For the Rest of Us
12/01/2021
Is There a Global Energy Crisis?
With oil, natural gas, coal, and gasoline at the highest prices in eight years, we consider if there is an energy crisis due to an over-reliance on r…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/17/2021
Why Some Asset Bubbles Don't Burst
What conditions need to be in place for an asset bubble to continue and how that applies to stocks, cryptocurrency, and houses.Topics covered include…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/10/2021
Should You Hedge Your International Stock Exposure From Currency Fluctuations?
How to decide whether it is worth it to hedge currency exposure when investing outside of your home country.Topics covered include:How currency excha…
Money For the Rest of Us
11/03/2021
Why Most Cities Thrive and What We Can Learn From Them
How New York City and other metropolises will overcome the pandemic economic shock. Why do some cities thrive while others devolve into chaos? How we…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/27/2021
Should You Invest in a Bitcoin ETF?
Why the new U.S.-based Bitcoin ETFs are a bad idea and will underperform Bitcoin.Topics covered include:What fund and ETF options are available for i…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/20/2021
Are Timeshares a Scam? How to Buy and Sell a Timeshare Vacation Rental
How the economics of timeshare vacation rentals work, and why they can be a great fit for some individuals.Topics covered include:When were the first…
Money For the Rest of Us
10/13/2021
Will the U.S. Default? Debt Ceilings, Government Shutdowns, and the National Debt
Why the U.S. is closing in on both a debt default and a government shutdown. Topics covered include:How a government shutdown differs from a deb…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/29/2021
Why Are There So Many Shortages?
What is causing the shortage of goods and workers? What should we do about it?Topics covered include:How a tree pandemic killed billions of American …
Money For the Rest of Us
09/22/2021
Should You Stop Investing in China? - Evergrande, VIEs and other Chinese Risks
A regulatory crackdown and ideological campaign by the Chinese government has upended the Chinese stock market, which comprises close to 40% of emerg…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/15/2021
Is a Housing Crash Coming?
What are the demand and supply drivers of home prices? What is the current status of those drivers and do they suggest a housing price crash is immin…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/08/2021
How, When, and Why Should You Rebalance Your Investment Portfolio?
Why bother rebalancing your investment portfolio and what is the best method for doing so.Topics covered include:How a target asset allocation can ge…
Money For the Rest of Us
09/01/2021
Which Money Is Crazier: The U.S. Dollar or Bitcoin?
We compare the U.S. dollar with Bitcoin on their key attributes to determine which is better for transactions and preserving wealth, which is most ab…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/25/2021
Now Is the Best Time Ever to Be an Individual Investor
What are the advantages and disadvantages individual investors have relative to professional investors. How individual investors can capitalize on th…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/18/2021
The Pros and Cons of Infinite Banking and Whole Life Insurance
How permanent life insurance can be an effective tool for retirement planning.Topics covered include:What is the difference between term and whole li…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/11/2021
Is This the Key to Wealth, Freedom and Happiness?
How owning fewer, more permanent things can lead to greater freedom and continued economic growth.Topics covered include:How a railroad company issue…
Money For the Rest of Us
08/04/2021
How to Profit From Carbon Investing While Combatting Climate Change
How the carbon emissions allowances and carbon offset markets are structured and how to invest in them.Topics covered include:How much greater are th…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/28/2021
How to Invest in Startups on Equity Crowdfunding Platforms
The risks and opportunities of investing in startups on equity crowdfunding platforms.Topics covered include:Why do individual investors now have mor…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/21/2021
Forward and Reverse Mortgages: When To Take Them Out and When to Pay Them Off
How to decide when to take out a home mortgage and whether to pay it off early. How reverse mortgages can be a helpful retirement tool.Topics covered…
Money For the Rest of Us
07/14/2021
Listener Q&A: Individual stocks, housing bubble, crypto, retirement and more
We answer over a dozen questions from listeners on investing, housing, retirement, business, podcast production, and more.Topics discussed include:Th…
Money For the Rest of Us
06/30/2021