Is Silver the Next GameStop? How to Invest in Silver
Why has silver jumped to its highest price in eight years. What you need to know to invest in silver.Topics covered include:What drove the huge spike in silver purchasesHow silver differs from meme st...
3 Feb 202124min
Meme Stocks, GameStop, Short Squeezes, and Bubbles
How coordinated buying by retail investors has turned the table on Wall Street. Are there signs of a market bubble?Topic covered include:What are meme stocksWhy GameStop's stock (GME) has soared to ov...
27 Jan 202128min
Are You Underweight Chinese Stocks? Pros and Cons of Investing in China
Most global stock ETFs, funds and indices have only about 5% invested in China even though China has the second-largest economy in the world. What are the pros and cons of increasing your allocation t...
20 Jan 202120min
Is Student Loan Forgiveness A Good Idea?
Should the U.S. cancel $10,000 or more of student loan debt per borrower? What would be the economic and financial impact? Why the student loan system is broken and how to fix it.Topics covered includ...
13 Jan 202123min
The New Math of Retirement Spending and Investing
How should individuals invest and spend in retirement with interest rates so low, stock valuations high, and inflation uncertain. Why retirement managed payout funds and income replacement funds faile...
6 Jan 202127min
Convertible Bonds : The High Return Asset Class That Vanguard Abandoned
How convertible bonds work, why they gained 50% in 2020 and outperformed stocks over the past five years. Why Vanguard shut down their convertible bond mutual funds.Topics discussed include:How big is...
16 Dec 202023min
2020 - The Year We Will Never Forget
A review of how the pandemic, financial markets, and government policy evolved in 2020 to make for an unforgettable year.Topics covered include:Why the Covid-19 pandemic ranks as the second worst in m...
9 Dec 202023min
The Economy Is Not a Machine
How the drive for efficiency leads to greater wealth concentration and threatens capitalism. What can be done about it.Topics covered include:Why income growth has slowed for the middle classWhy the e...
2 Dec 202025min
