Podcast Episodes

InvestTalk 3-6-2024 – 3 Key Retirement Decisions Affected by Higher Yields

For retirees who prioritize stability, the availability of safe, stable cash flows from bonds argues for a more conservative portfolio positioning.

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2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 3-5-2024 – How to Use Gold in Your Portfolio

What you need to know about the advantages and risks of investing in gold.

Today's Stocks & Topics: SWBI - Smith & Wesson Brands Inc., OPP - RiverNor…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 3-4-2024 – Longer Bonds Might Be Coming Back into Fashion

Rising interest sparked elevated Treasury yields, thus representing a headwind to prices of longer-dated bonds.

Today's Stocks & Topics: How to Predi…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 3-1-2024 – Why China, Japan, and the Fed Are Shaking Up the $26 Trillion U.S. Treasury Market

Buyers of U.S. Treasuries have been changing, and the shift could have broad implications for the U.S. economy.

Today's Stocks & Topics: LI - Li Auto…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 2-29-2024 – More Than Ever, Stock Investors Are Thinking Like Owners

There are two ways for investors to affect corporate behavior: from the outside and from the inside.

(Let's talk about how equity shareholders have ga…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 2-28-2024 – Why Has Amazon Joined the Dow?

With just 30 components, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a smaller average than the S&P 500 and the DOW is weighted by the share price of the sto…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 2-27-2024 – Capital One Is Buying Discover Financial——What Is the Strategy?

If approved, the merger would enable Capital One to leapfrog JPMorgan as the biggest credit card company by loans, but there's more to the deal.

Toda…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 2-26-2024 – Passive Funds Have Overtaken Active Funds

In the U.S., passive investing has become more popular than active investing——what’s next for the long-running trend?

Today's Stocks & Topics: T - AT…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 2-23-2024 – Is Your Index Fund Tracking the Right Index?

Understanding 6 qualities of the best indexes can help investors choose among thousands of index funds.

Today's Stocks & Topics: VFC - VF Corp., SSNT…

2 years, 4 months ago

InvestTalk 2-22-2024 – What Does Nvidia's Performance Tell Us About AI and the Tech Sector?

Nvidia has been the primary beneficiary of the recent technology industry obsession with large artificial intelligence models, which are developed on…

2 years, 4 months ago