Podcast Episodes

InvestTalk 1-24-2024 – Is Even a Little Bitcoin Too Much for Your Portfolio?

Spot bitcoin ETFs make it easy to add the cryptocurrency to a 60/40 portfolio, but there’s a chance it can turn your portfolio upside down.

Today's S…

2 years, 5 months ago

InvestTalk 1-23-2024 – With a 529 Plan, You Have Investment Options

A 529 college savings plan is an investment vehicle that allows for a tax-advantaged way to pay for higher education costs.

SCCO - Southern Copper Cor…

2 years, 5 months ago

InvestTalk 1-22-2024 – Mean Reversion: A Historical Analysis of Asset Class Performance

Successful investing requires juggling numbers, trends, and predictions; and it is important to understand the concept of mean reversion in asset cla…

2 years, 5 months ago

InvestTalk 1-19-2024 – What Are Wide-Moat Stocks?

Wide-moat companies carry sound balance sheets but there are other attributes to consider.

Today's Stocks & Topics: UNM - Unum Group, MCD - McDonald's…

2 years, 5 months ago

InvestTalk 1-18-2024 – Troubled Loans Are Putting Pressure on 4 Major Banks

Analysts say non-performing loans, or loans to debtors that haven’t made a payment in over 90 days, rose to a combined $24.4 billion in the last quar…

2 years, 5 months ago

InvestTalk 1-17-2024 – Why Have Bonds Been So Volatile?

Uncertainty over inflation, a recession, and the Fed's interest rate policy could mean continued wide swings in the bond market.

Today's Stocks & To…

2 years, 6 months ago

InvestTalk 1-16-2024 – 5 Ways Investors Can Succeed by Knowing Their Limits

When investing, you don’t know what you don’t know.

Today's Stocks & Topics: PEP - PepsiCo Inc., PSCE - Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF, Investors Qu…

2 years, 6 months ago

InvestTalk 1-15-2024 – Best of Steve Peasley - Episode 1

In this compilation program, Steve Peasley field a variety of finance and investment questions from callers across the United States and around the w…

2 years, 6 months ago

InvestTalk 1-12-2024 – What Is the Total Cost of Owning an ETF?

The total cost of owning an exchange-traded fund can be roughly split into two parts: holding costs and transaction costs.

(Fees are only a small part…

2 years, 6 months ago

InvestTalk 1-11-2024 – The Risks Ahead for 2024 and How Investors Can Manage Them

Aiming for accurate predictions around risk is a fool’s game, so rather than predict, it is wiser to prepare. 

(Today’s risks might feel elevated, so …

2 years, 6 months ago