Podcast Episodes

377: Why is Oil Still Expensive Despite Clean Energy?

This week’s podcast is about energy. But before we do that I want to comment on a few things about our investing ecosystem.

A decade ago when I first started playing around with this podcast concept …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

376: What Big Data Has to Say about Home Prices

What a crazy ride it’s been. Despite Covid, plunging interest rates actually made home prices explode to new highs. In my own neighborhood, housing prices doubled.

Then it started to look like the ho…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

375: Stalking Economists for Answers: Richard Duncan

Last week I called the economy schizophrenic. Actually, that’s an insult to schizophrenics.

This is simply a dysfunctional economy. It’s the product of a good idea called capitalism with excessive in…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

374: Trying to Understand a Schizophrenic Economy

I am annoyed with this economy. That doesn’t seem like a very professional thing to say but I don’t know how else to express my feelings any better.

You see, nothing really makes sense. Inflation has…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

373: The Investment that Keeps on Giving (Even When You Die)

There is a significant amount of distress in the investor world right now. With inflation and interest rates climbing quickly, it has left the equity and real estate markets in shambles.

We will get …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

372: What You Need to Know About AI

With rising interest rates, I keep getting questions about whether value-add real estate is dead. 

The answer to that question is a firm no. Remember, people have made money and lost money in all kin…

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

371: Ask Buck June 2023

This week’s Wealth Formula Podcast features me trying to answer your questions. Make sure to tune in as I try to answer questions about interest rates, the state of value add real estate and Central …

Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

370: Psychological Components to Investing and Retirement When the Economy is Screwed

Joe Biden says the economy is “strong as hell” but he’s wrong. Interest rates increasing at the steepest slope in history over the last year have caused a serious problem for the economy and hell is …

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

369: Big Government Craziness in a Troubled Economy

I was a surgical resident for years. I started out as a neurosurgeon, moved over to Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery then ended up in cosmetics.

During my training, it didn’t matter how much I wo…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

368: Your Bank Probably Owes You Money

When I was a kid, my dad deposited $1,000 for me and my two siblings at a local bank. I’m not exactly sure why he did that, but what I do recall is that my older siblings showed me that I could go in…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago